Dibyesh Anand 🏳️🌈
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Cat-loving Queer Professor of International Relations (views my own) | Preferred pronouns: he/him
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My dad is no more. He kept saying “your mother is calling me” & left us today.
Rather then see him as a victim of post Covid complications - he did become free of Covid before the end - he will be remembered as a fighter. His optimism is legendary amongst his wide community
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Most
#Kashmiris
say "Azaadi"
Many Indians hear "ISIS"
Most Kashmiris say "Freedom"
Many Indians hear "Pakistan".
The problem is not with most Kashmiris and their aspirations but the refusal of many Indians to listen to them.
Cartoon - Suhail H. Naqshbandi
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The [social] media storm over
#DalaiLama
is obnoxious. An inappropriate gesture (done in joke, apology already provided) is portrayed as abuse & worse. Most news headlines are irresponsibly sensationalist.
I write as a
#tibet
expert & as a survivor of child sexual abuse.
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Death threats sent to participants of US conference on Hindu nationalism | Freedom of speech | The Guardian
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Since
#FreeTibet
is trending on Twitter ❤️💪🏾
No ifs and buts
Yesterday, today, always
#StandWithTibet
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I am really suspicious of non-white scholars in the Western academia/public sphere who speak of non-western/postcolonial/decolonial knowledges/ideas but do NOT ever raise questions about oppressions/hierarchies/injustices in their country of their origin.
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Since a few pro Chinese Communist Party trolls got irritated with my post with Tibetan flags, how about sharing these?
#FreeUyghurs
#FreeTibet
And yes, I support freedom in Hong Kong, freedom for Taiwan, &
#FreeChina
too
I ain’t a tankie 😎
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It’s official now - I shall be the Interim Deputy Vice Chancellor (Employability and Global Engagement) at the University from October.
My primary thought - how happy my parents would be. They are not around in this world but I feel their pride and blessings. ❤️
I have a mix
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Feminist scholars have again and again highlighted use of rape and sexual violence in conflicts. That & several accounts since (including recent NYT report) & sharing of images on 7/8 October by pro Hamas accts should have been enough to trust the allegations.
Yet we find
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I write: "The joy [of the Hindu nationalists] stems from the humiliation of Kashmir’s Muslims for daring to be different and the thought that this is a warning signal to all of India’s Muslims that the Hindu body politic is resurgent and unstoppable."
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Repeat after me.
#chinaindiaborder
was historically neither Indian nor Chinese. Its history involved Tibetans, Uyghurs, Ladakhis, Kashmiris, Monpas, several hill tribes, but neither "Chinese" nor "Indians".
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Javaid Ahangar, a
#Kashmiri
teenager was disappeared by Indian state this date exactly 30 years ago in 1990. His mother Parveena Ahangar waits for him & has mobilised other victim families as
@_APDP
to oppose
#EnforcedDisappearance
. Am honoured that she considers me as her son.
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My first thought was - how proud my parents would have been ❤️
I feel both humbled and thrilled to get this opportunity to work with amazing colleagues and students
@UniWestminster
and beyond.
I am so very pleased that
@dibyeshanand
has been appointed as our
@UniWestminster
Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Employability and Global Engagement. Many congratulations Dibyesh! Wonderful.
#WeAreWestminster
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On
#Kashmir
event at IIT that was almost censored; shrinking academic freedom in India
http://t.co/k51qpXxhJU
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If only Indian media persons had a fraction of concern about religious extremism, women’s rights, minority rights, journalists’ welfare, etc in India in general, Kashmir in particular, compared to their expressed concern for Afghanistan….. they’d have some credibility
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if i had to give one piece of advice to PhD students today, it'd be - be wary of proponents of 'more radical than thou' (akin to holier than thou) strand of academia.
Be radical, be holy, be whatever, but most crucially, be kind to others and to yourself.
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It’s only official if it’s on the website, and now it is 🥰
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@NitashaKaul
- her words at US Congress on
#Kashmir
💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Her words smash so many myths of Hindu Indian nationalists.
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Independent
#Tibet
was a historic reality and is an aspirational future.
