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MBBS, MD, FRCPath, a clinical microbiologist, diagnosing & treating infectious diseases. Surname=Identification≠Identity. To hell with all the hells & heavens.

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Joined March 2026
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Before discussing rising anti-Indian racism in America, we must ask: How did it start, and what role did our own idiots play? After October 7, American politics became deeply divided over Israel and Palestine. The Gaza war reached American universities, triggering massive protests. India and Indian Americans had nothing to do with this conflict. But a section of right-wing Hindus entered a political battle nobody invited them into, purely for cheap attention. We are a tiny minority in America. Yet these idiots inserted themselves into a sensitive political conflict, bringing their Islamophobia and India’s domestic political hatred onto American platforms. What followed? Indians became targets of mockery: “Full saport saar,” “Please marry me medam.” Millions of ordinary Indians were stereotyped because of a few idiots. Then came Vivek Ramaswamy’s controversial Christmas comments and Laura Loomer’s attacks on H-1B visas. The discussion expanded to Indian workers, immigration, cleanliness in India, and absurd religious practices. Meanwhile, attention-seeking bad-faith actors within our community kept provoking Americans across the political spectrum for engagement. Imagine African students or medical tourists in India constantly interfering in our domestic politics, insulting communities, and provoking Indians. How would we react? Yet some popular Indian X handles allegedly funded by the BJP expect Americans to tolerate exactly that behavior. As immigrants and a small minority, we must understand the political tensions of the country we live in. Nobody is asking us to support or oppose every American political movement. It’s not our duty. But engaging with far-right figures like Nick Fuentes, provoking both sides, and importing Islamophobic rhetoric into American politics comes with consequences. Then the rabid Hindutva dogs from India joined these arguments, making everything more toxic, vulgar, and uncivilized. The result? Indian stereotypes spread, online hostility became normalized, and ordinary immigrant families faced the backlash. Racism is the responsibility of racists. But our right-wing influencers must also be questioned for exploiting political tensions while everyone else pays the price. They gained followers and engagement. Ordinary Indians inherited the hostility. We Indians used to be respected as calm, decent, inclusive, and easygoing people. We were known as engineers, doctors, computer guys, and smart people. Now we are mocked with stereotypes about cow urine, poop, dung, and slums. The dehat and the right wing together destroyed a generational reputation. Before blaming everyone else, question those within our community who turned India’s domestic political hatred into an international spectacle.
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to the most respected finance minister. i have a doubt. please find time to answer me. you say that the venue for a debate is the parliament. you say that my home minister, amit shah has offered a special session to debate. you say that if rahul gandhi - the leader of opposition, wants to debate my prime minister, he should come to the parliament. ma'am, let's start by pointing out some facts. jul 20 - the parliament session opens. narendra modi, the ever so hon'ble prime minister - addresses the media - outside the parliament. he asks for a fact-based debate. jul 24 - Amit Shah's National Honour Bill is introduced in Rajya Sabha, by Nityanand Rai, who is MoS for home affairs. Jairam Ramesh asks "Where is the Cabinet Minister". This is present in the RS Transcript. jul 29 - Rahul Gandhi, the leader of opposition - asks "why is the Home Minister not here today?". This is also present in the LS Transcript. jul 30 - Rahul Gandhi asks "why Shah is so scared of coming to Parliament" aug 4 - Amit Shah, is seen in the parliamentary complex. at an NDA Parliamentary Party Meeting. He Doesn't enter the house. as per reporting from Navbharat Live. aug 6 - Mallikarjun Kharge, in Rajya Sabha, asks "Why is the Prime Minister not coming? Why is the Home Minister not coming?" as Per Kerala Kamudi - this is consistent with the RS transcript. aug 11 - congress MP Manickam Tagore attacks the absent home minister. as per reporting by the ANI. aug 12 - Amit Shah says to the media, "have