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May 14, 2016, 64 tweets

Shameless @CNNnews18. This is a 2011 photo, of not London or PoK but J&K - Corbis id: 42-19885773. (h/t @nitingooti)

This is unending. Now @IndiaToday uses an image of @airindiain for a story on @EGYPTAIR. (h/t @KanchanGupta)

HUGE. Unknown to all, Defence Minister @manoharparrikar has been holding another position, that of @ICC chairman.

Could've sworn this is not the Pachauri we have all come to despise. Still, a good shave is known to work wonders.

Well, if Mugabe can roll back the years, and gender, and skin tone, anything is possible in this Brave New World.

Whatever next. "Ab tak Chappan actor Amit Shah to hold an election rally in UP soon"?

Hold your horses, @BDUTT. The real exclusive has been scooped by Scroll. So Vadra, as it happens, is also a dictator

Dear @TheHindu, it was NOT @MaryamNSharif but her DAD Nawaz Sharif who recently underwent an open-heart surgery.

Who says smoking weed is illegal in India. Collect your sachet at the nearest Huffpost counter. (h/t @diptakirti)

Meanwhile, the problems for @thetanmay just reached an altogether different level.

Wrong to have @ArvindKejriwal 's image accompany this incomplete headline. CAG is talking of financial year 2014-15.

Terribly sad news if true. Please keep us posted of this unfolding tragedy, @IndiaTodayFLASH. Thanks.

When the usual @indiatoday handle operator takes a smoke break and @aroonpurie is kind enough to step in for a bit.

An independent media house explains the difference between a Chamcha and a Journalist. (h/t @ravigupta00)

Horrendous choice of metaphor. Unfazed shamelessness.

Always knew spokespersons lead a busy life. Now waiting for @sambitswaraj to unveil Knight Rider poster.

Meanwhile away from the Terror Sympathisers, here are the Error Sympathisers (h/t @Shalabhg)

To get inside the plane leaving for India by climbing the stairs backwards.
*Challenge accepted* (h/t @ChotaChatri2)

Actually, @ndtv, the PM isn't climbing the stairs backwards to get inside, you've used the wrong image. YET AGAIN.

To be sure, Mr Surjewala does look a little worried at having skipped his parole. (h/t @kiranjankalar)

And I thought Nawaz Sharif was going to be ousted by the Pak Army Chief and not his own daughter. (h/t @ravigupta00)

Odd. The German Jihadist appears to be posing with heads satisfactorily attached, to be honest. (h/t @santaracounty)

Always knew the real adversary of @upadhyaysbjp was President Erdogan and not @ArvindKejriwal. (h/t @merabharat2011)

Crazy. Why is @IndianExpress using the Godhra S6 coach image for the Bhopal-Ujjain Terror story?

Confused. Is this the photo of Donald Trump or the White House intruder? (h/t @theeyerr)

.@theeyerr Calm down, everyone. The government has only cancelled the NGO's Marriage licence.

Good that @NPCI_BHIM alerted ET. Their next tweet was going to be of an exclusive interview with the @adgpi chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

I'm afraid this is a fake, photoshopped image. Ideally, you should delete it.

BIG BREAKING: Tavleen Singh joins @livemint as editor; approves a 2012 image of Grand Canyon as Mars. (h/t @rosksh)

So Gopalkrishna turned out to be a Gandhi with gun. Shame. (h/t @The_Hawk_Eye_)

All one can say is, thank god Ms @smritiirani hasn't yet seen how @TheQuint projects elected heads.

Can see Jinnah & Gandhiji in this iconic photo, but Liaquat is missing. Why on earth have you cropped him out, @timesofindia? (h/t @ram_k27)

Times change. Back in the old days, bridesmaids used to throw dandelions over their shoulders at the cheering crowd. (h/t @aravind_vangala)

Hope Ms @SushmaSwaraj recognises @akshaykumar's contribution in diffusing the #Doklam crisis through Kung Fu diplomacy. (h/t @kukerite)

Last heard, he was Syed Chisti, not Saint Christi. Unless he saw the light and got saved in the interim.

