Ifra Jan
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Social Media & Digital Platforms Incharge, JKNC. Lawyer. Education: @StStephensClg. MSc Law @UniofOxford. Commonwealth Scholar. Avid gardener. Animal lover.
Srinagar, Kashmir.
Joined July 2017
Sharing my India Today Conclave Speech. Bottomline - People who break the unity of J&K, who try and destabilise regional NC governments - irrespective of how pure their words may sound - have historically helped Central governments the most.
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Done with Instagram. Everyone is getting a degree, engaged, is on a Europe vacation, eating the fanciest food. Back to Twitter. Atleast all of us are equally miserable here.
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The last I checked, India had not elected them to represent our country in Bali. So they did not shame India, they shamed themselves. Stop with this honour obsession 'Humari naak kat di'. No, your naak is okay. Chill.
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Pragya Thakur is out on bail given to her on 'Health Grounds'. Let that sink in.
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To every Kashmiri Pandit saying #HumWapasAayenge , I as a Kashmiri Muslim would say #AapKaSwagatHai . ♥️.
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Absolutely respect your decision. But please don't leave spitting at an industry, audience that gave you SO much. PS, you could have left quietly. With this letter you've made it difficult for every Muslim woman to choose an unconventional career. As if our society wasn't enough!.
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Nehru was far from perfect. But he gave to India what Jinnah could not give to Pakistan- a stable, working Democratic Republic. His absolute resolve on secularism, his love for science over dogma, and celebration of this country as it is, made me as a Kashmiri embrace India!.
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'US is anti India. European Union is anti India. Washington Post is anti India. New York Times is anti India. Pulitzer is anti India. Arab Countries are Anti India. United Nations is Anti India.'. Also Bhakts. 'Thanks to BJP, India's image in the world has gone up.'.
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Today, on a TV debate, a retired Army officer screamed 'Balatkar ke badle balatkar' as a revenge for Kashmiri Pandit exodus. He was asked to apologise, instead he said that he stands by it. These were the men protected under AFSPA. I shiver.
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Khandaan ki izzat beti ke haath mein, khandaan ki property bete ke haath me!.
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Never given an inch to the RSS-BJP. But Islamic State of Pakistan where an Ahmadiya could not be a part of an Economic council, where oath is taken in the name of Allah, which runs on an *Islamic Constitution*, and non Muslims cannot hold certain posts - gets to lecture India?.
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The dead silence of deshbhakts on Davinder Singh episode tells you one thing - That their nationalism isn't triggered until the terrorist has a Muslim name. It was never about patriotism.
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Who is the best Prime Minister India has ever had (and someone you secretly wish was running our country today)?.
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If you were truly bothered about Human Rights, you'd have been equally vocal for disappeared Balochis, persecuted Ahmadiyas, the crackdown on Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, Hindu girls in Sindh. You're not for a Liberal world but one where you choose to decide who's a victim!.
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Imagine for a second if it was a celebrity Indian Muslim man waving his sword on internet with the hashtag #MuslimBoy. Just imagine.
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A liberal, progressive Democrat should not be promoting wearing a headscarf, when millions of women across the world are flogged, jailed and tortured if they dare not to. Please wear it if that's your faith, but don't write an eulogy for it while you sit in the American Congress!.
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On a lighter note, my flatmate is like, you know Ifra I hate these guys who just can't support Modi Ji. He's done so much for our country. I nodded in agreement. Imagine if she saw my twitter. 😂.
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Cow Slaughter laws in India like Blasphemy laws in Pakistan are meant to harass, intimidate and persecute minorities. NSA or not, the complete silence of an average liberal over such draconian laws tells us how much Indian liberalism has bent itself to bow down to Hindutva!.
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#ISupportJagratiShukla is the top trend in India Today. #HangAsiaBibi was the top trend in Pakistan some days back. Na jane is LOC ki kya zarurat hai.
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Apologies @sardesairajdeep. No TV channels except NDTV discussed the plight of thousands & thousands of destitute migrants. They were interested in Sadhguru, Movie actors & 'Wah Modi ji wah'. It was non TV journalists like @BDUTT & others who actually did the brilliant reporting.
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So many Kashmiris calling Shah Faesal a stooge because he decided to quit politics. Well, when he did join politics, left a lucrative job, did we accept him? We called him a stooge back then as well. Then why should anyone risk his own career for an ungrateful lot like us?.
