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Leo Mirani

Leo Mirani is a correspondent with the Economist. He has previously worked with Quartz and Time Out Mumbai

June 2020

  • The icons of social media apps, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp, displayed on a mobile-phone screen

    No more going viral: why not apply social distancing to social media?

    Leo Mirani
    By limiting the number of people a user can share posts with, Facebook et al could help flatten the curve of misinformation, says Economist correspondent Leo Mirani

November 2010

  • Dabangg

    Irony enters the Bollywood mix

  • Twin artists Rabindra and Amrit Singh at home in Bidston, Wirral.

    Sister act: the Singh Twins

October 2010

  • Arundhati Roy

    Arundhati Roy has stirred up a debate, not about Kashmir, but about herself

    Leo Mirani
  • Kashmir protesters are using social media to disseminate news and views.

    Sorry, Malcolm Gladwell, the revolution may well be tweeted

    Leo Mirani

September 2010

  • Commonwealth Games bridge

    The point of the Commonwealth Games

    Leo Mirani
    Leo Mirani: Think of the Commonwealth as a scaled-up version of a support group for survivors of testicular cancer

August 2010

  • A Hindu holy man performs yoga

    Indian gap year? Glorified holiday, more like

    Leo Mirani
  • Indian alcohol

    Indians are treated like children over alcohol

    Leo Mirani

July 2010

  • Cameron foreign tour

    Why Indians don't care about David Cameron

    Leo Mirani
  • India's general strikes: pain, and very little gain

    Leo Mirani

December 2008

  • The meaning of Mumbai

    Leo Mirani

    Leo Mirani: Like Beirut, Mumbai has become a name with global resonance. One that will for ever be linked with suffering and loss