This is Pakistani military, @RealRediffCom, not Chinese military. Not yet, at least. (h/t @mombiezombie) m.rediff.com/amp/news/repor…

When @republic has only one photograph for every Ishrat Jahan. Let's hope they have one each for Narendra and Lalit Modi (h/t @JaiSharma__)

Straight from the Ramanujan School of Journalism. They say the same man doubles up as Ndtv's Chartered Accountant. (h/t @coolfunnytshirt)

Good news. @yadavtejashwi would be moving into @narendramodi's 7RCR bungalow. The PM we have all been waiting for. (h/t @krishnakant_75)

And here is Einstein himself with all his worldly possessions swimming away as fast as he can from Indian journalism. (h/t @gopilalith)

#BlueWhaleChallenge creators discussing its fallout as Amit Shah discloses to Modi that he's seen Advani's tattooed arm. (h/t @singhakh)

Could have sworn it was a woman who became our Defence Minister. Shameful how quickly people change after taking oath. (h/t @iInhibitors)

Always knew this Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Lalunayeka Prasadasuranga Yadavendra was up to no good. (h/t @samosawadi)

Handle operator: Sir, what image should we use with this cricket news?
Editor: Wrong'un.

(h/t @kim050301)

Sri Lanka Today. (h/t @nareshgan)

Nice for @republic to use the image of a sartorially swadeshi BJP leader as Google has removed all images of the real one. (h/t @duzzender)

Awful of @CricketAus to have kept this a secret. You can say Goodnight Vienna to Australia's chances now. (h/t @nareshgan)

Always suspected from their in-flight service & Russian pilots, that Spice Jet was owned by the Kremlin and run by Putin. (h/t @sagarpatild)

Hum kya chahte, iPhone 8. Zor se bolo, iPhone 8. Steve hum sharminda hain, Lava, Samsung zinda hain. (h/t @SsupHolmes)

Took me ages, but I think I finally know where our errant news handles get their inspiration from. (h/t @blitzerr11)

So now @narendramodi is laying foundation stones even for airline schemes. You call this Maximum Governance? Shame. (h/t @sriharshakb)

Don't be surprised if Arnab's five year-old son anchors a debate on @republic soon. "FORGET PAPA, *I* WANT TO KNOW!" (h/t @UnSubtleDesi)

You sure, @newsX, that Dev's Devils suffered zero loss? Think they lost to the Windies & the Aussies in the round-robin. (h/t @AASHISH8294)

Relieved. For a minute I thought Polanski was coming up with a sequel to Rosemary's. (h/t @coolfunnytshirt)

Strange. Tejpal looks a little different. Glad he still sports a beard, though, or he'd be unrecognisable. (h/t @myogiaditayanat)

TOI reporter: Sir, @PandaJay has written on teething troubles in-
Editor: Don't trouble me. Use any pic showing teeth. (h/t @anuraag_saxena)

Speedy trial redefined by @aajtak. (h/t @molarcannine)

Trump is insane, esp when the jury is still out on whether Puerto Rico can be helped through mass infidelity. (h/t @HariPrasad91)

This when Mrs Piramal hasn't shaved for a week. Imagine her state if she doesn't pick up Mach-3 for a month. (h/t @anandmahindra)

Much needed treaty. The nation of Ludhiana is notorious for sheltering anti-India elements. (h/t @KirtivardhanD) indianexpress.com/article/india/…

Should I go for fiscal consolidation or pressing the nuclear button? Let me shave first, says @narendramodi. (h/t @coolfunnytshirt)

Change of heart, change of ideology. (h/t @jabir007s) *

When you had two photos that represented gas production but misplaced the ONGC one. (h/t @hum_bolega)

The leaders of two murderous cults (bottom right) congratulating each other at the lessening of competition. (h/t @greatbong)

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