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Unpopular opinion: But as a Muslim, I've no objection to Ram Mandir being built at the disputed site of Ayodhya. That doesn't mean a clean chit to those who rioted and killed people during the Babri Masjid riots. Poverty is the biggest issue facing Muslims in India, not a Masjid.
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Received a call from a landline. My Uncle passed away suddenly. My mother couldn't attend her brother's funeral because there is no public transport. Half of the family still doesn't know. And I was more loyal than the king. Life teaches you lessons the hard way.
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So when is India calling its 2 million workers back from UAE, 1.4 million workers from Saudi Arabia, 2.4 million workers from USA. and so on? I'm sure these countries want their jobs back too. .
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If you're in J&K, and are looking for Oxygen, beds, Remdesivir etc related to Covid, or know of Chemists, suppliers selling Remdesivir, Oxygen, Plasma donors please message me. We are group of volunteers currently making a database. Any verified leads are welcome.
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If your response to terror attacks is not asking tough questions to the government, pushing for better Defence and effective foreign policy BUT attacking your Muslim neighbour- you're not a nationalist, you're an anti Muslim bigot waiting for a moment to unleash a genocide!.
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Whether Ram Raheem protests, Assam ones, or the Sabrimala one, buses were torched everywhere. But this time because it was Jamia Nagar, Indian media is running 24*7 show on 'Dekhiye kaise dhuwaan nikal raha hai'. They want it to turn into communal riots! Radio Rwanda it is!.
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63 people were butchered in a Shia Hazara wedding yesterday in Afghanistan. & It has been going on for a while. I'm amazed how as a kid growing up I was never told how we Sunni Muslims were butchering a country but only how the US was the one 'invading' & killing us.
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It was never about the cows. It was never about beef. It was never about uniform.
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I'm a Muslim and I'm not scared for my kids to grow up in India because I'm superbly privileged with an elite education, powerful friends, English speaking friends who upload their beef entrees on Instagram. Anti Muslim bigotry hits the ones at the lowest of the ladder the worst.
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After a debate in CP, the mob accompanies me chanting for my death. Stop the fucking bullshit about hate being fringe in India.
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Danish Siddique's lone camera showed what an entire establishment wanted to hide. Rest in Power, Danish!.
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Stop calling Kangana Ranaut 'Rakhi Sawant of Twitter'. Rakhi was over dramatic, but never a casteist, misogynist, religious bigot. This woman is vile beyond redemption.
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Little known, all male, 'Mohalla Committees' in Kashmir are the Khap Panchayats of Haryana. They are the ones which divorce, shame and throw out women with notilhing, under Triple Talaq! . How many of you knew about it? No newspaper or media would ever tell you about it!.
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We, Kashmiris are indeed facing disappointment because just yesterday Pakistan sponsored millitants killed three unarmed policemen in Kashmir. They were Kashmiris. We do not need your support. Khuda ke vaste, ab hum Ko chod do 🙏.
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After some Furqan Khan made very uncooth remarks about Hinduism,I hope my enraged and free speech loving fellow countrymen now know what it means getting called 'A jihadi, pedo worshipping taqiya loving, do halala' EVERY DAY. It is so easy to recognise bigotry when it hits you.
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#TalkToAMuslim? Please do talk to me and after two minutes, you will realise the redundance of it. Because I am just like you, who eats, drinks, reads, sleeps and has fun!. Next what? #LetUsPutAMuslimInAZoo.
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I'm afraid you are falling into the same trap as many others who scream communalism on the top of their voices when it comes to the 'other' community but refuse to acknowledge their own stink. The world will change when we stand up to our own!.
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Do I support giving citizenship to persecuted Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis, Christians from Pak, Bangladesh & Afghanistan? Yes. Do I support CAA? No. Because they could have been given citizenship without this act that creates a future condition for hostile discrimination in India.
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@amaanbali How come the 18 year old (who was volatile till yesterday) can suddenly consent? This has forced marriage written all over it. Shame on you.
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Then why don't you support implementation of Shariah in criminal law? Flogging for adultery, chopping hands over theft, stoning to death for murder? You're not a true Muslim, AIMPLB!.
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I absolutely respect Zaira's choice but public assertion of that choice has severe consequences for many Kashmiri Muslim women on ground, while it is also reflective of a deep unending Muslim obsession with theology. I write, for Newslaundry.
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Here is a district wise list of Oxygen Retailers and NGOs, societies etc supplying oxygen, cylinders, concentrators to people in J&K. If you know of any more retailers, send me their names & phone numbers. @jkcovid2021
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As we celebrate, homosexuality remains punishable by death in 13 countries. These are; Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar, UAE, parts of Nigeria, parts of Somalia, parts of Syria and parts of Iraq. NEVER FORGET THEM!! #LGBT.