Solidarity with
#FreeTibet
- yesterday, today, always
#TibetanIndependenceDay
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Dear non-Tibetans open to re-thinking beyond initial reaction to manufactured story on
#DalaiLama
,
Do explore & listen to
#Tibetan
voices in exile.
I say exile - because you can't get access to free voices from
#Tibet
under
#China
colonial rule.
Don't hurt the colonised &exiled
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This
#Diwali
I have one wish - may the oppression of
#Kashmiris
and all other people colonised come to an end and there be justice and freedom for all.
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Happy freedom to all anti-colonial Indians & Pakistanis who are in solidarity with
#Kashmiris
& other people whose human rights & liberty are denied by existing nationstates.
As for others, pls spend more energy on understanding “freedom” than waving flags
#FreedomFromFascism
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An important article on
#AyodhyaCase
and its significance for minorities, majority and democracy in
#India
- by
@FriedrichPieter
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As one of the members of this EDI expert advisory group under attack, I feel there is a lot of learning and healing to do, going forward.
The two entities I won’t forgive -
1) Michelle Donelan who targeted two members of our group by name without care for their welfare in order
We commissioned an independent investigation in response to an open letter from the Secretary of State about
@ResearchEngland
’s EDI advisory group. Today we are releasing the outcome of that investigation, with thanks to all involved for their patience:
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Imagine living without internet or phone signal during these times of digital connectivity, especially during a severe pandemic and lockdown?
Yes, that is what
#Kashmiris
are going through.
Please never buy into Indian propaganda.
#StandwithKashmir
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I could never have imagined a scenario where my dad is critically ill in a hospital ICU & I’m not with him.
But then, I could never have imagined how sadistic a pandemic can be.
While he is being taken care of by my sisters, all I do is wait. Wait with hope to see him one day.
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Indian colonial policing of
#Kashmiri
lives shares a lot of brutal and dehumanising practices with Israeli colonial policing of
#Palestinian
lives
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Indian government’s cruel treatment of Kashmiri leader
#SyedAliShahGeelani
after his death reminds me of how the Chinese government treated Nobel Peace prize winning dissident Liu Xiaobo.
Do remember that India claims to be a democracy, different from China. It’s just a claim.
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What
#India
is doing in
#Kashmir
is anti-democratic, dehumanising and pure colonialism.
#StandwithKashmir
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It was an absolute honour to host
@CSDWestminster
& be in conversation with, Tibetan leader
@SikyongPTsering
of
@NetTibet
, govt-in-exile.
He spoke of
#democracy
in exile,
#Tibet
,
#China
,
#DalaiLama
#HumanRights
& interacted with audience.
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Can I be more clear in my position? That struggle for democracy in India is incomplete without unconditional solidarity with struggle for Azadi of Kashmiris? I have remained consistent in my position despite abuses from Indian nationalists & whispering campaigns of pro-Pakistanis
Key takeaways from
@dibyeshanand
's speech outside the Brazilian Embassy yesterday:
1. We have to be united against fascists.
2. There can be no call for Azaadi that doesn't include Free Kashmir
3. Academics - stop being hypocrites and call a spade a spade.
#IndiaAgainstCAA
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I wrote this when mediastorm broke on
#DalaiLama
(before fuller video emerged later & exposed the manufacturing of lies). If I had to write this today, instead of "inappropriate gesture", I'd say "misinterpreted gesture". Other than that, I stand by my words.
#Istandwithdalialama
The [social] media storm over
#DalaiLama
is obnoxious. An inappropriate gesture (done in joke, apology already provided) is portrayed as abuse & worse. Most news headlines are irresponsibly sensationalist.
I write as a
#tibet
expert & as a survivor of child sexual abuse.
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This day in 1991, mass rape of girls and women was perpetrated by
#India
in
#KunanPoshpora
in
#Kashmir
.
Our silence around Indian colonial violence & human rights abuse has to end. Let’s all speak up. In solidarity with Kashmiris & other oppressed people across the world.
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I am British-Indian &
@UKLabour
member & I am disappointed with
@Keir_Starmer
ignoring human rights &
#Kashmir
self-determination & focusing solely on business ties with India.
@LFINupdates
is against internationalism if it uses its influence to get support 4 FarRight Modi govt.
