To the ones lecturing Muslims on how to organise a protest:
The govt doesn't invite Muslims for talks. It opens fire on them. The majority endorses it and it ends there. Gyaan par thodhi lagaam lagaiye.
From Priyanka Chopra to David Beckham and Sachin Tendulkar to Leo Messi and so many more, all these so-called goodwill ambassadors of UNICEF haven’t uttered a word on thousands of kids murdered in Gaza. They go around with cameras & crews for what? To build their own brand.
It takes a one-and-a-half-minute video for a person in position of power to say, “Don’t use my comment to further your propaganda. A sport doesn’t teach or further enmity.” Niraj Chopra could have chosen to keep quiet just as this country’s cricketers have for years. He didn’t.
The more I listen to Prashant Kishore, the more I respect Rahul Gandhi for not letting him become a part of Congress or INDIA in any capacity. Rahul does see a Sanghi snake way before anyone else.
Forget Priyanka Chopra, TV anchors cutting their hair in solidarity with women of Iran is not just disingenuous but also laughable. Imagine working for a media house baying for Muslims’ blood & and then claiming you care about women of Iran. Someone show these people a mirror.
Imagine, going from chanting 400 paar to depending on Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu to even form the government. We know whose loss this is. Don't let anyone make you believe anything else.
A week ago, two minor Muslim boys in UP were arrested for listening to Pakistani songs. A month ago, Tanmay Bhat collaborated with Shoaib Akhtar for a YouTube video.
What’s in a name, you ask?
Rich kids look down upon menial jobs in India, but move abroad, work in restaurants & say they could do it because the job was respected there. They, then, sell it as their struggle story. But their treatment of people remains the same. Kaun bataye inhein ke ye hi issue hain.
Navika begins her show on a sombre note, recalling how the chair she sits in once belonged to Arnab, who had hired her in one go in August 2005 just before the launch. Oh Dear, it's going to turn bad soon, real bad.
Honestly, this track and field rivalry between India and Pakistan is way, way more interesting than cricket at the moment. There is maturity and respect. The two athletes have often expressed support for each other & treated sport like sport.
That’s a 24*7 Hindi news channel in India asking if Saif and Kareena’s newborn is Aurangzeb or Tipu Sultan! That’s for an infant not even a day old. The biggest of bigots have become editors; the ones who couldn’t joined the IT cell.
This is a paid tweet; it was received on WhatsApp and copy-pasted here. How do I know, you ask? Did you notice *The Kerala Story*? To make text bold on WhatsApp, you start and end it with an asterisk. Sanghis are fools of highest order; can’t even do propaganda properly.
Brave & Brilliant movie by Vipul Shah, worth a watch!
Sunshine Pictures declares -“its time to uncover the Hidden Truth, of the biggest Invisible Threat to our Daughters *The Kerala Story* releasing IN CINEMAS WORLDWIDE on 5th May. It is Time to
#SaveOurDaughters
!”
The Indian minister being rebuked on camera by a mayor from Romania is Indian foreign policy in a nutshell. No matter what the TV media show you, the reality is out.
Boys should be taught from a young age that they can't throw tantrums at their mother if and/or when she cooks something they don't like. Their entitlement begins right here and evolves into misbehavior everywhere. It should be nipped in the bud.
"Are you accusing PM Modi and others of being involved in causing the stock market mayhem which then benefitted a handful of people?"
A question at the Rahul Gandhi presser.
The answer: "Yes, the PM, the home minister and others."
Deeply upsetting to see
@RahulGandhi
claim that
@mausamii2u
is wearing a ‘BJP badge/T shirt’ only because she asked a perfectly legitimate question to him. I have known Mausami Singh for a long while and she is a fearless journalist who reports with integrity. Netas must stop
A few years ago while he was working for Zee News, Rohit Sardana spoke at a dialogue exchange programme, ironically named, "Responsible Journalism for Nation Building". He said he had no qualms acknowledging that his job was similar to that of a "salesman". 1/n
Among all the opposition leaders from the Hindi heartland, only Akhilesh Yadav appears to have taken the BJP media to cleaners. He goes to their conclaves only to call them out to their faces and tell them how they work for saffron brigade.
The England-Australia rivalry in cricket is not just older but also fiercer than India-Pakistan’s.
Pity that they don’t jail their people when they cheer for opponents.
In the last 24 hours, India has logged 260,000 new
#COVID19
cases. It's already turning out to be worse than the first wave in the US. In any other country, the leader would resign in shame. Here, the more shameless, the more chances you get.
Among the most overrated films of the last decade, one was Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani. I still meet kids in journalism classes who tell me they opted for the course because Ranbir Kapoor travelled the world "following his passion".
