(Update
Dec 2012: After following the debates for some more time, I realized that very
few of these folks are nuanced. Some of them seem to come from another planet.
Others often have a very stunted sense of humor. I'm tempted to cull the list
to a few worth following but will instead let it remain for future reference.
Also, I've lost the willingness to classify and bother about individuals. It's
better to read up on subjects yourself and form you own opinions instead of
always getting swayed by what one group of people think.)
(Update May 2012 - It's quite an intense field out there folks! The time I've spent on Twitter has helped me learn more about what's going on in Indian politics, mostly at the national level though. Here are some additions and changes to the list. The disclaimer still holds, and more strongly now.)
In case anyone is interested in Twitter skirmishes and debates related to Indian politics, here's a list of Tweeps (I don't know why I dislike that term so much) from India. They have been classified into Left (Liberal), Right and Centrist.
Of course, this classification does not do justice to their
nuanced views. Based on the topic, some may concur with views of the
opposing group. Also, ideas and people evolve. However, for the purpose of
simplifying things, this classification is done considering the information they mention in their bios and the overall trend
of their opinions. And I'll come back to this post and update the list as I
discover more of them.
The Right (in no particular order):
Sunanda Vashisht@sunandavashisht
Kanchan Gupta@KanchanGupta
Krithika@KittuKrithikaKanchan Gupta@KanchanGupta
Priti Gandhi@MrsGandhi
madhu_shala@madhu_shala (missing)
rohinimurlikumar@Rona36
Ugra Narasimha@Swamy_Army
Mamta Nigam@mamtan14
Suhas @WordofTheFree
♔Suresh En♔@surnell
MediaCrooks@mediacrooks
Meenakashi Lekhi@M_Lekhi
S.Ranganathan@rangats
Sandeep Web@SandeepWeb
Kiran Kumar S@KiranKS
Barbarian Indian@barbarindian
Ranga@ranganaathan
S Gurumurthy@sgurumurthy
Hindusthan&NotIndia@Vidursniti
jaya@jaya_888
Rohit Johri @rohitjohri
Jaymin Panchal @jemin_p
Smriti Z Irani @smritiirani
Manohar Seetharam @manohar_sram
Adithya Reddy @jadithyareddy
Nikunj Mehta @Nikunj_Vakil
khaishk @khaishk
Yeskay @SMedia4
Dulam Chandra @csspk
The Kaipullai @thekaipullai
BEING THAT@iSaakshi
Rita Gupta@Ground_Reality
Amit Malviya@malviyamit
doubtinggaurav@doubtinggaurav
Avinash B Avarebeel@AvinashCKM
Dosabandit@Dosabandit
Vijay Vikram@einvijay
Ashok Tewari@Vamadevananda
The Left (in no particular order):
Joy@JoydasAmit Malviya@malviyamit
doubtinggaurav@doubtinggaurav
Avinash B Avarebeel@AvinashCKM
Dosabandit@Dosabandit
Vijay Vikram
Ashok Tewari
The Left (in no particular order):
RajdeepSardesai@sardesairajdeep
Sagarika Ghose@sagarikaghosebarkha dutt@BDUTT
Shehla Rashid@ShehlaRashid
Teesta Setalvad@TeestaSetalvad
Mahesh Bhatt @MaheshNBhatt
Mohammad Omar@omar1618
NILIM DUTTA@NilimDutt
Suryanarayan Ganesh@gsurya
Pragmatix@RisingIndiawins
atiya zaidi@atiyaz
Sanjay Jha@JhaSanjay
Malini Parthasarathy@MaliniP
Derek O'Brien@quizderek
Priyanka Chaturvedi@priyankac19
S Irfan Habib@irfhabib
Kunāl Majumder@kunalmajumder
Salil Tripathi@saliltripathi
Cat Buries Bournvita@manimeow
shaelja@ShaeljaSharma
Vivek Sengupta@vsengupta
Surekha Pillai@surekhapillai
AM@delhisultan
calamur@calamur
Meena Kandasamy@meenakandasamy
Namita Bhandare@namitabhandare
B.RAMAN@SORBONNE75
Centrists (in no particular order):
shazia ilmi@shaziailmiVidyut@Vidyut
My apologies to anyone who feels they've been mis-characterized. Please leave a comment as to your difference of opinion and I may change this post accordingly.
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Your thoughts are very welcome and I look forward to them eagerly. Just be mindful of being civil. This is a good book about the same in case you are interested:
Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct - P.M.Forni