Posts tagged ‘journalist’

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Meet Twitter Comedian – Sagarika Ghose

Famous crazy person, Sagarika ‘Shouty’ Ghose, who screams from inside your teevee every night, also has a twitter machine, which is full of comedic gold.

Here are a few selected classics:

I do not follow Sagarika Ghose so I was not exposed to such comedic gold. I should thank Overrated Outcast for compiling this treasury of classical greatest twitter hits from Sagarika Ghose. My favorite – “foggy delhi. difficult to believe in global warming when the northern hemisphere is freezing!” Sigh! And I’m told she is actually a college graduate. No better reaction than *facepalm*

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India’s Abu Ghraib?

Joel Elliott, an American freelance journalist working as a “staff writer” at Caravan magazine in Delhi since May this year, has been the subject of a bizarre torture incident. According to a signed statement issued by Elliott, a recipient of the Payne Award for courage, he was assaulted by Delhi police personnel on the morning of October 6, allegedly for “trying to steal a taxi”, while in fact he was only seeking cover from the rampaging cops who were pounding some other person.

San Serif points us to a shocking torture incident of a U.S. journalist. Beware! Graphic pictures [via Gautam John on Twitter]