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the trinity syndrome: a film trope where a female character spends her life mastering her skills, is portrayed as exceptionally capable, only for “the chosen one” to be some guy
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Sharjeel Imam’s argument is basically this: Indian Muslims don’t necessarily need a separate country, but they need a constitutional system that actually guarantees them political power, representation and equality.
He revisits Jinnah, but revisiting Jinnah doesn’t automatically mean demanding Pakistan. There’s a difference between asking for a separate country and asking for constitutional reforms within the country you already live in.
The real question he raises is: Does India’s current constitutional framework give Muslims genuine political representation and a fair share in power, or is secularism just a promise on paper?
You can disagree with his argument. But first, understand what he’s actually proposing instead of blindly equating every criticism of the Constitution with separatism.
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Do read this achingly beautiful essay, a memoir of coming of age as a Muslim in a country that lost its way
I teared up often while reading of the daily humiliations that are now so routine
I hope one day we are able to rebuild an India that Asad deserves
thequint.com/news/politics/j…
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Aristotle says that arguing with random people is a waste of time because the average person doesn't know how to argue and therefore will not help you become better at it (let alone help you clarify a point). A nice thought to post on the "argue with random people" app.
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He was in Denmark, and his time at IIT Bombay might have been for an internship or a student exchange. Had he continued on that path, by now he could easily have been a millionaire, living in a multimillion-dollar home somewhere in San Francisco, enjoying the life that so many of us dream of.
But you know what made him leave all of that behind and choose a Master's at JNU? His love for the people. His people. The people of India. His countrymen.
He radicalised himself from a point where no one from the comfort would look back once, not even me!
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Disenfranchisement is real - Jean Dreze and Yogendra Yadav respond to Surjit Bhalla and set the facts straight on SIR.
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People don’t take into account that Umar-Sharjeel-Kanhaiya et al took on this Govt. when it was at its strongest (2 yrs. into power & the entire country drunk on faux nationalism).
Not taking anything away from Neha, Dipke etc. but they fight a stale Govt. losing trust rapidly.
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a buddhist monk, a hijabi girl, a bihari student, a queer person, a delhi local, a gurudwara prabandhak, an old grandpa, a young journalist...nothing worth saving in this country is a monolith, and that's true for its democracy as well.
Continuous whistling by police to kill their own audio?
A monk tries to save a young man from detention, without much success. @tarunzero @thewire_in
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It would take *one million years* for 100 workers working non-stop at the minimum wage to earn as much as Adani already has - Jean Dreze explains.
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The Delhi worth romanticising. ♥️✊🏼
PS: picture not clicked by me (pls tag the photographer)
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🚨 A MAN’S HEAD WAS SPLIT OPEN BY DELHI POLICE WHILE DETAINING.
HE HAD TO USE THE INDIAN FLAG TO STOP THE BLEEDING, SHAME ON U DALLI POLICE
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This literally gave me chills.
The testimony of a detainee who was taken by the police to a community centre in Pandwalan Khurd.
This is Horrific.
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DETENTION THREAD//
after my last tweet at 4:36 pm, we were all told to get off the bus. the women were then shoved into a bus, just like the one in neha bora's video. (instagram.com/p/DeWYptjD28E/)


































