Dear
@jk_rowling
. Kulsum, 12, a first generation English learner from the Himalayas would like to meet you someday. So come visit us at
#HajiPublicSchool
.
HELLO, WORLD. SO
@jk_rowling
SENT A HUGE GIFT BOX FOR KULSUM AND FRIENDS. HANDWRITTEN NOTE, INSCRIBED BOOK, AND THIS IS ALMOST TOO MUCH TO HANDLE.
We are so thrilled and squeaky, I cannot even. Thank you so much, Ms Rowling. Thread below.
#HajiPublicSchool
Today was our last day of class before Term 1 exams and look what arrived in the mail.
GIFTS FROM JKR with personalized notes for Kulsum. All of class 7 (along with their director
@imsabbah
) lost their minds. ❤️🤗
#HajiPublicSchool
Dear World, can I just say that HAROON RASHID ATTU, from my school, just got admission at Aligarh Muslim Uni after clearing the entrance exam, becoming the first student from our region to do so!
Here are some Haroon pictures at
#HajiPublicSchool
. :)
Ten yrs ago I quit the city life to head back to the mountains, and my family started a school. I had my head down, was known as 'the divorced one' in small town J&K.
Ten yrs on,
#hajipublicschool
is doing so well, my kids are shiny, happy people and I'm v. v. proud of them.
Since the Bidar police could not possibly arrest a 6th class girl, they have now arrested her mother and the school's primary section in- charge. Both women have been booked for sedition and will be produced before a magistrate tonight.
via
@thewire_in
Why do overseas Indians support the CAA, 2019 and the NRC, after having migrated to freer societies by benefitting from the fight for racial equality and removal of discrimination in immigration laws of the US?
Ah yes. Glorious nationalism tests for kids.
#Jammu
is next level.
2nd grade niece comes back from school asking if she's Pakistani because her classmate's mom told her not to speak with any Muslims because "they're all Pakistani."
Muslims are around 18% of Mathura’s population, and Dalits 20%. In other words at least around 40% of the population there eats meat. There are also meat eaters among other caste groups.
How can Yogi attack their right to eat the food of their choice?
Squeee!!!!! OMG OMG OMG, HUMEERA HAS HER NEW HEARING AIDS AND CAN HEAR NOW!!! Thank you, God! Thank you, AIIMS! Thank you, EVERYONE! (Except dictators, Nazis, extremists, casteists, racists, misogynists and that lot.)
#hajipublicschool
Who is Nazma aapi? She’s actually Saloni Gaur, a 20-year-old student of Delhi University, who is pursuing her graduation in political science and economics. “Dono hi kharab chal rahe hain aaj kal,” she scoffs.
What's happening in ₹Kashmir is not any external threat or the Pak terror bogey that everyone loves to parrot.
The entire machinery has been readied to curb massive civil unrest. Massive. Riot police. Reserve police. Moving out non Kashmiris.
Dimaagh ho toh lagaa lo.
I can't even. *tears up*
These kids and their parents, braving the worst to get to
#hajipublicschool
this morning. Easily an hour and a half's walk uphill in freezing temperatures.
#love
For starters, instead of splashing
#Asifa
's face across all news reports, can the media SHIFT THE FOCUS on to the accused and esp. the policemen, lawyers, leaders & politicians who are obstructing the investigation and carrying out rallies in favour of the perpetrators.
#kathua
This is laughable if it weren't so condescending and narrow, Salil. We don't need others not to eat pork or drink around us, it's a restriction on ourselves (for those who choose to do so). Who greets a non-Muslim friend w Salaam alaikum unless as a joke? What is this?
There are ways of expressing solidarity with Muslims around the world. Say waleikum salam when they say Salam aleikum; don’t eat pork if you’re dining with them, if they don’t eat it; don’t drink alcohol w them if they’re not drinking; speak out against bigoted islamophobes.
HAHAHAHAHAHA last night's rant and today my 10th results out!
ALL
@hajipublicsch
STUDENTS HAVE PASSED WITH DISTINCTION.