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At my Vaccination center today, I saw literally no young unmarried women in line waiting to get the jab. Just me, and my sister, and hoards of men. The infertility rumour is going to cost us a lot of lives.
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You should be thankful to the American liberals who after giving you a citizenship do not hound you when you call yourself an Indian. In India, even those who have lived here for centuries are asked to go to Pak. Liberal when in a minority, conservative when the majority!.
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For the third time Abhijit Iyer Mitra's bail has been rejected. His crime? He cracked a joke. Indian Juridical system needs to redefine the very idea of 'Criminality'. As long as it is not done, evey citizen is at mercy of the State. Today it is him, tomorrow it will be you!.
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This was preceded by Jammu massacre where an estimated 100000 Muslims were killed by Hindu fanatics in Jammu, abetted by Maharaja Hari Singh's forces & RSS. Don't leave out the uneasy bits please.
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So JNU debate has a lot of people calling me an 'Auntie' as an insult. Guys, I am aunt to two amazing nephews. & I was raised by bold, articulate and courageous aunts, so I look forward to raising a new generation that doesn't cheer for lynchings & bigotry. Auntie and proud 😎.
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Years back, @kavita_krishnan delivered a lecture in my college where she said that rapes as horrific as Nirbhaya’s aren’t as uncommon as we think. But the sudden outrage also had to do with the fact that she was one among us - middle class, college going.
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This year in Iran, 3 peaceful, liberal women were sent to 55 years in prison for not wearing a Hijab on Wednesdays. But yes, thanks for your concern for Human Rights in Kashmir.
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What did the BJP 'achieve' in 2 years of Abrogation? Let us talk numbers.
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It is absolutely possible to criticize Pakistan & speak for the Rights of Kashmirs at same time. There's no dichotomy here, and Pakistanis can keep quoting whoever they want to. We are a country of a billion people!.
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What Tableegi Jamaat did is criminal, no excuses for that. What you're doing is equally criminal - painting a diverse heterogeneous community of 200 million Muslims as guilty *unless* they speak up & then the majority can decide whether to forgive them or not.
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Nothing is straight in Kashmir except a poplar tree. A thread ~
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Of all the States, J&K records the highest unemployment rate. What were you told about development and Article 370 Abrogation?
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The article that you quote has been written by a Hindu called Shrenik Rao who's alive and free. It was co published by Madras Courier whose editor wasn't kidnapped overnight. That's why India that our founding fathers envisaged still lives.
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I'm happy to announce that I have joined @JKNC_ , a party that deeply resonates with my own values of a strong federal structure, liberty, equality, & dignity. I'm thankful to @OmarAbdullah Sb for allowing me this opportunity. To the critics- I have my conscience to answer!.
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Do you remember the outrage on Tableegi Jamaat event, the non stop coverage in media? It was never about Corona.
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Trump has finally put an end to the unending fantasies of Indian Right of a Global Right alliance. America First means America First & if it comes at a humiliation to everyone else,so be it. With China ascending way faster than our ability to tackle them,where do we go from here?.
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Abdulla Yameen, the hard core religious dictator lost the Maldives elections. It was under his presidency that India and Male fell off, thanks to support from China. A small yet a huge win for India :).
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The unilateral scrapping of a promise was WRONG and DECEITFUL. But the reality is that it is a war we lost. How long & in how many ways do keep fighting an unwinnable battle? Call me a stooge, but let us get back to building our lives. We have lost generations, no more!.
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When you trolled me over a tweet related to Zomato, your troll army hounded me for days. Didn't you think about the repurcussions your bile had on others? No, because you're a psychopath. Brilliant @free_thinker , keep exposing these cretins who hide behind anonymity to abuse!.
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Did the State of Pakistan not do the exact same thing in Gilgit Baltistan? What's the ratio of Sunni Muslims living there compared to 1949? Talk about annexation and demographic change after you've taken a good hard look at yourself!.
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Pakistan is going to raise the Article 370 question in the United Nations. While they themselves got rid of the 'Special status' of Gilgit Baltistan and deliberately changed the demography by settling Punjabi Muslims there to dilute the idea of secessionist movement there! 🙄.
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Yes, Indian news anchors are to be blamed for everything. Not the Kashmiri boy who blew up 40 men to pieces. Kuch to sharam karo.
