ProfAnanish

@ProfAnanish

Author; Professor; Commentator and Purveyor of common sense in a world desperately in need of some.

Auckland, New Zealand ananishchaudhuri.com Joined April 2020

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ProfAnanish @ProfAnanish Nov 3, 2023

For those interested:
The election was fine. Labour stuffed up. That is why they lost. Deal with it. bassettbrashandhide.com/post/ananish-c…

www.brashandmitchell.com ANANISH CHAUDHURI: Labour stuffed up. That’s why they lost. Deal with it. With power about to change hands, I see more and more commentary about how this election was somehow unfair. There was Rob Campbell, Chancellor of AUT pontificating in the Herald that this election...

ProfAnanish @ProfAnanish Oct 15, 2023

Some thoughts on the state of NZ journalism over on LinkedIn. This seems to have struck a chord with a huge amount of engagement. Feel free to check it out. linkedin.com/posts/ananish-…

www.linkedin.com Ghosts of long lockdown haunt Labour | Ananish Chaudhuri | 114 comments In this postmortem of the Labour debacle, this journalist says: "...many Aucklanders still harbour resentment over that lengthy lockdown and used their votes to punish Labour. It was still the right...

ProfAnanish @ProfAnanish Oct 14, 2023

Yesterday, the team of 5 million spoke loud and clear and made obvious that they wanted no part of the mendacity and divisiveness of the last government. What a gigantic repudiation of the hypocrisy and unkindness.

ProfAnanish @ProfAnanish Oct 14, 2023

I want to give a shout out to my Covid Plan B colleagues. We went through some difficult times at the behest of this government and their lackeys. But we persevered and it is gratifying to see that Kiwis have rejected the lies and the authoritarianism of the Labour government.

ProfAnanish @ProfAnanish Oct 14, 2023

Thankfully, our long nightmare is over. I am sure I will find plenty of fault with the NatACT government. But the mendacity, vileness and incompetence of this last government was so extra-ordinary that I feel as if a great weight has been lifted tonight.