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#Hinduphobia
is a myth conjured up by rightwing Hindus in the West in order to legitimise their support for hindu fascism in India.
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No achievements to report but I have some good news:
I continue to survive ☺️
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@Docstockk
@stonewalluk
Could you enlighten us about number of
#BME
professors who joined you in this? Or is this mostly about white cis females doing for white nationalism what a few late 19th/20th C early feminists did - became supporters of imperialism as ennobling?
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Are you an Indian or Indian origin person interested in
#decolonising
?
It’s quite easy to start.
Start with recognising Indian rule in
#Kashmir
for what it is - colonisation.
It doesn’t require much labour; all it requires is some honesty.
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In the distant past, if someone used “gay”, “homo” or “queer” or said “your mannerism is like that of a girl” etc as slur, I would be uncomfortable.
Now, not only I don’t take it as offensive but own it with pride. I am comfortable in my queer skin, so to speak. Won’t ever let
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Remember Desmond Tutu? His love & friendship for the
#DalaiLama
was unparalleled. Wish he was around to put some sense into the people
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Quite a few Jewish academics and students have to hide their identity (unless they are anti-Zionist), not advertise their events on campus (or hold these away from campus for safety), worry a lot about security, deal with passive-aggressive questioning at best and hostility at
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#NarendraModi
writing an oped in
@nytimes
on
#MahatmaGandhi
/non-violence is akin to
#XiJinpin
penning an oped on democracy. Let us not forget that Modi is member of rightwing Hindu nationalism and it was Hindu nationalists who saw Gandhi as enemy & assassinated him
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If someone with my kind of privileges and non-Kashmiri identity feels bullied and pressured to silence myself around
#Kashmir
, imagine the terror of enforced silence in Kashmir.
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Since I was reminded by Facebook that I had come out publicly this day, on
#Pride
day half a decade ago, it is an anniversary of freedom and visibility for me. This 'event' does require me to celebrate being myself :)
#HappyPride
to everyone
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It is a year since mom went into coma & died due to medical negligence. She was proud of what I did - work, achievements, politics (though a bit worried too for she thought Modi gets people killed) - & embraced my queer identity. I struggle but she remains a source of strength ♥️
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Meghnad Desai is a disgrace. From a liberal to Hindu nationalist, oh Lord, what a fall!! (Or maybe he always wore khaki chaddi underneath his trousers & we didn't know). Thanks to
@PriyamvadaGopal
, he stands exposed for his smug & despicable views on
#Kashmir
@Channel4News
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While
#Pakistan
politicians will condemn India, they will remain quiet about incarceration of their two fellows political leaders who are part of rights based
#PashtunTahafuzMovement
- hypocrisy everywhere
A joint session of the parliament has been called to condemn Indian hostilities in Kashmir. But these representatives of Waziristan will be barred from that session because they might also mention the atrocities of
#KharQamarMassacre
.
Kaisay ker laitay hain aap ye sub kuch?
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My mother is no more. Rituals make grieving difficult. In any case, I want to remember her as the lively, loving and carrying person who made me who I am rather than as a victim of ill health. I will cry but I won’t let her down. I am my mother’s son. ♥️
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I came out to my own mother three years ago this day & her response was “you do look happier these days” & cook my favourite dish. Made me wonder why I had assumed she won’t get it - i was prejudiced when she wasn’t. Openness comes from love & not formal education.
#HappyPride
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Hindu nationalist government puts an end to the pretence of autonomy, democracy and will of the people when it comes to
#Kashmir
. It starts a new phase of war against Kashmiri Muslims. Will the International Community remain silent?
#KashmirBleeds
#StandwithKashmir
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I have been teaching for 22 years now - one of the most remarkable memories is from when I was an associate lecturer with open university (while finishing PhD at Bristol, teaching there plus at Bath - 4th year and so scholarship was over).
A student could not come to the class
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Who’d have thought that getting an ICU bed in a functioning hospital for a critically ill father suffering from post Covid complications itself would feel like such a mammoth achievement?
I’m grateful to my sisters managing everything while all I do far away is worry. And hope.