been coming to Parliament regularly since the Session began; I sit in my chamber." talking to the media, at around 12:30 PM, Amit Shah offered "If the Opposition wrote to the speaker, there would be a debate from 3 PM wednesday (12 aug - the same day) to 3 PM thursday (13 aug - the next day) this was roughly a 2 hour window to submit the letter. he further said "I will sit in the House; I will listen to everyone and respond to every point." Rahul Gandhi said "We are not interested in listening to his lecture, Who shot those students? Who blinded that student? Who ordered the lathi charge?" this referred to the Pellet Shots fired at the Student, Sahil Lochav. He asked about the Lathi Charge that happened in the protests on July 20th. The Opposition wanted a statement from Shah about this, Shah wanted them to submit a letter to the speaker, in a window of roughly 2 hours - after not being present for 17 straight settings. with no recorded appearance. aug 13 - Lok Sabha sits for 4 minutes. 11:00 AM to 11:04 AM. The National Song, Vande Mataram, is played. and then, the house is adjourned sine die. Both ever so honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Shri Amit Shah were present on these days. for the 4 minutes. --- Respected Finance Minister Ma'am, These were the facts I have pointed out. I have not said anything that was my own opinion. I have not framed the facts in a way that support any party. My facts were gathered by scraping Documents from the LS and RS portal, OCR'ing the PDFs, then parsing them and then Aggregating News Sources. - and pointing out facts from them. Cold, Hard, Records. I have not asked any questions yet - which I will do now. I am a human. I have evolved Pattern Seeking skills. I spot a pattern here. I see that for the entirety of the Monsoon Session, Prime Minister Modi, and Home Minister Shah, did not utter a word on the record of the Lok Sabha. They were not present in the house except for the last 4 minutes, on the last day. Shah says "He was sitting in his cabin", Ma'am, I don't think debates happen when you sit alone in a cabin. It happens on the floor, where the other side can ask questions too. I don't see a meaningful debate happening in an environment like the Parliament. I say this with utter disappointment. If Parliament is the venue for debate, why did the two most senior members of the government not speak there once in 19 sittings? And why was the one offer to debate made to the press on the 18th day, with a deadline of a couple of hours? Why are there "offers" even? I think it is your responsibility to be in debates because that is your entire job. As you say, "Demanding answers also carries an obligation to hear them." -- Well, were Amit Shah or Narendra Modi, hearing the Questions being asked? They were not in the house even. Please Answer my Doubts. I would be very obliged if you do so. Regards, Sarthak
Rahul ji, you ask the Prime Minister to choose a venue for a debate. There is already one: Parliament, where you happen to be the LoP. Just yesterday, Home Minister Shri @AmitShah offered a special session to debate SIR and EVMs. Why not show the same enthusiasm for a debate in Parliament that you show while issuing challenges on social media? Demanding answers also carries an obligation to hear them. There have been several occasions when you and your party have walked out of Parliament while the government was responding to your allegations. How do you claim to be so eager for a debate when you don’t even stay to hear the other side? It doesn’t stop at walkouts. You and the INDI Alliance have repeatedly disrupted proceedings, leading to entire sittings being washed out. If you are so keen on debating, why not allow Parliament to function in the first place? And then there’s the mock Parliament you recently held at the Congress President’s residence. Frankly, that was more a ‘mockery of Parliament’ than a ‘mock Parliament’. You found the time and enthusiasm for that exercise. Surely, the real Parliament deserves at least as much. You speak endlessly about protecting democracy and the Constitution. But that respect should also reflect in how you treat the institutions they have established. As for the issues you frivolously raise, bring specific allegations and evidence to back them up. Simply throwing together a long list of accusations doesn’t make your case any stronger. As LoP, you are expected to show some seriousness and responsibility. You say, “Daro mat.” Then bring the facts, face the scrutiny and stay to hear the answers. In the House, uphold the standards of debate you demand from others.