Shah Rukh Khan discussed democracy, freedom of speech, secularism, and azaadi, much before India’s Internet generation woke up to these terms. There’s a 1997 interview of Shah Rukh Khan with actor Farida Jalal. Go, find it on YouTube.
Bina kuch dekhe sune bas likh dena hai.
Tell me a more morally corrupt people than this country’s upper-caste and upper-class. She isn’t concerned about their security because that’s their basic right. She’s concerned because there’s garbage outside her house & there’s nobody to pick it. “Isliye security deni chahye.”
Kiran Kapoor, RWA president of Tulip Orange in Sector 70, said the operations of the society has taken a toll as housekeeping staff have left work. “They are afraid to work and live in the city. There is no one to clean the towers and the premises,” she said.
@HTGurgaon
@htdelhi
So you use the picture of a man with skullcap for all covid-related stories but you can't name this transporter, Pyraare Khan, who has spent Rs 85 lakh on oxygen supply to govt hospitals? India Today doob maro chullu bhar paani mein tum nafrati log.
A transporter from Nagpur, has spent Rs 85 lakh to make sure 400 metric tonnes of oxygen reaches government hospitals in and around the city for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.
Read:
#ITCard
#OxygenShortage
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@mustafashk
Barkha, where did "meeting in masjid" come from? Can you all for once leave masjid &musalmaan alone? Sorry, you can't because that's what keeps this business of "journalism" in India running. Whether it's sanghi patrakaar or liberal, kahin na kahin Musalmaan angle zaroor hona hai
I have spent a day watching an 18 day old child tremor from being on a ventilator. And a special needs non verbal child weep in confusion as his pulse oxymeter was measured . It is criminal, callous mixed messaging to hold elections, melas, meetings in masjids, whatever. STOP
BJP Prez JP Nadda claims India produces 5 lakh ventilators per day but industry data shows we had 8 manufacturers who supplied 3,360 ventilators annually before the pandemic. Once Covid struck us, 9 more players joined, raising India’s manufacturing capacity to 396,260 annually.
Had 50 Muslims gathered to even deliver a message of unity today, the state would slap UAPA, the media would call them virus spreaders & centrists wouldn't get tired of lecturing them on everything.
Gaurav Sawant asking desperate kids to step aside so that he “could do his job” is a telling example of how sold-out media work. They have no empathy. They don’t care what those stranded in a war zone have had to face for weeks. They only care about their master’s reputation.
Rahul Gandhi, often labelled a “reluctant politician” who went missing after every election, is addressing the media on stock market boom after exit polls & then the June 4 crash after the actual results. Just a glimpse of what the next 5 years will look like.
Amazing for a country that fought Britishers for independence to have so much of disgust for anything resembling a protest. India's upper-middle-class & middle-class have such an exaggerated sense of self-worth that they see all demonstrations as conspiracies against the state.
No bigger abuse than calling the persecution & every day harassment of Indian Muslims “victimhood”. No,
@Shehla_Rashid
, unlike you we haven’t held “West as a model for multiculturalism & tolerance.” Asking us to carry on like “model minority”, are you even aware of what you’re
Musalman protester angrezi na bole, Sikh Kisaan SUV na chalaye, Aurat Sadhak pr na utre aur Dalit to bas muh band rakhe. Protest karne ka tareeqa ye batayenge duniya ko.
It's amazing how a Sharjeel is called "disgraceful" for speaking the truth but a Deepak Chaurasia, who pours hatred on Muslims day in day out, is not even reported.
Fascists and Centrists thrive in the same political environment.
On Shah Rukh attending oath-taking ceremony:
If you're "apolitical" when minorities are attacked, college kids beaten & people imprisoned for speaking their minds, stay "apolitical" when invited to govt events. Your presence is political. No other way to look at it.
The Muslims of India have exhibited tremendous restraint in the face of state-supported and sponsored provocation and violence. This country can never thank the community enough. Never.
It's no coincidence that the withdrawal of 2000-rupee note comes less than a year before the Lok Sabha Polls. The RBI says it will remain a legal tender but the new notes won't be issued. That also means that the ones who had to hoard it have already done so. 1/2
Their hate for Kohli stems from one statement that he put out in support of his Muslim teammate. What people like Gabbar mock as “wokery” is called decency & any sane person would only applaud Kohli for it. One statement has rattled RW like nothing could in the last 8 years.
Much has been said and written about
#Pathaan
already and there’s no point repeating it here. For me, Pathaan stands out for one and only one thing — that it humanises Afghans, a community only depicted as backward, terrorists, human bombs and what not on the big screen.
1/n
Does anyone else here believe that Ranveer Singh narrates the most aristocratic stories — of his family and past — with forced colour and tone of lower-middle income group?
Dhoni and Kohli could joke with their Pakistani counterpart after losing the game.