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“The professor also criticised the Indian government of indulging in a “Hindutva political project”. ....
“Why are EU MPs allowed in Kashmir but not Indian opposition leaders,’ asks academic
@NitashaKaul
via
@scroll_in
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#NarendraModi
submits to foreign aggression while selling the idea that there has been no aggression. He presides over occupation of
#Kashmiris
, brutalisation of minorities, bullying of Pakistan but becomes all “peace loving” when it comes to
#ChinaIndiaFaceoff
. Blatant liar.
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A doyen of “decoloniality” Mignolo endorses a book that is outright Hindu supremacist. The other endorsers including the well established Islamophobes like Elst. What next? Will he be invited to Delhi to sing laurels for
#Modi
erasing “foreign” influence of Muslims in India too?
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A very short video summarising my views
#DalaiLama
- it’s easy to blame Chinese disinformation campaigns, but equally vicious role was played by American MAGA types and by Indian media, especially
@ndtv
Do watch this interview with Drukthar Gyal
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@pbhushan1
In both the cases, Brahmin teacher expects subservience. What this depicts is not the ignorance of students these days but brahmanism of teaching system. Problematic at every level
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I can't decide which one goes with my candidate statement - I have been nominated for Vice Presidency of International Studies Association - and gives a better sense of "trust me, i am responsible, & so vote for me". I guess the 3rd one might be "too colourful" :-) So, b/w 1&2?
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India’s aim is to erase Kashmir’s distinct identity even if in that process it has to exterminate all
#Kashmiris
as well as extinguish the very idea of Indian democracy
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@UNHumanRights
Is this a satire? A joke?
What concept of human rights does
#china
support that you can be grateful for? Or is it only about money?
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@SkyNews
@OliverDowden
Is the minister not the same who was opposed to Black Lives Matter?
How cynical that he now recalls the morality of BLM. Hope it is clear that he, like some of his fellow ministers, are not genuine in their concern for disturbing rise in antisemitism.
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@RishiSunak
Get international fee paying students to keep our country’s higher education sector afloat but treat them as cavalierly and with as much contempt as possible - is that what you think Britons elected you for?
🙄
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Thanks to everyone
@UniWestminster
who reached out at a time when I am so far away from my family in India. While I grieve & celebrate my father, at least I know I have a family here - my university community 🙏🏾
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I take on as the Chair for London Higher's EDI Network!
This won't be easy, especially given the challenges of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion when the political climate is significantly hostile, parts of media are into gaslighting, and the HE sector...
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Only an academic will call a 13 min long video “a very short video” …. 😁😁 I had not even realised how long it was for I was so animated & keen to challenge misperceptions and lies
A very short video summarising my views
#DalaiLama
- it’s easy to blame Chinese disinformation campaigns, but equally vicious role was played by American MAGA types and by Indian media, especially
@ndtv
Do watch this interview with Drukthar Gyal
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Saying “proud Brahmin” in India/Indian diaspora context is akin to someone saying “white and proud” in US/Europe context.
#
Putting this out for non Indians who may inadvertently think “Brahmin” is a mere identity - it is exclusionary ideology of dominance
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“Proud Indian”, “Proud Pakistani”, “Proud Chinese”, “Proud American”, “Proud British”.... thanks but no thanks. I have no respect for you if you prioritise nation-state over human beings who inhabit this world. You are part of the problem.
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As my brief trip to home/what-was-home to mark dad’s first barsi (death anniversary) ends, I am at peace for I know they live through me (& my siblings). They will always be with me. ♥️♥️
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My research with Hindu nationalists shows that what makes them lethal is a toxic mix of entitlement, victimhood, arrogance, insecurity, bloodlust where the only solution is total defeat of "Others". I see the same attitude amongst those subscribing to Israeli Jewish supremacism.
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The clickbait headlines of Indian media channels on the manufactured story on
#DalaiLama
was shocking in being sensationalist & blatantly false. But then, I recall how some channels had atrociously spread planted rumours as "news story" on
#Karmapa
in 2011. Shame on them!
