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Surbhi Gupta

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South Asia Editor @newlinesmag.bsky.social. Past includes Columbia Journalism, Indian Express and ACJ. Delhi girl. Also an SRK and Virat Kohli fan.

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Yashica Dutt @yashicadutt.bsky.social · 13d

Happy to see the big NYT piece about South Asian voters for Zohran

Hopefully this will make other editors out there more receptive of the same reporting I’ve been doing for months

Shoutout to @surbhigupta.bsky.social @dannypostel.bsky.social for recognizing this story before ANY OTHER pub.

Surbhi Gupta @surbhigupta.bsky.social · 20d

For @newlinesmag.bsky.social, Vandana Menon writes about the recent #Nepal uprising, which followed Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and how young people in these countries do not carry the burden of history. What they see is the present, which includes broken promises. newlinesmag.com/argument/nep...

Nepal’s Youth Uprising Is Part of a South Asian Wave of Rebellion

Fueled by frustration and discontent, the Himalayan nation follows Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in witnessing mass protests against political corruption and elitism

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Aug 27

Contemporary writers across South Asia and its diaspora show that the Partition of 1947 is not just history but continues to shape lives and identities, writes @surbhigupta.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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Writers Explore the Long Shadow of Partition in South Asia

Decades after the painful ruptures of 1947, novelists and historians are capturing the fragmented lives, displaced communities and intergenerational stories that continue to define the region and its ...

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Surbhi Gupta @surbhigupta.bsky.social · Aug 18

Been carrying this essay in my head since 2022 — finally out in the world in @newlinesmag.bsky.social! Grateful for the time it took, the shape it found and the books that came along the way 📚✨ newlinesmag.com/review/write...

Writers Explore the Long Shadow of Partition in South Asia

Decades after the painful ruptures of 1947, novelists and historians are capturing the fragmented lives, displaced communities and intergenerational stories that continue to define the region and its ...

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Aug 11

NEW: Pakistani artist Ali Sethi blends South Asian traditions with global sounds and queer aesthetics. He is now navigating estrangement from both Pakistan and India, writes @surbhigupta.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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Pakistani Singer Ali Sethi Blends the Traditional and the Transgressive

Trained in the Hindustani classical tradition, the Lahore-born musician is fusing centuries-old South Asian musical forms with experimental electronic pop

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Aug 15

NEW: Contemporary writers across South Asia and its diaspora show that the Partition of 1947 is not just history but continues to shape lives and identities, writes @surbhigupta.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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Writers Explore the Long Shadow of Partition in South Asia

Decades after the painful ruptures of 1947, novelists and historians are capturing the fragmented lives, displaced communities and intergenerational stories that continue to define the region and its ...

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Jun 11

NEW: As the Indian government promotes eco parks on former coal mines as part of its just transition plans, in Singrauli, locals live with polluted water, toxic air and broken promises, write @mridulasee.bsky.social and Denise Fernandes for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

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Inside India’s Greenwashing Eco Parks

Projects to restore mining areas are being sold as part of a ‘just transition’ away from coal, but mask the pollution damaging locals’ lives

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · May 27

NEW: Cultural exchange between India and Pakistan, long sustained through cinema, music and fashion, faces unprecedented strain amid rising political tensions, writes @surbhigupta.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

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Cultural Ties Binding India and Pakistan Face Unprecedented Strain

In the wake of political tensions between the two neighbors, cross-border collaborations in entertainment and the arts have come to a standstill

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Surbhi Gupta @surbhigupta.bsky.social · May 20

A lot has been happening in South Asia and a lot has been written about it. This story becomes even more relevant now 👇

Pakistan & Bangladesh strengthen ties and the shift is making New Delhi uneasy.

Waleed Nasir writes for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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India Takes Notice as Pakistan and Bangladesh Strengthen Ties

After Sheikh Hasina’s fall, Dhaka — long aligned with New Delhi — is recalibrating its regional alliances and drawing closer to its historical adversary

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Surbhi Gupta @surbhigupta.bsky.social · May 20

Yay! Which one is that?

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · May 9

NEW: As India and Pakistan face a situation close to war, public sentiment on both sides seems primed to back escalation, writes @surbhigupta.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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Are India and Pakistan Edging Closer to the Brink of War?

As tensions increase between the two nuclear-armed nations, which have fought on four previous occasions, their publics seem ready for escalation

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · May 5

The Punjabi pop star Diljit Dosanjh revolutionized the way people look at Sikh men in South Asian pop culture, writes @surbhigupta.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social

How Diljit Dosanjh Changed the Way Sikh Men Are Viewed in Pop Culture

Sardars — with their beards and turbans — were often considered unattractive and undesirable in India until the Punjabi singer entered the scene

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · May 3

“In the more than 30 years now that I’ve been a journalist, I have never felt as acutely a sense of threat as I do today.” Journalists Manisha Pande and Samar Halarnkar discuss the free press in India with @surbhigupta.bsky.social on The Lede.

The War on India’s Free Press — with Manisha Pande and Samar Halarnkar

“There’s a complete and near total capture of mainstream voices, especially the loudest voices, the most prominent voices,” says Manisha Pande, managing editor at Indian media watchdog Newslaundry.…

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · May 1

“Bilateral relations between India and Pakistan have hit their lowest point in decades, with tensions rising dangerously.”

