Aroon DeepHow I stole my own Twitter handle and couldn’t get it backThe most legendary Twitter handle theft, of course, was in 2014. Naoki Hiroshima had a coveted single letter ‘N’ as his username. And then…Jun 5, 20171Jun 5, 20171
Aroon DeepWhy I’m boycotting Lipstick Under My BurkhaIt’s almost a pattern now: a director with a mature film goes to the most regressive and conservative Censor Board in recent history…Apr 30, 2017Apr 30, 2017
Aroon DeepThe Fake Inside Story of Faking News’s Acquisition“Okay, so we’re making the website a sub-section of Firstpost itself? How would that work?”Apr 22, 20171Apr 22, 20171
Aroon DeepinThe Lit SquibDate A Girl Who Files RTIsDate a girl who files RTIs. See that open sewer? That unnecessary road construction work? Date a girl whose gut reaction to those municipal…Mar 14, 2017Mar 14, 2017
Aroon DeepArvind Kejriwal’s curated playlist of “old and patriotic” songsToday, Arvind Kejriwal shared a stand-up comedy video from YouTube. Problem: he shared it on Twitter using a YouTube link that gave away…Mar 9, 2017Mar 9, 2017
Aroon DeepAmazon, Female representation is not an unfair thing to ask forLast week, Amazon made a huge announcement: 14 stand-up comedians would have their own hour-long special streamed on Prime Video globally…Jan 26, 20176Jan 26, 20176
Aroon DeepHow Taher Shah Lost Out On Tons of Revenue Because of YouTubeWhen the infectious PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen) song went viral last year, a lot of different copies of the video floated around on the…Jan 26, 2017Jan 26, 2017
Aroon DeepSushma Swaraj’s Pedestrian Outburst Against AmazonWhen Atul Bhobe, with all of 20 followers on Twitter, tweeted out a screenshot of Amazon’s website to India’s foreign minister, he probably…Jan 11, 20173Jan 11, 20173
Aroon DeepThe Creative Provocativeness of BuzzFeed India’s EssaysDoes the phrase “urban poverty” make you giggle or tighten your fists with rage? If so, it’s probably because of this infamous thinkpiece…Jan 5, 20171Jan 5, 20171
Aroon DeepHotstar managed to botch up Deadpool without censoring itEarlier this Saturday, Hotstar pretended that their Twitter account got hacked, and convincingly so. Indeed, the juvenile tweets that came…Dec 16, 20162Dec 16, 20162
