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You HAVE to watch this.
What I really like abt
@ReallySwara
is that, apart from the fact she's gutsy and articulate, she really KNOWS the subject she's talking abt.
This is very unnerving for anchors who take her on, cos they don't know how to deal with competence. :-)
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I was one of those naive guys who got taken in by Modi's slogans of 2013-14. Shd have known better - but fell for them hook, line & sinker.
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Vinesh Phogat - first Indian woman wrestler to win gold at both Commonwealth Games and Asian Games.
Sakshi Malik - first Indian woman wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics.
Both now sitting on the street in protest against sexual harassment, hoping for justice.
What a shame!
Open secret in India that all athletes except cricketers are treated badly by the politicians who have grabbed sporting bodies. But, why are other athletes & even cricketers who earn billions not supporting the Olympian women wrestlers?
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Can we please STOP treating the Army as a holy cow?
Yes, it has many brave soldiers but it also has elements that have committed atrocities.
What's wrong if someone points these out?
Stop bullying
@Shehla_Rashid
. Fix the Army & weed out all elements that bring it dishonour.
A Delhi court directs police to issue 10 day pre-arrest notice to Shehla Rashid if the need arises to arrest her in the alleged case of defaming Indian Army on social media, while disposing of her anticipatory bail application.
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I see a lot of extremely angry Indian Muslims on Twitter.
Before calling them unreasonable, put yrself in their shoes, and ask yrself if they have reason to feel this angry.
The honest answer HAS to be YES.
You can't do this to them, day in day out, and expect them to suck it up.
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That clip of
@srinivasiyc
being dragged by DP, and a cop kicking him when he is down, is particularly hard to digest.
Here is a man who, during peak Covid last year, went out of his way to help people, arranging cylinders/beds, and saved SO many lives.
I just can't digest this.
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Ppl are judging
#RanaAyyub
in all sorts of ways, but I'm still reeling from the info that she had to pay 1.05cr, out of the 2.69cr she collected as donation through ketto, as income tax.
Am surprised more ppl aren't outraged about this.
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What?
@Shehla_Rashid
has been booked for sedition?
Hadd ho gayi yaar!
Everytime I think this govt cannot stoop lower, it surprises me.
This is pure intimidation.
Asking questions of your Army's conduct is not anti-national. Need to stop treating the Army as a holy cow.
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#Thread
on grief.
When I got news that my friend had lost his 25-yr old son to Covid in June, I msgd him, saying "I'm here, call me anytime you feel like it".
A few days later, he called.
Spoke for an hour, giving me all details.
Crying most of the time.
I just listened. 1/n
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Many memories of
#Demonetisation
. One that will always remain right up there for me is "Ghar mein shaadi hai...paise nahin hain...hahaha".
How, just HOW, can the PM of a country mock innocent fellow-citizens and revel in their misery? A misery HE created? How, just how?
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UPA was in power for 10 years.
Could not find enough evidence on Modi for 2002, to put him in jail?
#justasking
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The bullying continues, with this
#ArrestShehlaRashid
trend.
Between
@Shehla_Rashid
and the Indian Army, I know who I believe on this issue.
Sorry, Indian Army, I know you're full of brave folks, BUT you're also acting on behalf of the Indian Govt.
Which I have ZERO trust in.
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How and when did we normalise Muslims being called "puncturewaalas" and Christians "rice bag converts"?
How is this bigotry acceptable?
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"A lot of NRIs would move back to India in a heartbeat".
😂😂😂
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I don't u/stand why we expect people from IIT, AIIMS etc to have a better moral compass than others.
Just cos you pass an entrance exam that tests your strength in math and science, it doesn't mean you're any different from others in other attributes.
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That speech by the lady in uniform is clearly hate speech. But in today's India, she will not only be applauded, she is probably in line for a promotion for her views.
This country has completely lost its moorings.
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Interesting experience on day 1 of 2020.
Gas stove needed to be repaired.
Found a small repair shop in the neighbourhood.
Two elderly Muslims.
Said it would take 15-20 min, so I waited. 1/n
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Hate speech is wrong.
Death threats are wrong.
So what Nupur Sharma did is wrong.
Those ppl sending her death threats are wrong too.
