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Vindu Goel

@vindugoel

Director of community engagement for @nytimes. I work on article comments, messaging, live audio. Formerly a Mumbai and Silicon Valley correspondent.

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India is poised to pass its first personal data protection law. It would give the country's 1.3 billion people much more control over how corporations use their data but also allow the government to exempt itself from similar restrictions. nyti.ms/2qGkTI3

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When Indians protest, the first arrest is the Internet. India leads the world -- by far -- in internet shutdowns. During this week's protests about the citizenship bill, 60 million people were disconnected. nyti.ms/35wtyvF

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In Narendra Modi's "Digital India," the authorities shut down the internet an average of twice a week. This week, 60 million Indians were cut off. nyti.ms/35wtyvF

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Backed by SoftBank, Oyo wanted to topple Marriott as the world’s biggest hotel chain. Instead, it’s shrinking fast. What went wrong? nytimes.com/2020/01/13/tec…

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We got new data on Oyo’s troubles: It stopped offering hotel rooms in 200+ Indian cities in January and lost 65,000+ rooms since October. Mass layoffs begin as SoftBank pushes Oyo and other startups to shrink. With Karan Deep Singh erin griffith nytimes.com/2020/01/13/tec… via @NYTimes

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India's wine country is nothing like Napa or Tuscany. Yet its lack of a tourist-industrial complex is part of its charm. During a 3-day trip to Nashik, we tasted some delightful wines, chatted with the winemakers and encountered very few other tourists. nyti.ms/38er1Xx

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The station’s uplink suddenly went dead. A bland message told viewers there was no signal. But this was no technical difficulty. It was censorship by the Indian government. nyti.ms/39yl1d3

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The The New York Times channel on Telegram began with an email I sent on a Friday night. A team was formed, and a week later, we were publishing our news about the Russia-Ukraine war there. Here's the inside story of how it came together. nytimes.com/2022/04/06/ins…