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Animal love can go hand in hand with selective notion of humanity and violent hatred of minorities
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My first thought when I found that not only was I shortlisted for awards in two categories but won one - how proud my mom and dad would have been! They always cherished my achievements more than I did! ❤️
My second thought - I am so lucky to work with so many amazing and kind
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I did something completely new this birthday yesterday. I took leave & refused to check my university email (usually, even during my leave, I would still check emails) & I feel happy. How better to celebrate birthday during a lockdown? 🥰🥰😎😎
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I miss my office dearly.
I feel suffocated at home.
Concentration level is zero.
I miss students & colleagues.
Online is not the same.
I miss being at the uni.
(I don’t dress like this in macawiis/sarong from Ogaden/Somali region normally - my trademark stole is missing 😂)
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Will
@atahasnain53
clarify why is he proud of
#ParveenaAhangar
whose son was disappeared by the State? Does he now support her long struggle against enforced disappearances? Has the general found humanity or is this inclusion of photo appropriation to whitewash state crime?
10 Kashmiri women who make us proud. In fact the emancipation of Kashmiri women is something we really need to be proud of.
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@kehinde_andrews
@HackneyAbbott
@LabourParty
How is antisemitism not racism when Jews were massacred by racial Nazi state that saw Jews as a race? Same with Roma people?
When a people are seen as a race, persecuted as a race, it is racism.
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As
#Kashmiris
- traders and students are attacked by Hindu chauvinist mobs in different places in India after
#PulwanaAttack
- I feel the need to reiterate my solidarity with the victims. Never be cowed down by bigots masking as nationalists
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Happy to be appointed to the newly formed
@ResEngland
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expert Advisory Group - after our first meeting itself, I am confident the ten of us from across the UKHE will indeed be "critical friends" and not box tickers :-)
What delights me most is
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It was mom who would visibly get sad and upset when saying bye as dad would keep a positive face & bless. After her leaving this world, dad started becoming visibly sad when saying bye at the end of my trips. He had become like her. One of his last pic
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For those who think my views on Hindu nationalism are unsubstantiated, they should go and read my book that took long years to research & write. No need to buy it if you can’t afford - get proofread copy from
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A most special
#Pride
(‘16) for that is when I “came out” to my mom (who was visiting from india and staying with me for a few weeks) and she said “you are happy, that’s what matters” and made a dish that used to be my favourite as a child & I had forgotten about ❤️
#HappyPride
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Dear twitter followers (with profile that say “I love
#Pakistan
”) who agree with my posts on
#Kashmir
.
Pls don’t forget to speak against draconian treatment of
@Aliwazirna50
@mjdawar
. Pakistan will have more credibility if they
#ReleaseAliwazirMohsinDawar
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Thank
#BBC
has to issue the statement speaks volumes about Indian nationalists being upset with their myth of
#KashmirWithModi
colonial narrative.
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A memorable moment - when my mom and I to joined the celebration of
#DalaiLamabirthday
. This day, a few years ago ❤️
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Phase Two of
#KashmirSiege
- More than a hundred activists, academics, civil society members arrested in
#Kashmir
. The facade of "democracy" is dismantled after the very statehood of
#JammuAndKashmir
is ended. Will you side with colonialist India or
#StandwithKashmir
?
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To all those who hide their homophobia/sexism/racism/Islamophobia etc behind nature/religion/tradition/science/nation - we queers will call you out on your bigotry, be it paternalistic or violent. Cheers 😎🏳️🌈
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The source of my strength. I will learn to live with her memory as well as love that I haven’t stopped feeling even though she isn’t physically around. Rituals or no rituals, she is with me and will never leave me. I know it. ♥️
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Modi will lose half of territories that is claimed by India and even then the pliant media will portray it as “victory”.
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I have never waited for other fellow scholars to speak up/speak out when I have felt strongly about a public issue.
I did that when
#Karmapa
was slandered, I did that when
#dalai_lama
was slandered.
Each of us has our way - some speak loudly, some collectively, some not at all.
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#TenzinNyima
a 19-year old
#Tibetan
monk died after torture under detention. His crime? He had protested against govt pressure to celebrate "Poverty Alleviation Programme" (a colonial move to forcibly resettle nomads). Torture is an integral part of Chinese occupation of
#Tibet
.
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