@surbhigupta.bsky.social writes for @newlinesmag.bsky.social about the deadly attack that sent shockwaves throughout society.

India is Reeling as the Illusion of Normalcy Dissolves in Kashmir

A deadly militant attack has shredded Modi’s vision of a tourist haven and sent shockwaves throughout society, fueling calls for vengeance and war with Pakistan

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Surbhi Gupta @surbhigupta.bsky.social · Apr 29

The recent attack in #Kashmir has exposed the Modi government’s claims of normalcy in the region and escalated tensions between India and Pakistan, as calls for revenge resonate through Indian society. I write for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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India is Reeling as the Illusion of Normalcy Dissolves in Kashmir

A deadly militant attack has shredded Modi’s vision of a tourist haven and sent shockwaves throughout society, fueling calls for vengeance and war with Pakistan

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Apr 29

NEW: The recent attack in Kashmir has exposed the Modi government’s claims of normalcy in the region and escalated tensions between India and Pakistan, as calls for revenge resonate through Indian society, writes @surbhigupta.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

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India is Reeling as the Illusion of Normalcy Dissolves in Kashmir

A deadly militant attack has shredded Modi’s vision of a tourist haven and sent shockwaves throughout society, fueling calls for vengeance and war with Pakistan

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Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · Apr 23

Badar’s fellowship is partially subsidized by the Scholars at Risk program, which works with U.S. universities to host international scholars facing threats in their countries. He never imagined that a country with a Scholars at Risk program would one day pose a risk to scholars.

A powerful essay ⤵️

New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Apr 23

NEW: The detention of Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri parallels the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk. His colleague Nader Hashemi reflects for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on his recent visit with Suri in an ICE facility in Texas.

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Teaching Gandhi in a Texas Detention Center

A visit to the ICE facility housing the Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri, whose case parallels those of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk

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Surbhi Gupta @surbhigupta.bsky.social · Apr 7

Since the fall of Kabul, #Pakistan has struggled to maintain its strategic relevance, and its (rather desperate) attempts to reengage with the United States have been largely unsuccessful. Waleed Nasir writes @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/pa...

Pakistan Struggles to Maintain Strategic Relevance

The government’s attempts to reengage with the United States since the fall of Kabul have been largely unsuccessful

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Surbhi Gupta @surbhigupta.bsky.social · Mar 10

The gang rape of an Israeli tourist and Indian homestay owner and the murder of a man last week in Hampi (a temple town and UNESCO heritage site) has sent shockwaves in India. With a heavy heart, re-upping my story on India's rape culture
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In India, Rape Culture Continues Unabated

A month after the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata, the country continues to grapple with the realities of gender-based violence

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Mar 5

NEW: High unemployment in India has left people vulnerable to job scams and illegal migration through a complex network of agents and subagents, who overcharge and make false promises. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/a-...

A Network of Agents in India Is Driving Job Scams and Illegal Migration

As the country’s unemployment rises, brokers are exploiting people’s desperation and seizing on the burgeoning desire to migrate abroad

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Mar 7

“You have to lie a lot.”

In a country where unemployment has increased drastically in the last few years, India is experiencing a proliferation of job scams and illegal migration.

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A Network of Agents in India Is Driving Job Scams and Illegal Migration

As the country’s unemployment rises, brokers are exploiting people’s desperation and seizing on the burgeoning desire to migrate abroad

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Feb 14

NEW: A new book explores the resilience of relationships amid conflict and government restrictions in Kashmir. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/a-...

A New Book Tells Stories of Love and Longing Under Lockdown in Kashmir

In 2019, when the Indian government shut off all channels of communication, people had to find ingenious ways of keeping in touch

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Feb 14

Hindu and Muslim interfaith couples in India face a unique battle against the “Love Jihad” conspiracy theory. Police squads in places like Uttar Pradesh are now trying to stop Hindu-Muslim couples from tying the knot.

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The ‘Love Jihad’ Conspiracy Theory

Hindu extremists are spreading beliefs about a “love jihad” – an alleged plan in which hyper-masculine Muslim men seduce gullible Hindu women into converting to Islam. Indian politicians have vowed to...

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Surbhi Gupta @surbhigupta.bsky.social · Feb 3

A brilliant essay by Tanushree Bhasin on the Indian novelists writing in direct response to ongoing sociopolitical changes in India and painting a picture of what it means to be young and disenchanted in a deeply polarized country. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/review/conte...
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Contemporary Fiction’s Responses to a Changing India

As Hindu nationalism and its opponents become more entrenched, writers have been using the novel to provide in-depth portraits of the individual lives that lie behind ideological battles

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Surbhi Gupta @surbhigupta.bsky.social · Jan 17

Our latest story from #SriLanka: Extrajudicial executions, police raids and court-mandated rehab at army-run centers have raised concerns about the criminalization of substance abuse in the country. @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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In Sri Lanka, the Army Is Engaging in a New War on Drugs

Rising criminalization of substance abuse has been heavily criticized in the island nation

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