Three of six have above 90%! OUR BABIES HAVE PROVED THEMSELVES. ALHAMDULILLAH!
Please send many good wishes blessings to this lovely couple. Kaafi achhe 40 years, eventful and dramatic and happy and tense and a veritable mix of all things.
All you fools saying India wants to lose the match because Pakistan:
1. You've obviously never played sports to understand what winning means to a sportsperson.
2. Dimaagh mein gand hai, safaai karvaa dein.
3. Sports ki insult na karein, dafaa ho jaayein.
Little bit heartbreak.
Cannot teach Maths over WhatsApp. Many, many students need handholding.
Laanat on the Babus and National Security charlatans who won't allow for kids to be taught properly.
No video classes possible here on shitty 2G bandwidth.
#kashmir
#jammu
#internet
Meet Samya and Ifra. These cuties came to my place a day after school shutdown to ask for the Library keys. Sat and read for a couple of hours.
MATLAB, IT WAS SNOWING, GIRLS! Such enthu.
#HajiPublicSchool
The privilege of breaking curfew and restrictions and not being shot.
The privilege of that not being followed by a celebrating mass saying "well they deserved to be shot. They deserved it."
#india
#kashmir
#nocomparison
Hot take: It has now been 12 years of us trying to run a good school in a remote village in Doda, Jammu Kashmir, entirely out of our own pockets with NOTHING from the authorities except hurdles, objections, EXTREME INCOMPETENCE, INEFFICIENCY and ZERO thought for students.
Can't stand Kashmiris who refuse to accept the genuine pain and suffering of the Pandit community as they had to leave their homes here. The genuine fear and pain.
Matlab, they've all made it up is it?
Nothing happened to them?
This competitive hurt game is absolute shit.
Late night call with a dear friend from
#Kashmir
. They're at their wits end. Bursting to speak out/lash out in words and no way to do it. Completely clamped down while the rest of the world has slowly forgotten six months of blanket silence.
This makes other things pale in comparison. The world, its filthy politics, vile nationalism, stooges, brain dead masses and all the rest of the rubbish - they don't matter.
#HajiPublicSchool
concludes its year on…
"On the way to the bakery at 4 AM. Mom saw the Army ahead, she said turn around, let's go back, sthg is up. I turned and suddenly there was a burst of gunfire. That's it." Mother killed on the spot.
#batmaloo
#kashmir
No words for this daily horror. These murders w/ impunity.
Supporting
@shahfaesal
@Shehla_Rashid
and team very hard.
Really hope they are the way forward. Smart, young, clean politics with an eye on what the people want.
Fierce speakers at
#ShaheenBagh
.
Own your Muslimness. Stop being apologetic about it. Stop the continuing approval seeking from the majority. Own the protests.
#delhi
#CAAProtests
Indian Muslims picked on, beaten, killed for bravely protesting a discriminatory law that literally isolates their religion, protesting against imminent and grave discrimination in the furure.
Other Indians: Please don't make this so Muslim, it's uncomfortable.
There are ways of expressing solidarity with Muslims around the world. Say waleikum salam when they say Salam aleikum; don’t eat pork if you’re dining with them, if they don’t eat it; don’t drink alcohol w them if they’re not drinking; speak out against bigoted islamophobes.
I just want to say that my baby cousin got married and she's gone off to her new home and heart is breaking but also happy because she's happy alhamdulillah. Please send only good wishes and blessings for Maira.
Indian lockdown of Kashmir continues. Getting on to 5 months now.
No protests, no right to assemble, no dissent, and sweeping communication shackle.
#india
#kashmir
#resist
Aisha writes to me in a very Austenian voice. Can picture her at a writing table with a quill and some parchment. 💜 (One of the best readers at school, and her writing shows it.)
Know your Muslim things:
This here is called a 'rehel' in Urdu. Most Muslim homes will have variations of this very practical book stand. (And many many non-Muslim households as well because well, it's a great book reading accessory.) Generally carved out of wood, w/ detailing.