Calling out hate speech, which is what Zubair did, isn't wrong.
Rest is all noise.
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When I criticize BJP, young folks often bring up Cong's past shenanigans.
Bachoo, I KNOW what Cong did - I LIVED through that period. :-)
I don't defend Cong actions of the past.
But I also see what BJP is doing today.
Indian social fabric is in TATTERS.
Vote BJP out pls.
Bas.
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Modi is a very smart politician.
Much smarter than many give him credit for.
This, combined with his ruthlessness, utter disregard for the truth or ethics, and an obsessive love for power (and therefore, image) has got him where he is today.
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What's the point of being a 5000-year civilisation, if you haven't learnt civility in those 5000 years?
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Many Indians are angry at the US Congress hearing calling India out. Esp angry at Ms Ilhan, Chatterji & Kaul.
So you want a free pass on your abuse of human rights?
Some are even saying, if India had been a stronger economy, US wouldn't have dared.
What moral depravity is this?
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@deepsealioness
Disgusting.
Ok, she got married to their son, but that doesn't give them any rights over her.
She is not anyone's property to transfer from one person to another.
Am just so disgusted by this mindset.
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RSS keeps abusing Gandhiji in India, but Modiji still needs Gandhiji in international conversations to build up India's credibility.
Mahatma Gandhi remains India’s signature card even the Hindutva PM, Modi has to talk about Gandhi
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If THIS is the basis for accusing
@ArvindKejriwal
of doubting the Army and "asking for video footage", clearly his words have been twisted.
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I find it ridiculous that in a system where the woman does all the heavy lifting with regard to household chores, cooking, care-giving, sacrificing career etc, she is made to look like a freeloader here, and told to "contribute financially", reduce the "pressure on the man".
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My wife's birthday today.
The years go by, my memory is failing rapidly for so many things...and yet her laughter rings in my ears as if it were yesterday.
I hope she's still laughing, wherever she is.
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MUST-WATCH. In 40+ yrs of following govt, never seen someone in govt so focussed on outcomes/efficiencies. Busts many myths too. Do watch.
Many of you have asked for the full video with
@SatyendarJain
- here it is, a full 28 min. Practical business wisdom
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As I was leaving, I asked him if it'd be ok to take a selfie w/ him.
He was fine with it.
I then realized I'd left my phone at home. :(
I promised him I’d return and take that pic w/ him.
THIS is the India I want to live in.
Let's fight to retain it.
Awaaz Do
Hum Ek Hain.
7/7
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So yesterday, at the Jayanagar protest, I got to meet someone I have MASSIVE respect for.
She ALWAYS speaks up fearlessly for the rights of the under-privileged and marginalised. I salute you,
@kavita_krishnan
.
Managed to overcome my shyness, and ask her for a selfie. :-)
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Can't believe you're promoting this behaviour in 2019.
If this were a real-life situation with a man harassing a woman like this (and one can't rule this out, certainly not in India), would you say "his antics will leave you smiling"? These are not "antics", it's harassment.
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@mishtal
@Partisangirl
No one is saying Hamas did not kill anyone on the 7th of October.
But investigations show that a significant number of deaths on that day were caused by IDF themselves.
Wanting to ascertain the facts, and get the truth of what happened, isn't a bad thing, no?
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What's wrong with a "Free Kashmir" placard?
I'd say we don't quite see enough of them.
Is anyone even speaking for Kashmiris anymore?
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@vivekagnihotri
For a leader of 1.3 billion to be unpredictable is not a positive, it's a negative. This is not a contest between the PM and other Indians. Unpredictability is useful in a contest, where it could give you an advantage over your opponent. Not with your own people.
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@Martina
Was a 3-day event.
This is only a snippet.
3 days of non-stop hate against Muslims, promoting violence.
One guy said "If I had a gun, I'd shoot Manmohan Singh (former PM) inside Parliament."
A LOT more was said.
The world will not take on the Indian Govt, cos of own interests.
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READ.
"Modi has attempted to present Thakur as a victim who was framed, as a symbol of what he claims is the opposition’s assault on Hinduism. This is in keeping with the BJP’s larger populist strategy of constructing a fabricated sense of injustice in India’s Hindu community."