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Healthfrauds, I will skip your AI generated slop response and come straight to the points raised on so-called P32 Wellness nonsense founded by celebrity cricketer, Yuvraj Sigh. Wear your helmets and seat belts. This will feel like an educational crash and thrashing, because you cons deserve it. Your statement - “Dr Philips, we will skip the insults and answer the science.” Oh really? You want to skip what was deserving for you health con and want to address the imaginary? Sure, I can play this game. Lets science. Your statement – “Unlike your argument, Protocol32 is NOT for anyone with cancer, we NEVER claimed it. It is for healthy adults, especially vegetarians who run short on B12, DHA and creatine.” So why is your product not just B12, DHA and creatine? But a mumbo jumbo mix of more than 30 other components? The other responses you made are like farts in a wind tunnel, they are just critiques of the paper I posted, which means you have no clue about the papers I did not post on the same topic. This is a shoddy way to do healthcare business. But then let me address few other really wonderfully ignorant and health illiteracy proving statements of yours below. Your statement – “Liver NIH LiverTox rates bacopa and boswellia E, unlikely to cause liver injury. Curcumin and ashwagandha carry a real but very rare risk. Our booklet says so in print, and members get ALT and GGT tested on day 1 and day 90, for subscribers its paid by us. You say 13 of our ingredients carry toxicity risks. Name them, with the dose at which each harm was found, and we will answer each one in public.” This must be your best-worst proof that you all do “science”. You should have taken the insult, taken the L and stopped doing more harm to your product which was already dead to begin with for “whatever wellness”. The herbs cited carry risks, some risks are larger and known, some smaller – category E (as you mentioned) – unlikely to cause liver injury – BECAUSE THOSE WERE THE ONLY ONES REPORTED AND PUBLISHED THERE IN THE USA (see Bacopa series in India and new ones being reported) – this does not confirm that the botanical is safe on its own, or that it is safe when used together with other botanicals! Herb-induced injury is idiosyncratic (meaning no dose or duration is required and liver toxicity can happen in few hours to few days and even after years of use). You do not even know this basic and is calling me out on “name them, with the dose at which each harm was found, and we will answer each one in public” – man you guys are really dumb and you are selling a health product? GET OUT OF HERE. Child, or whoever non-medical is trying to respond to me on science on Twitter, you should have been aware of the fact that multiple botanicals in the same product increases risk of organ toxicity. Take the example of curcumin and green tea. Damage with curcumin + green tea is far worse for the person than either alone (medscape.com/viewarticle/tur…)... ...and you have more than 8 active herbal/botanical extracts; or 11 if also counting the 2 plant-derived carriers in your product AND is going to be the most dangerous wellness product in the Indian market right now. You have ZERO data to disprove my points. You statement – “Protocol32 is taken every day for years, while most of these trials ran for weeks or months, so we set maintenance amounts, not treatment doses. We do not claim a trial result at a dose the trial did not test. Every one of the 32 ingredients is on the FSSAI permitted list, within its FSSAI limit.” You have ZERO trials ongoing, done or published to showcase the benefits or objectify the actual harm from this product. FSSAI’s limit does not mean it is a safe limit that can be used on people at population scale. FSSAI will give a stamp & seal in any case because it is Yuvraj’s face on the product and only looks at good manufacturing pracitces - their approval is for a clean factory, not what the product can do to people. Dont be so naiive. Do you think the scientific and public community in India are that stupid? You think you can do this and get away with the con? Your statement – “Many brands hide their doses in a proprietary blend. We print every dose, form and specification, and even what the raw material costs us. We did that so any doctor could check our work and question it. We welcome that. A clinical trial of Protocol32 is under way, and we will publish the results, whatever they show. Some of your points are fair. Where we can do better, we will.” So basically, you have no idea about what your product does. Protocol 32 does not have a public Clinical Trials Registry - India (CTRI) registration lookup ID, but your product is already commercially available through paid endorsement and invitation. You want to do better? STOP LYING. There is no clinical trial underway - it had to be a prospective trial and HAS TO BE registered, which right now, seems to be hiding behind the bushes on the internet. Care to show us the proof of registration? You want to really do better? Throw the damn product off your shelves and give that money to help the Government build better roads, provide better facilities in public transports, build bridges that will connect underserved communities to basic healthcare, promote meal programs in school to help children fight protein malnutrition, and help clean our rivers. Idiots.
