Maheep Kumar.

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File PendingProblems, opened with public data

Problems India has filed under "we're looking into it".

Every file is one problem the system keeps leaving on the desk. I open it with public data, source every claim, and reopen it each time the problem comes back. Which, so far, is every year.

Open files

No. 1: Parali Watch

North India’s annual smoke festival. Farm fires across Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttarakhand, tracked from NASA satellites every three hours. Open the file.

House rules

Satire is only funny when it’s true.

Public data only

Satellite feeds, official bulletins, court records and published research. Anyone can check the working.

Every claim linked

Every number and every quote links to its source. If it can’t be sourced, it doesn’t go in.

Every party gets a turn

Governments change. The files don’t. Whoever was in charge gets the same treatment.

Reopened

When a problem comes back, its file gets updated. The data keeps collecting in between.

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