The mistake you must never make-to call
#PragyaThakur
'fringe'-remember the exact adjective was used for
#YogiAdityanath
. This is now the BJP's new normal & here's why elex results have nothing to do with what Modi must do now. My take in
@washingtonpost
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A person who could shut down 86% of a country's currency overnight, could not stop a Kumbh Mela in the midst of an extreme wave of Covid?
Let's be honest - he didn't want to.
Say it out loud.
HINDU APPEASEMENT.
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Can someone give me one good reason why PM-CARES should not be under RTI?
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If you think it'll stop with Ayodhya, you're mistaken.
It would've stopped with Ayodhya, if the goal had just been to build a Ram temple at that place.
But the real goal is humiliation of Muslims in any which way.
Ayodhya is just one step in that process.
Hate has no end-date.
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The Urdu in my name (and Raja being a not uncommon Muslim name) has meant I've sometimes been mistaken for a Muslim here. Responses from Hindutva bigots have not been pretty.
Imagine real life for Muslims in India.
Non-Muslims can, at best empathise.
But Muslims have to live it.
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"To prevent “love jihad”, Bajrang Dal, with ABVP, keeps tabs on every single girl in college to track whom they’re interacting with. If we see them talking to boys, esp Muslim boys, we inform their families. The girls are then stopped from coming to college, except for exams.”
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If an Indian Hindu fundamentally believes that an Indian Muslim is a second-class citizen in India, sorry, I have a big problem with this.
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Article 370 had to be scrapped cos "One Country, One Constitution".
Article 371 will remain though cos "BJP government respects it and will not alter it in any way".
Am I the only one who sees the duplicity here?
They really think everyone is stupid, don't they?
Like they care!
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An Indian team wins the cricket World Cup and millions cheer.
A person
@Shehla_Rashid
admires converts to Islam, and she, a Muslim, isn't supposed to cheer? Why?
Religion is divisive but nationalism is not?
Why is it fine to say "I'm Indian" but not fine to say "I'm Muslim"?
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@emperor_mohd
@TheNoorMahvish_
@MasalaBai
Just cos she didn't report it to the police, it becomes "fake story"?
Most ppl don't report bad incidents to the police.
Doesn't mean the incidents didn't happen.
Pls don't invalidate others' experiences.
And I'm not sure she approves of you calling her "dear".
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Maybe if banks had applied indelible ink on defaulters the first time they took a loan, these defaulters wouldn't have got multiple loans.
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I swear I read this as "RSS too has cancelled its pogroms".
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Reason I'm discussing all this here is, I'm well into my 50s, educated, seen many elections. And STILL I got conned by all the propaganda!
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The sole aim of a political party like BJP is to gain power. So it does whatever it takes to achieve this end. I shd have been smarter.
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The anti-UPA mood was SO strong at the time. UPA was being bashed day in, day out. By not just BJP, but cleverly by media & industry too.
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We men walk around in shorts, at any time of day or night, not worried we'll be molested by women.
Women want to be able to walk around in shorts too, at any time of day or night, without worrying they'll be molested by men.
Can they?
Until we men behave, we better just shut up.
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Can't believe I am cheering Rahul Gandhi.:-) Have been a trenchant critic all along. But times have changed. And, I think, so has he.
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Today, looking back, I'm ashamed of my naiveté. Shd have known better. Not that I've rediscovered love for UPA. But I fell for dirty tricks.
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If you expect me to hate someone just cos he's Pakistani, sorry, it's not going to happen.
If you expect me to support someone just cos he's Indian, sorry, it's not going to happen.
I refuse to let identity dictate my moral compass.
My enemy is the oppressor.
Could be ANYONE.
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I've realised one of the best things is to just be there for a grieving person when (s)he needs you.
Not overbearing, but letting that person know you're there.
Ppl are sensitive ki "apna dukhda leke auron ko bore nahin karna hai".
They shd feel ok abt it.
They're grieving. 3/n
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#ZairaWasim
is 18. The world is her oyster. She was miserable in Bollywood, so opts out.
She's now counting on religion to give her peace. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't.
If it doesn't, she'll look elsewhere.
It's a normal process of discovery anyone would go through.