Replying to @theliverdoc
Dr Philips, we will skip the insults and answer the science. Unlike your argument, Protocol32 is NOT for anyone with cancer, we NEVER claimed it. It is for healthy adults, especially vegetarians who run short on B12, DHA and creatine. Our answers are below, with the source links in the four images. --- IMAGE 1: Cancer We agree with the study you linked. Johnson et al. in JAMA Oncology 2018 found that the extra deaths came from patients refusing or delaying standard treatment. No supplement should ever replace cancer treatment, and anyone on any medicine should show their doctor our label first. The cancer paper you linked flags B6, B12, zinc and vitamin E only at many times our dose. It does not discuss NAC, vitamin C or astaxanthin. Yuvraj beat cancer with chemotherapy. Since 2012 his foundation, YouWeCan, has screened over 1.4 lakh people for cancer and paid for hospital treatment for children whose families could not afford it. --- IMAGE 2: Liver NIH LiverTox rates bacopa and boswellia E, unlikely to cause liver injury. Curcumin and ashwagandha carry a real but very rare risk. Our booklet says so in print, and members get ALT and GGT tested on day 1 and day 90, for subscribers its paid by us. You say 13 of our ingredients carry toxicity risks. Name them, with the dose at which each harm was found, and we will answer each one in public. --- IMAGE 3/4: Evidence behind all 32 19 have a randomised controlled trial behind them, 6 a pooled analysis of trials, and 1 a controlled feeding study. 6 have no trial at our dose, and we say so. Nine sit at or near their trial dose. The rest are lower on purpose. Protocol32 is taken every day for years, while most of these trials ran for weeks or months, so we set maintenance amounts, not treatment doses. We do not claim a trial result at a dose the trial did not test. Every one of the 32 ingridents is on the FSSAI permitted list, within its FSSAI limit. --- Why We Publish Everything Many brands hide their doses in a proprietary blend. We print every dose, form and specification, and even what the raw material costs us. We did that so any doctor could check our work and question it. We welcome that. A clinical trial of Protocol32 is under way, and we will publish the results, whatever they show. Some of your points are fair. Where we can do better, we will. Everything is at protocol32.com
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This is Ayurveda Swarnabhasma (gold treatment) leading to severe nerve toxicity and a 30 year old nearly bedridden. Here is the real event about a man who's son became a patient after using Ayurveda for mang years because he believed in it. Belief is not evidence. I have been telling the public that Ayurveda is a pseudoscience and it's practitioners are not doctors, but only ignorant, overconfident and arrogant people who have been legitimised only because of Govt. endorsement of this utter nonsense in the name of traditional medicine. I have spoken about this for so many years. I published peer reviewed scientific data on this for so many years. But people kept calling me anti-Hindu, anti-National, Christian Missionary and propagandist. But when it comes to their family getting affected, it suddenly becomes pseudoscience and dangerous. Ayurvedic treatments are based on blind faith, nationalism, mythology, primal observations and deep rooted religiousity. There is zero science to it. Hope this young man gets better and we don't create more patients like him. India maybe the "mother" of democracy, but Ayurveda is definitely the Mother of all Pseudosciences. Stop falling for government endorsed quackery.
