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Follow history, West Bengal politics, Hindu human & legal rights on Twitter,Tweets and Blogs are in personal capacity, UPenn Engg Faculty
Joined February 2013
On #PaschimBangoDibas we inaugurate our website, Sringeri Belur – Home of indic scholarship. Named after an important Indic pilgrimage site in South India. Indic scholarship is ideological, rooted in regions yet mutually non-exclusive. Feedback welcome.
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While @capt_amarinder is determined to deny citizenship to those Sikhs who fled such religious persecution.
Rescue Sikhs stranded at Nankana Sahib gurdwara: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh appeals to Pakistan premier Imran Khan.
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Repeat - @AmitShah has caused many of us to choose sides. The significance of his push on CAA & his Parliament debates go far beyond electoral significance. It’s civilizational & may lead to unprecedented Hindu unity. Referring to birth based, but value based identity here.
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Abdul Hashim, second in command to Suhrawardy, mentions in his memoir, “Let us Go To War”, that Nikhil Chakravartti of CPI had helped him draw up Muslim League program for 1946 elections that ML fought on the basis of Pakistan platform. What was Suhrawardy & ML doing in 1946? War.
I am more critical of Indian communists than you might imagine. Please show me an instance of Indian communists carrying out or abetting communal riots or violence. Facts, no inferences.
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Dear @altnews @free_thinker @derekobrienmp the video below must be fake,right ? Can you enlighten us on that ? Understand that a part of Pratik Sinha’s parental family is Bengali, so shouldn’t be hard to get the Rabindrik Bangla below translated 2 Gujarati/Hindi/English I presume.
TMC #Jihadis in Bengal. "would insert #JaiShreeRam through ur mother's private parts, keep ur mother in house bastards, once #Eid is over 6 of us would accompany ur mother on bed. #MamataBanarjee is my Didi, would insert rats through your mother's private part". @narendramodi
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Right now there is widespread support for CAA in India after the developments in Afghanistan & Bangladesh, the opposition is muted. What is @AmitShah waiting for ?.
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2 Sadhus were lynched to death in Palghar. But there was no demand that @PMOIndia @narendramodi condemn that incident, not in the least from those who are vociferous in that demand in the incidents that Muslims are lynched, eg @tavleen_singh . Inconsistency exposes religious bias.
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Here @_YogendraYadav states “U can accuse leftists of anything but not of communal violence”. A claim that is historically wrong.CPI was hand in gloves with Muslim League 46-47, ML was perpetrating atrocious riots then. An academic shud know better
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DNA is overrated. As a Hindu, as a Bengali Hindu, as an Indian living in US, I feel far more kinship with Tulsi Gabbard, than with Kamala Harris. She understands the pain of religious persecution.
Hindus & religious minorities in Bangladesh continue to be targeted & persecuted, as they have been since 1971 when the Pakistani army systematically murdered, raped & drove from their homes millions of Bengali Hindus because of their religion & ethnicity.
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Dear @PMOIndia please do a Man ki Baat on Citizenship Amendment Act and get yourself dubbed in all languages. Some values are worth fighting for. Faces are being exposed.
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Protest by refugees in host country ?? Providing refuge is an act of grace, not right of those seeking refuge.
Afghan refugees protest in front of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Delhi. Their demands include refugee status/cards for all Afghans, resettlement option to a third country, and security from UNHCR and the Indian government
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The MLA of Nizamuddin area is from @ArvindKejriwal ‘s party. He was completely unaware of the TablighiJamat congregation then ? Did he report to police or try to stop ? MLA s can do many things if they want to.
Coronavirus: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal orders FIR in connection with Tabligh-e-Jamaat congregation in Nizamuddin.
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Really? I must have missed the gathering at Shaheen Bagh demanding the abolition of Triple Talaq, Polygamy, gender discriminatory property rights in the Muslim Personal Law. They are opposing citizenship to Hindu refugees who escaped persecution of their brethren in Pak, BD, Afg.
The women of Shaheen Bagh are opposed to communal laws, patriarchal politics, and violence. No wonder the Home Minister of India does not like them:.