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"First we take away their dignity, then we take away their work, we take away their wages, and now we ask them to pay to get home."
The story of
#MigrantsOnTheRoad
- very well summarised.
Next time anyone says Migrant Workers have a free passage home, here's another of my reports, this one in Telangana, Impoverished, no work or wages, but they have to pay 3000 rupees per head for a Truck Ride. For this they are selling phones or taking loans. My story
@themojo_in
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Things coming to light now.
#DeMonetisation
:
1)Only 6% of black money lies in cash form
2) Only 30% of Indians hv access to banking system
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Being punctual is a sign of respect.
Indians are notorious for disrespecting others' time.
Borg's son was playing a tennis match, which he wanted to watch.
Borg had already waited for almost 2 hours.
Natural he then chose to watch his son play.
How is anything here Borg's fault?
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Oh, I was SO naive then. I genuinely thought Arnab was the voice of the people, taking the establishment representatives to the cleaners.
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If your religion is more important to you than basic human values, you need to relook at your moral compass.
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The IAC movement played its part in undermining UPA's credibility. Minor detail: Many, like Kiran Bedi, Kher & Ramdev, aligned w/ BJP later.
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One of the biggest privileges for an Indian right now is to live outside India.
Apart from various other benefits, you don't have to worry if you criticize Modi Govt.
In India, you often self-censor.
Those living outside India should use this privilege to expose the Modi Govt.
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I was even warned by a friend that if BJP won, it would give anti-social elements a free hand to engage in violence. I didn't believe him!
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I think there must be millions of people around the country like me. Must have fallen for all those slogans. The smooth talk, the charm.
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If you tell me
@deepsealioness
is an Islamophobe, or has even one ounce of hate towards Muslims, I won't believe it for one second!
If anything, she has been an extremely vocal voice against RW hate towards Muslims.
You might've other differences w/her, ok, but this is not done.
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@chetan_bhagat
There is nothing more important in a country than to stop fascism. Germany did not realise it in the 1930s, and the world, including Germany, paid a very heavy price for it.
Let's first stop fascism, then we can talk about everything else.
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Is it an Asian thing to glorify being a workaholic?
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It's a BIG lesson for me. Not to take anything at face value. Not to trust easily. I blindly trusted Vinod Rai, Arnab, Kiran Bedi et al.
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It was as if UPA could do NOTHING right at that time. Was being bashed for EVERYTHING. Now I realise, much of it was probably orchestrated.
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So I keep saying (and get trolled for it!) that every Indian Muslim is as much Indian as every Indian Hindu. It is HIS/HER country too.
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@SGanguly99
@bharat_builder
@virendersehwag
Saurav and Viru, you are role models for many Indians. Instead of further fuelling Indians' hate towards Pakistan, you could help by spreading a message of peace. Imran has made peace gestures that India has not reciprocated. And you find fault with Imran?
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I totally believed everything abt the Gujarat model. Have never been to Gujarat in my life - everything just seemed perfect about it.
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Men in India shouldn't get married unless they're ready, and understand what it involves.
Too many men get married without thinking much about it. Often cos family nags. Mentally they're still young boys.
Who suffers most?
The wife.
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I believed in Vinod Rai and his 2G scam figure of 1,76,000cr. I believed in every scam reported. They were flying in thick and fast.
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@amitabhk87
Exactly! What slowdown?
Could you also pls reverse this idea to lift ban on govt purchases? It is public money - let's not waste it on trying to give the auto sector a boost during this clearly non-existent slowdown.
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The most crazy tweet I saw in response to
@BDUTT
's complaint of threat of phone-tapping and surveillance went sth like "So what? Govt does phone-tapping & surveillance all the time. What's the big deal?"
I was like "WHAT???"
Have we now normalised even this? Are we SUCH serfs?
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How can you not trust the Prime Minister of your country?
That too, Modi ji, who always keeps his word.
Pls do listen to this clip.
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First shock I got was when that Muslim techie was beaten to death in Pune, soon after Modi became PM. No immediate condemnation. Silence.