आयुर्वेद ने बेटे कि ज़िंदगी बर्बाद कर दी... सिर्फ 30 साल की उम्र में खेल के मैदान से सीधे बिस्तर पर एक तथाकथित आयुर्वेदिक डॉक्टर ने 3 साल तक रोज़ 100mg स्वर्ण भस्म दी आयुर्वेद का कोई साइड इफ़ेक्ट नहीं होता इस अंधविश्वास ने हंसती-खेलती ज़िंदगी को नरक बना दिया...1/2
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आयुर्वेद ने बेटे कि ज़िंदगी बर्बाद कर दी... सिर्फ 30 साल की उम्र में खेल के मैदान से सीधे बिस्तर पर एक तथाकथित आयुर्वेदिक डॉक्टर ने 3 साल तक रोज़ 100mg स्वर्ण भस्म दी आयुर्वेद का कोई साइड इफ़ेक्ट नहीं होता इस अंधविश्वास ने हंसती-खेलती ज़िंदगी को नरक बना दिया...1/2
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Doctor moved to Odisha to treat Adivasis, now behind bars for anti-mining protests indianexpress.com/article/in…
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तू मेरी समाज, और मैं तेरा समाज, इस से ज्यादा और कोई नहीं समाज! -अमृता प्रीतम ❣️
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तुम्हारी भारतीयता स्त्री की त्वचा पर आकर क्यों दम तोड़ देती है, समीर? यह बदबू तो पूरे भारत की समीर में घुली हुई है, जो तुम्हारे विचारों के भीतर से आ रही है। तुम्हारी टिप्पणी पढ़कर सबसे पहले यही सवाल उठता है कि तुम वामपंथ से नहीं, उस युवा स्त्री के साहस से घृणा करते हो, जो तुम्हारी नैतिकता की निर्धारित सीमाओं में रहने से इनकार करती है और लड़ने का साहस दिखाती है? क्योंकि तुम्हारे वाक्य में राजनीतिक आलोचना का एक भी तर्क नहीं है। वहाँ केवल घृणा की दुर्गंध है। और विडंबना देखिए, तुम दूसरों को बदबूदार बता रहे हो! तुमने filthy, stinky and greasy जैसे शब्द इस्तेमाल किए हैं। क्या यही तुम्हारी महान भारतीय संस्कृति का भाषायी सौंदर्य है? क्या तुम्हारे संस्कार किसी स्वतंत्रचेता युवा स्त्री का सामना करते ही इतने असहाय हो जाते हैं कि तुम्हें उसके विचारों के बजाय उसकी देह, त्वचा और कथित अस्वच्छता पर उतरना पड़ता है? तुम वामपंथ के आलोचक नहीं, स्त्री की त्वचा में उलझे हुए ऐसे चर्म कीट हो, जिन्हें त्वचा के नीचे धड़कती हुई स्वतंत्र चेतना दिखाई ही नहीं देती। जिस भारतीयता के तुम स्वयंभू संरक्षक बने फिरते हो, उसकी परंपरा में गार्गी भी है, जिसने याज्ञवल्क्य की दार्शनिक सत्ता को प्रश्नों से चुनौती दी थी। मैत्रेयी भी है, जिसने संपत्ति के मुकाबले ज्ञान का पक्ष चुना था। अक्क महादेवी भी है, जिसने स्त्री की देह पर समाज के स्वामित्व को अस्वीकार कर दिया था। मीराबाई भी है, जिसने कुल-मर्यादा के ठेकेदारों के सामने समर्पण करने के बजाय अपनी स्वतंत्रता का मार्ग चुना। और आधुनिक भारतीयता में सावित्रीबाई फुले हैं, जिन पर स्त्री-शिक्षा का विरोध करने वाले लोग कीचड़ और गोबर फेंकते थे। तुम्हारी टिप्पणी पढ़कर उसी इतिहास की याद आती है। तब स्त्री के रास्ते में गंदगी फेंकी जाती थी; आज स्त्री को गंदा कहकर उसकी गरिमा पर प्रहार किया जाता है। तरीक़ा बदल गया है, मानसिकता का वंशवृक्ष नहीं। लेकिन भारतीय इतिहास को केवल गौरवगाथा बनाकर भी नहीं पढ़ा जा सकता। इसी समाज ने स्त्रियों को परदे, पितृसत्ता, बाल-विवाह, जातिगत अनुशासन और पुरुषों की स्वामित्व-भावना से बाँधे रखा। भारतीयता की वास्तविक नैतिक उपलब्धि इन बंधनों में नहीं, उनसे मुक्ति के संघर्ष में है। भारतीयता का अर्थ किसी युवा स्त्री की त्वचा को घूरना नहीं, उसके व्यक्तित्व के सामने अपनी दृष्टि को सभ्य बनाना है। वह युवा स्त्री तुम्हारे राजनीतिक विचारों से असहमत हो सकती है। वह वामपंथी हो सकती है, उदारवादी हो सकती है या किसी भी राजनीतिक विचारधारा को अस्वीकार कर सकती है। वह साहसिक हो सकती है, उन्मुक्त हो सकती है, अपने सौंदर्य और शरीर के प्रति निर्भीक हो सकती है। इनमें से किसी बात से तुम्हें उसके अपमान का अधिकार नहीं मिलता। तुम्हारी समस्या यह है कि तुम्हें स्वतंत्र स्त्री असुविधाजनक लगती है। तुम उसकी निर्भीकता को अस्वच्छता, उसकी असहमति को अभद्रता और उसकी स्वायत्तता को नैतिक पतन की तरह प्रस्तुत करना चाहते हो। तुम वामपंथ की आलोचना अवश्य करो। दक्षिणपंथ यह नहीं करेगा तो क्या करेगा? लेकिन फिर भी उसके सिद्धांतों, राजनीतिक अंतर्विरोधों और ऐतिहासिक विफलताओं पर जितने चाहो