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Are BJP-RSS ministers like Hardeep Puri able to help every Indian ? If not, there is an intrinsic unfairness in selectively reaching out to VIPs. Dear @narendramodi please instruct your ministers to follow protocols.
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A massive let down by Ramakrishna Mission. No formal statement on #Hindus_Attacked_In_Bangladesh ! Swami Vivekananda had taught not to put up with injustice and imposition. He was the fountainhead for the entire Bengal revolutionary movement. They should relinquish his name.
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was involved in Direct Action Day, that massacred lakhs of Bengali Hindus in Calcutta. Even after getting power in Bangladesh with the help of Indian army he didnt allow Bengali Hindus to reconstruct the Ramana temple in Dhaka which was destroyed by.
Heartfelt homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a champion of human rights and freedom, on his birth anniversary. His ideals continue to inspire millions across the world. #LiberationofBangladesh .#MuktiJudho .#Maitree
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The Shaheen Bagh protesters promised to protest until the CAA was withdrawn. BJP has not withdrawn the CAA.The protesters are morally bound to continue. BJP is duty bound 2 let the protests continue as they campaigned on the agenda 2 remove them & lost. It should go on until 2025.
The Shaheen Bagh protesters have made their point. It is time for the protest to end. And time for the Modi government to show it is ready to go the extra mile to win the ‘vishvas’ of alienated Muslim communities across India.
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Hindu thinkers denied the right to education to women of all castes and classes, indeed! Gargi, Maitreyi must have been men. Draupadi describes her education In Mahabharat. She was incidentally a formidable debater, so was Sabitri.Some education is in order for supposed feminists.
Buddha declared that women could attain nirvana. While the Hindu thinkers denied the right to education to women of all castes and classes, the Buddhist sangha gave them the freedom to read and write. #Buddhism #WomenInBuddhism #Brahmanism.#Ambedkar .
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Hindus in Bangladesh are being asked to convert to get relief during the times of Covid19. See why Hindus had to flee to India ? Why CAA is necessary ? Why Bangladesh is *not* a friendly nation. As expected, @USCIRF won’t say a word on this.
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Amazing presumption of privilege. IPS men can torture individuals in custody brutally per the operating procedures of their British masters. And victims can’t speak out ! Another textbook Brit training.
Ashok Chakra awardee late Sri Hemant Karkare, IPS made the supreme sacrifice fighting terrorists. Those of us in uniform condemn the insulting statement made by a candidate and demand that sacrifices of all our martyrs be respected.
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Finally some “intellectuals” in Kolkata got to pen a letter on #BangladeshHinduGenocide . The letter spent most of its real estate in praising Bangladesh, its people as a whole, its government, its liberation war and bla bla bla. What a disgusting lot !.
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Dear @narendramodi & @AmitShah an IB Officer has been butchered, you need to utilize the power of the state now. You have 303 seats. Please utilize it. You will get public support as you did when Pulwama happened. Let not a few state losses bog you down.
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If Muslims in Herat can protest for Muslims in Delhi, surely Hindus of a Hindu majority country can vote to give citizenship to Hindus persecuted in neighboring countries, which is what they did.
There’s no Islamic country where India is lived & adored more than in Afghanistan. Successive Indian governments, incl Modi Govt have worked admirably to build on that goodwill. A protest in distant Herat, after Kabul, is bad news at a critical time of transition.
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Old enough to remember how Kumbh Mela was villified:.
Punjab: People gather in large numbers to offer namaz on the occasion of #EidUlFitr . Visuals from Amritsar’s Jama Masjid Khairuddin Hall Bazar
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I fully support @MamataOfficial in her demand that when in WB, speak Bangla. And, I accordingly urge her to act against the Urdu speaking Islamists scum of Kolkata who assaulted doctors, many of whom are Hindu Bengalis.
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It never ceases to amaze me how @bdutt assumes agency for every Indian woman of her age. Urdu culture isn’t or wasn’t that pervasive everywhere in India until recently. First time I am hearing the plugged music or of Dr Ahmer, let alone be in love with him !.
Just want to say that while Faiz is the subject of much nonsense and needless political debate, every Indian woman my ages, knows this by him. Because we were all in LOVE with Dr Ahmer. Enjoy.