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An average Kashmiri Muslim was as complicit in the Kashmiri Pandit Exodus, as much a common Gujarati Hindu was in 2002. Denying Kashmiri Pandits their tragedy is as horrible as painting an entire community as the enemy and setting the stage for another genocide.
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Who gave you guys the legitimacy to talk on behalf of All India Muslims? Were you elected by them as your name suggests? An oddly chosen body cannot represent 10 million diverse, multilingual, multi cultural people. YOU DO NOT REPRESENT ME!!.
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I don't need condolence messages. I need some introspection on your part. And if you don't think there's a need for that, please don't comment here.
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While we remain focussed on Kashmir, Imran Khan in Pakistan has put his entire Opposition in jail. Whatever semblance of Democracy existed in Pakistan is long gone. Pakistani Army is the kernel of authoritarianism & fascism. Shame!.
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May be you could draft this paigam-e-peace email to Jaish-e-Mohammed? I'm sure the guy who blew himself & 50 other men to pieces yesterday would have taken it very seriously!.
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Subhash Chandra Bose, in a radio address 1942 -. "… I would request Mr Jinnah, Mr Savarkar, and all those leaders who still think of a compromise with the British, to realise once for all that in the world of tomorrow, there will be no British Empire.".
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It was Imran Khan who had tweeted and threatened India with Nuclear weapons a day before. Did not see you pose the question to him!.
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@amaanbali No, I was pointing out to her own testimony in front of the magistrate which implied she wasn't kidnapped, as you guys were claiming. & I was questing the 60 year old claim when the man was in his 30s. It has forced marriage written all over it. Stop treating women as cattle.
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Home is where 'Ghar ka khana' is. Kidney beans and turnip, Mallow leaves, Collard greens, Eggplant and quince apple curry. And Kashmiri roti (chochivour and tomul chout).
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She stood up for Women, for Balochis, for democracy in Pakistan. At one time, thanks to ISI, she was stripped in public. She was called 'India ki Randi', 'RAW agent' & what not! It takes courage to stand up against your own tribe. What a brave soul!.
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The first suicide bombing in Kashmir carried by JEM Fidayeen Squad today. While Pakistani-Afghani millitants are well known to carry out suicidal 'missions', local Kashmiri youth would stay away. Today a local Pulwama boy, Adil, blew himself up in ISI style. Absolutely alarming!.
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While we must ask difficult questions to the BJP, never lose sight of the fact that China is a cruel, expansionist dictatorship that has no regard for international norms,human rights or empathetic engagement. Chinese Communist Party has to be defeated if Democracy is to survive.
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This is cringe level politics. NRC is anti-poor, anti women, anti Constitutional, & anti Muslim + Jew. If you're going to make it only about Muslims, you do a disservice to those who are standing for liberty. Don't hijack an all India movement only to help BJP with polarization.
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Was there a plebiscite held in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir? Or China Occupied Kashmir? Why is the international community dead silent over it? Is India the only country that has to be flogged over, and over, and over again?
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If he wasn't a CRPF commando, but some poor migrant, most people would be cheering for the new methods police is devising to control lockdown violators. Lesson: If you don't stand for universal human rights especially against excessive State power, it will come for you too.
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The Blasphemy Laws set their country to fire. Pakistan now wants UN to pass a law that criminalises religious dissent. Instead of pushing the world towards critical thought, rational beliefs, free speech, this is what we get! I as a Muslim will not stand for this madness. ENOUGH!.
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If you have a political disagreement with me, please feel free to vent it out. But before you drag my family into it, remember you have families too.
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If Ambedkar lived in today's India, he would be in jail with 16 FIRs filed against him. People who are renaming him to 'Bhimraoji Ramji Ambedkar' need to read what he wrote, what his ideas on 'Brahmanism' were, before appropriating him for their vote bank politics.
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Tipu Sultan like all other medieval rulers was a tyrannt whose luxurious life style sustained on a half starved farmers surplus. Same goes for the Marathas, Dogras, Mughals. Stop looking for heroes where there are none!.
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I've been ranting against New Delhi for a while now. Please, shut up. If you hadn't sent Terrorists every 2 days across the LOC,hadn't funded the most vile & dangerous gangs, local press to carry an agenda, we would have been better off. You used us as guinea pigs, let us go now.
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As an Indian Muslim, I hope that you extend this liberal courtesy to the brave women in Iran who are fighting the Compulsory Hijab laws & stop discriminating people based on their faith. Our fight is for Secularism & you can't be an ally if you're not one.
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