प्रश्न उठाओ। लेकिन एक युवा स्त्री के विरुद्ध घृणासूचक विशेषण इस्तेमाल करके तुम किसी विचारधारा को पराजित नहीं करते। तुम केवल अपनी बौद्धिक निर्धनता प्रदर्शित करते हो। याद रखो, किसी स्त्री की त्वचा पर तुम्हारी टिप्पणी उसके चरित्र का नहीं, तुम्हारी चेतना के चरित्र का परिचय है। और अंत में एक बात। भारतीयता यदि सचमुच तुम्हारे भीतर जीवित है तो वह किसी साहसिक युवा स्त्री को देखकर भयभीत नहीं होगी। वह उसकी स्वतंत्रता में मनुष्य की गरिमा का उत्सव देखेगी। क्योंकि स्त्री की स्वतंत्रता से डरने वाली संस्कृति महान नहीं हो सकती। और जिस पुरुष की सारी वैचारिक शक्ति किसी स्त्री को गंदा कहने में खर्च हो जाए, उसे राजनीतिक बहस नहीं, अपनी दृष्टि का उपचार चाहिए। तुम्हें वामपंथ से वैचारिक असहमति है तो विचार लेकर आओ। त्वचा की जाँच करने वाले चर्म विशेषज्ञ बनकर नहीं। आप लोगों के पास अच्छी चीज़ों की आलोचना के अलावा है क्या? अरे, भारत में तो राम भी शिक्षा और नैतिक आचरण के लिए रावण की तरफ देखता है। और यहाँ रावण के से चरित्र जैसे लेकिन रावण के पांडित्य से कोसों दूर लोग ही आज की सीताओं पर कटाक्ष करते हैं। स्त्री कोई सतह नहीं है, जिस पर तुम अपनी राजनीतिक घृणा की गंदगी पोत दो। वह एक संपूर्ण मनुष्य है। और उसकी गरिमा तुम्हारे पूर्वग्रहों से कहीं अधिक विराट है। @NehaAisa
Why do these Leftists love to stay filthy, stinky and greasy ... 🤮
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Deleted scenes from Mr PM 🙂 Hate quoting such petty tweets , but sometimes people need to get a taste of their own medicine.
Deleted scenes from Sonia Gandhi’s life
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प्रदर्शन_ बुद्धू बक्से की नज़र से .. 😊
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🆘🆘🆘 SOS 🆘🆘🆘 RWPI protestors against SIR are still under illegal detention at Daulatpur detention center, the police are not turning lights on or giving water to the detainees. #JantarMantar
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संविधान बचाने की लड़ाई में उतरे लोकतंत्र योद्धाओं के लिये खाना लेकर चले आने वाले परिवार ही हमारे असल भारत का परिचय हैं, किसी आत्ममुग्ध व्यक्ति के प्रचार से बनी छवि नहीं. ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️
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आज जब हिरासत और गिरफ़्तारी सत्ता की रोज़मर्रा की भाषा बन गई है, जब सवाल पूछना अपराध और सरकारी तंत्र से असहमति जताना ‘राष्ट्रद्रोह’ के संदेह का आधार बना दिया गया है, तब मुक्तिबोध की ‘अँधेरे में’ पहले से कहीं अधिक प्रासंगिक लगती है। “अब अभिव्यक्ति के सारे ख़तरे उठाने ही होंगे।” ********** क्योंकि मुक्तिबोध का अँधेरा केवल सत्ता के दमन का अँधेरा नहीं था। वह उस बौद्धिक और नैतिक चुप्पी का भी अँधेरा था, जिसमें अन्याय देखकर भी सुविधाजनक मौन चुन लिया जाता है। आज सवाल केवल यह नहीं कि कितने लोग हिरासत में लिए गए। बड़ा सवाल यह है कि कितने लोग अपनी अंतरात्मा को हिरासत में जाने से बचा पाए हैं। सत्ता नागरिकों को गिरफ़्तार कर सकती है, उनकी आवाजाही रोक सकती है, लेकिन उस बेचैनी को क़ैद नहीं कर सकती जिससे प्रतिरोध जन्म लेता है। ********** मुक्तिबोध हमें याद दिलाते हैं कि अँधेरे से बड़ा ख़तरा अँधेरे के साथ समझौता कर लेना है।और ऐसे दौर में ख़ामोशी भी एक राजनीतिक चुनाव है। बहरहाल जय हिन्द
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नये लोकतंत्र के नये अपराध
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🚨 TRIGGER WARNING 🚨 A police officer has been seen molesting a girl in broad daylight, right in front of everyone. @DelhiPolice Shameless slaves
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A detained female activist confronted police for not availing medical attention and treatment for fellow protesters who were injured in police action. Thousands of protesters have been detained across New Delhi as police struggle to quell the protests against ECI over SIR exercise. Watch:
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