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Dear @narendramodi please stop this madness of giving visas to anyone from Afghanistan. Partition was because of demography. #PartitionHorrorRemembranceDay How exactly are you going to prevent Taliban entering India on this pretext? Just protect Indics of Afghanistan.
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In other words, Muslims in India would not be ruled by GoI, but by their mosques. Coming from a former MP & supposed atheist.
Tahir Mehmood Saheb an scholar n the Ex chairman of the minority commision has asked Darul ulum Deoband to give a Fatwa to close all the mosques till corona crisis is there. I totally support his demand If Kaaba n the mosque in Madina canbe closed down why not Indian mosques.
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When is @bdutt going to meet the refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan who are our on the streets celebrating the Citizenship Amendment Act? Granted they aren’t the privileged lot that can afford a private University education?.
I met these students of Ashoka Univ at the #NRC_CAA_Protests. They dismiss the idea of being politically affiliated or backed. They are scathing about the Modi government & scathing about "Oligarchy led Congress" This is a people's protest,they say "India needs a new opposition"
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But I will oppose the CAA and urge people to take to streets to get it rescinded. That’s @rahulgandhi and @capt_amarinder for you.
I’m shocked by the news of a terror attack on a Gurudwara in Kabul, Afghanistan in which over 25 people have died. My condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives. I pray that the injured make a speedy recovery.
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West Bengal is one of the lowest here, despite the Dalits constituting a large share of the populace. Social cohesion is part of being a Bengali. Has always been so. No wonder Bengal has been the birthplace of many reform movements. Proud to be a Bengali.
84% of all crimes against Dalits took place in 9 states. Read this and more in today's #TimesTop10: Special stories of the day, curated by our editors, delivered to your inbox. Click here to subscribe 👉.
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House burnt down by a mob of 3000, a miracle I’m alive: Dalit Congress MLA, Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy. In BJP-RSS ruled Karnataka, over a FB post of his nephew. But, @RahulGandhi @priyankagandhi and Dalit rights group nowhere found. Why?
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Assam BJP govt to shut state-run Madrasas. Private Madrasas can continue. Good move by @himantabiswa , a secular govt should not be funding religious education
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Honestly @TulsiGabbard has spoken more of the rights of Hindus in Bangladesh than any Indian regime ever did!.
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Another example of fraudulent journalism by @nytimes. In a report on how BJP is targeting India’s Muslims, mentions detention camps big time. Just omits that 70% of inmates have been Hindus, Hindu Bengalis. Our report with 125+ nat & foreign media links
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CAA already promises citizenship to Hindus from BD who entered India before 2014 December. Ur party voted against it in Par, fomented violence against it on streets & fought Assam election with the agenda 2 stop it. Are u talking of weakening CAA 2 include additional clauses?.
Bangladesh’s escalating communal violence is extremely worrying. CAA must be amended to protect & rehabilitate Bangladeshi Hindus fleeing religious persecution. India must also reject & thwart any communal attempt to equate Indian Muslims with Bangladeshi Islamists.
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Shaheen Bagh protests backfired despite visible display of flag waving, national anthem singing, multi religious posturing, constant media + AAP + Cong lionizing? How come ? Is it possible India overwhelmingly supports CAA?.
BJP is using Shaheen Bagh to propagate communal polarization before elections and unfortunately this has always worked for them historically. Because of constant Godi Media + IT Cell propaganda, I’ve come to know from credible ground reports that protests are backfiring badly.
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Don’t forget that the amazing women never showed up at any Bagh to protest against the deeply discriminatory Muslim Personal Law. But they are out 2 stop the Hindu & Sikh refugees from getting citizenship. Whose instruments are these amazing women ?.
Dont forget that the amazing women of #ShaheenBagh are still on a sit-in, about to complete a month of peaceful protests against #CAA #NRC. This is my report after spending a night with them
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Shia hearts in India bleed for Iran. If so, why is there talk of giving Indian citizenship to the “persecuted” Shias of Pakistan? If they are persecuted they should seek refuge in Iran first.