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kuchh to log kahenge
logon ka kaam hai kehna
More power to you,
@Shehla_Rashid
. You tick all the boxes that trigger hate in these people -JNU, woman, Muslim, Kashmiri, educated, outspoken. And most importantly, you question the system. Which today, is Modi govt.
Bas, aur kya..
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if he sacks -> why did he?
if he doesn't -> why didn't he?
if he sacks
- in 30 min -> why so hasty?
- in 24h -> took 24 hrs?
#SandeepKumar
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I believed in Modi's "Sabka Saath,Sabka Vikaas", "Minimum Govt,Maximum Governance" "Bahut hua Naari par Vaar, Abki Baar Modi sarkaar" et al.
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So will all those people who publicly maligned
@Shehla_Rashid
now publicly apologise to her?
Decent thing to do, no?
Come on, guys. Waiting for it.
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Unpopular Opinion:
A North Indian not learning Kannada/Tamil after living in Karnataka/TN for 10 yrs isn't disrespecting the local language.
He has just not found it necessary to learn the language for his survival/work.
Yes, if he MOCKS the language or locals, THAT's disrespect.
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Ran into neighbour at milk booth today.
Am highly anti-social, but he started a convo.
"Corona cases are going up again".
"Yes".
He wasn't wearing a mask, so I asked "Where's your mask?"
"Here" he said, taking it out of his pocket, then proudly "I never leave home without it".
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I realised, just cos someone isn't physically around, it doesn't mean the person has to spend less time in your mind.
Yes, today it's painful cos of the physical absence - but over time, the person finds his/her sweet place forever.
And it hurts less.
Still hurts - but less.
6/n
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For me, the Kashmir issue is about the rights of Kashmiris. That is THE issue. Everything else is secondary.
Indians are trying to divert attention to Pakistan, discussing/mocking their reaction.
This, while Kashmiris continue to suffer.
Focus on Kashmiris.
#StandWithKashmir
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From there on, one after another. Dadri, another shocker. Again silence. Many more. Everytime silence. This, from an o/wise very vocal PM!
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Gandhi in Rome
Godse at home
Talk of peace abroad
Here play God vs God
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A lot of well-meaning ppl give gyaan that just doesn't work.
"Don't think too much about it".
"Arrey, it's already 3 months, how long will you be in this frame of mind?".
Thing is, every person is different, and has his/her own way to deal with grief.
There are no rules. 4/n
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I used to watch TV in those days - I don't anymore. The daily coverage of scams just made me very anti-UPA. Couldn't wait for it to go.
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"The party vision mentions a peaceful resolution of J&K. The solution should be acceptable to Kashmiris. Kashmiris are still struggling for mere dignity."
All the best to you,
@Shehla_Rashid
and
@shahfaesal
. Hope your party becomes the voice of ordinary Kashmiri folks.
"We won't play spectator to atrocities on people."
In an exclusive interview with
@NidhiSuresh_
,
@Shehla_Rashid
speaks about starting a new political party with
@shahfaesal
, the Kashmir conflict & more.
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The night before results, it was clear UPA was out. I tweeted "jab raat hai aisi matwaali, phir subah ka aalam kya hoga". I was thrilled.
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Tu idhar udhar ki na baat kar ,
@TwitterIndia
Ye bata Sanjay Hegde suspend kyon hua
Ye bata Madhav/Mahesh suspend kyon nahin hua (he's a 22K handle, "honoured to be followed by Narendra Modi", mocking a TWO-year old baby just cos he was Christian)
Jay Shah ko blue tick?
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We're not "all in this together".
The PM hasn't lost his job, his livelihood, his home. He isn't standing in a queue in the hot sun for hours, just for a lunch packet.
Neither are any of us. Yet.
The migrants and poor are taking this bullet.
No, we're not "all in this together".
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For one moment, I thought "Maybe women should throw pepper spray into the faces of those molesting them".
And then I thought "Yeah, and they'll get acid in return."
That's India's harsh reality.
The only real solution is for men to behave themselves.
Women don't need advice.
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Those mocking Kejriwal, saying he was Savarkar-like, miss the point that he was begging for oxygen to save lives of people of Delhi.
That he had to beg at all, says more about Modi's style than Kejriwal's.
If begging is what it takes to save lives, I'd do the same.
PPL ARE DYING.
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