Mohammad Shami, on the other hand, is being subjected to abuse and hatred on the Internet for having not lived up to expectations.
The privilege.
On a day, a few men offering namaz on a Delhi road were kicked by policemen, here’s a traffic alert from the same city. Either both are wrong or nobody is wrong. As simple as that.
Here's something you can try this weekend. It appears a little complex, but follow these simple steps to make Chicken Changezi arthaat Murgam Changezam. (If you know, you know) :P
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Rahul Gandhi’s strongly worded statement against violence on Tripura Muslims is welcome.
Good to see someone finally say, “Hamare Musalmaan bhaiyon…”
Language, of all things, is the most significant tool to call out the rot and bigotry.
Every time they harass Shami, I think of how Harry Kane protected Sancho, Saka & Rashford, who were subjected to racist abuse for missing penalties in Euro 2020 final. Not to forget, Kohli was quite vocal when Shami was targeted the last time for a game against Pakistan.
A lot of TV journalists, including ones who act neutral, end their tweets with
#JaiShreeRam
#JaiSiyaRam
. Great. There's none questioning their journalistic credentials. But God forbid, if a Muslim wrote Allahu-Akbar, not only would he lose job but also be called a terrorist.
He randomly asked people to go to Pakistan just because they disagreed with him. I can go on and on and on. And honestly, there is no other way to put it. This and only this is his legacy. 6/6
India's liberals are just too obsessed with leading the conversation. The moment they see someone from the Muslim or Dalit community reach the next level, they start questioning their credentials. They want these communities there, yes. But only behind them or to serve them.
In 2016, BJP troll army had forced Snapdeal to drop Aamir Khan as their brand ambassador. This came after his remark that his then wife Kiran Rao often wondered if they should move out of India.
It was snapdeal’s loss then, it’s Byju’s now. Aamir, Shah Rukh wahin hain.
Afghani chicken is perhaps the easiest dish to cook at home. There's absolutely nothing complex about it. Here's the recipe for you all. Try this weekend, maybe.
[THREAD]
Ingredients:
Chicken 1KG
80-100 ml (oil/ghee)
100 gm butter
2 medium-sized onion
6-7 green chili 1/n
Indians commenting, “That’s NYPD, it ain’t playing around,” on that video of US police pinning a cricket fan to the ground is such a telling commentary on how this country views police violence. They endorse a carte blanche for security forces. Nothing more dangerous than that.
For 33 years, since the demolition of Babri Masjid, India's centrists & even moderate Hindus guilt-tripped Muslims, saying everything would be fine if the community voluntarily gave up the land, which they called "disputed". 1/3
Whether it is Kumbh Mela or Ramzan, ALL religious festivals that violate Covid protocols are being reported by
@IndiaToday
.
@aajtak
.with no distinction. We may all make mistakes but don’t cherry pick tweets to spread false and malicious propaganda in these tough times🙏
Here's your weekend dish. Men, cook this for your families, wives, & partners tomorrow, maybe. This, by far, is the best dish I have prepared. Here's how you make Rarra Gosht at home.
[THREAD]
1/n
While his colleagues pay rich tributes to him, let them not befool you. He demonised Muslims every single night and referred to them as terrorists and Corona bombs. He called farmers protesting against the new farm laws "khalistanis". 5/n
Ahead of 2014 LS polls, Smita Prakash, Anand Ranganathan & Gaurav Arya were promoted as voices of reason. They were regular panellists & given ample airtime. Two years into the Modi era, they came out as Hindutva flagbearers & 10 years later, full-blown genocidal maniacs.
"An interesting anecdote".
Tweeted within minutes after all of them probably received it on the same WhatsApp group. Also, another question: are these people really tweeting within minutes of each other or someone else has their passwords?
It’s interesting how after NDTV, CNN-News18 and India Today also called Amish Tripathi to discuss the
#GyanvapiMosque
issue. If a man appears on all TV channels to say the same thing, you know he has been deputed to do so.
Almost a week since the son of arguably the biggest movie star in the world was apprehended from a cruise party without any evidence of wrongdoing. Not a single joint statement from Bollywood that boasts of Kumars, Kapoors and Bachchans.
Barkha Dutt is competing with the United States to be always on the wrong side of debates and history. They are neck and neck at the moment but I trust Barkha to emerge triumphant here.
Two of the biggest news networks in the country — Network18 and India Today Group — organise promotional events for the BJP and call them conclaves. They give platform to the ruling party to come and justify their wrongdoings.
Horrendous tweets about Kohli-Anushka’s not even a year-old daughter reveal how much India, as a society, has decayed.
It’s the same people who put Muslim women on auction. And nothing emboldens them more than the current political environment in the country.
She lost the elections. She ought to vacate the government property. To equate this with what Rahul Gandhi was subjected to is not just disingenuous but also incredibly stupid.