Ladakh: Anjuman Jamiyat Ullama Isna Ashriya Kargil (AJUIAK) organised a protest in Kargil today, against the killing of Iran's senior commander Qassem Suleimani in US airstrike.
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I miss such tweets from Indians when British celebrate Churchill. For the records Churchill genocided 5 million Indians (Bengal+Trivandrum famines). Even worse the tweep below has a Bengali name.See how Indian lives count nothing for Indians with an Eurocentric frame of reference.
Dear @TwitterIndia India's ministry of culture is celebrating MS Golwalkar who wrote the book Bunch of Thoughts, where he appreciated the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler. Permitting this tweet on your platform means you as an organisation are supporting the Holocaust @Twitter @jack.
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The Govt of @myogiadityanath has been feeding 5 lakh stray cows, 1.5 lakh stray dogs & equal number of monkeys around closed temples. Excellent initiative.
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Hindu Bengalis,Punjabis, Sikhs of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan do not count as “the most persecuted minority”, while Rohingyas who butchered the micro minority Hindus of Rakhine (per BBC) do. Why we need 2 support Modi-Shah, despite some ideological discomfort with BJP-RSS:.
The Right To Not Return | The Indian Express. India should welcome Rohingya, the most persecuted minority in our part of the world, who have access to India and whose persecution by the Burmese can without exaggeration be called a crime against humanity.
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Does one become culturally illiterate only if one doesn’t know Urdu or the Pakistani context? Talking of cultural literacy, I would love to know how much of Bangla or Tamizh or Kannadiga culture @bdutt knows. How much does she know of their historical heritage?.
Omg please don't display your utter and total cultural illiteracy. That's Hum Dekhenge by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, sang to protest the military dictators in Pakistan, among others by Iqbal Bano to defy Zia. And if your problem is Faiz is Pakistani, get rid of Saare Jahan se Acha also.
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PM Modi in Ladakh brings in the analogy of Sri Krishna to motivate India. One of the main reasons he has India's trust is his messaging is Indic. This I am afraid Cong & left doesn't get. Their symbolisms are all from Europe (eg, Hitler to denote evil).
#WATCH We are the same people who pray to the flute playing Lord Krishna but we are also the same people who idolise and follow the same Lord Krishna who carries the 'Sudarshana Chakra': PM Modi in Ladakh
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Where assumptions become gospels: 1)If u don’t know about Pakistan u are culturally illiterate 2)If u don’t accept @irfhabib ‘s metaphorical connotation & go by the repeated descriptions in Islamic theology of how idols were removed 4m Kaaba, u are hater.
Shameful controversy over #HumDekhenge in IIT. Here's @irfhabib explaining how Faiz and his poetry were seen as a challenge to Pakistan's Islamization, how Iqbal Bano sang it to defy Zia & why this is cultural illiteracy (last two my words). Up on #Mojo
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Has @unhcr contested that only a Muslim can become the President of Pakistan? It’s a shame that Indism media is not criticizing the religious discrimination by UN & interference in India’s internal affairs ! Support @MEAIndia.
Breaking now:UN High Commissioner for Human Rights files an Intervention Application in the Supreme Court of India against the CAA. @MEAIndia says the CAA is an internal matter., and "no foreign party has any locus standi on issues pertaining to India’s sovereignty.".
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Its interesting that a women who identifies herself as member of a refugee family from Pakistan won’t talk of visiting the poor current refugee women from there, but is a pal of those who want to deny them citizenship:.
As a ‘liberal press friend’ of the women of Shaheen Bagh I would like to say that they are not all jihadists and ‘termites’. I met women who were truly worried about losing their right to be Indian. Their fears are real.
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When #DrPankajlynched by Naseer & friends, it becomes road rage. When Akhlaq lynched, it becomes Hindu fundamentalism.
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Interesting to note the complete silence of Indian left on Veena Malik’s quote of Hitler talking of mass murder of Jews, given that they don’t even spare Indian icons for an alliance with Axis towards the sole purpose of liberating India.
Pakistani actress quotes Adolf Hitler on Jews to 1.2 million Twitter followers as tensions flare in Israel . Islamism in Pakistan brutally persecutes religious minorities like Hindus & Sikhs. Twitter leaves the tweet on.
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