We see more faces before breakfast than our ancestors did in a lifetime. I've been wondering what that's doing to us Wrote about how the attention economy was built around the pull of a human face; how the same digital machinery may now be devaluing it shephalibhatt.substack.com/p…

.@ShephaliBhatt had a great story on this back in 2023 i.e. “networked technology comes down to chat.” m.economictimes.com/industry…

We spent months investigating the inner working of the EC. What we found: the majority of the Commission, kept in the dark for almost a year. Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected on record at least 14 times in 10 months, FOUR times on a single day, to decisions taken in the Commission's name without their knowledge. Here is what they flagged: (3/10) indianexpress.com/article/ex…

The country owes a huge debt of gratitude to @RitikaChopra__ Your brave meticulous explosive report is as landmark as Watergate It exposes the criminal subversion of democracy by those in highest office Your report will lie at the centre of the struggle to reclaim democracy

Thank you @RitikaChopra__ for your persistence to uncover the biggest story of the decade. Such stories require courage, perseverance, patience and stamina. For many years, I thought the 4th pillar has fallen. We must also thank @rajkamaljha and @anantgoenka for having the courage and conviction to carry the story and give it so much prominence. More power to you all.

From @TanushreePande 's explosive revelations during the Hathras case,Greeshma Kuthar's on Manipur, Poonam Agarwal on EVMs, Sukanya Shantha on Indian Prisons, Neha Dixit on illegal child trafficking, Jatinder Kaur on corruption in the military to finally @RitikaChopra__ 's EC exposé, i tip my hat to the fearless women investigate journalists in this country who routinely slay dragons after their morning tea. Kudos to all of you

The Election Commission of India is under fire like never before. The SIR has struck 13 crore names off draft rolls, putting the EC at the centre of intense public debate over its role in deciding who gets to vote — and who doesn’t. HOWEVER, what nobody knew: through that same period, some of the sharpest questions were being asked from inside. Out today, after months of work. Our #ExpressInvestigation 🧵 (1/10)

"For decades, the Hindi film industry openly punished women for getting married" Shaadi ke side effects from #KuchKuchDataHai, where T = year of marriage. [1/2]

Learnt to play Koto, a traditional Japanese plucked-string instrument, in Kyoto last month. Playing folk song Sakura (cherry blossom) by looking at a music sheet that had Roman numerals while the strings are marked in Kanji. Hence the goof-ups initially but this was so much fun.

Those with an iPhone Duo in their palm should be extra careful when visiting London

When AI makes you feel artificial and not intelligent...

The iPhone Duo's price has set off a wave of phone-snatching jokes. It signals people may change how they use the phone in public, writes @ShephaliBhatt livemint.com/mint-lounge/bus…

AI-generated tutorials on crafts & carpentry are making hobbyists second-guess skills they spent years building. Nobody labels them as you don’t lose a limb for trying, only the confidence in your own hands. ✍️Wrote for @Mint_Lounge cover package today livemint.com/mint-lounge/ide…

iPhone prices have always led to sell-your-kidney memes. But iPhone Duo set off a new wave of phone-snatching jokes. Street safety has been a concern the world over, but this set of theft jokes signals something else. Wrote about it in @Mint_Lounge today: livemint.com/mint-lounge/bus…

#MintPremium | From selling kidney to theft concerns: What iPhone Duo memes say about how people may use it in public @ShephaliBhatt report livemint.com/mint-lounge/bus…

#MintPremium | From selling kidney to theft concerns: What iPhone Duo memes say about how people may use it in public @ShephaliBhatt report livemint.com/mint-lounge/bus…

Ever feared adding an extra zero while making an online payment in a rush—at a store, while jumping out of a cab ✍️ Wrote about how the ease of digital payments is changing our relationship with money, making us overspend unintentionally, overpay erroneously. Out in @Mint_Lounge

AI-generated tutorials on crafts and carpentry are making hobbyists second-guess skills they have spent years building, writes @ShephaliBhatt livemint.com/mint-lounge/ide…

No filmmaker can escape the present today, even in their retelling of the past. In Lounge Loves last weekend

On holidays, you want to stay connected to the infrastructure of the internet without remaining available to the demands it makes of you. I learnt the hard way how that's become impossible now. My lesson is part of today's @Mint_Lounge cover story package on analogue travel

Since the beginning of September, Anthropic and Open AI both launched new AI models that are being hailed as historic. But what does this mean in terms of real world applications and businesses, asks @ShephaliBhatt livemint.com/mint-lounge/bus…