@amarprasadreddy What a communalist nonsense! Halal just means a specific type of slaughter. For a bon Muslim the end product really doesn’t make any difference.
@skalpanap@ShoaibDaniyal@Aakar__Patel You are misinformed. Syncretism appears all over the world in all eras. It’s nothing exclusively Indian. Cultural productivity and development very often takes place in the periphery and not in the Center.
On top of that: There is no so-called holy book that teaches syncretism.
Many of you have asked about how to know when you’re making the right decision, so I wanted to share some of the principles that have helped me in moments like this. #principleoftheday
There is now a lot of talk about how the world order is changing but not much perspective on why and how and not much measurement of its changes. (1/6)
The role of the so called “West” as caretaker of the democratic and liberal international order is losing influence. What follows will be a world with mostly autocratic illiberal alternatives. The #Sangh is at the frontline here. Happy?
No one has the authority to decide on who’s Hindu or not. The outer perimeter of Hinduism is an undefinable flux. In Hinduism only the inner border between Samsara and Brahman are properly defined. Any #Sangh effort to exclude people are based on intentional misguidance: Fascism!
Invented Hinduism
Invented History
Invented Outcasting
Invented Cast Inclusivity
Invented Enemies
Invented Growth Expectations
#Modiji and his #Sangh gunda’s are quite creative…..
I feel sad for India
Let the vile swine retreat!
Never forget:
There is an alternative to #Hindutva terror. India has so much to offer. Most of this is subdued now.
Let’s remember #Lalon Fakir. His views were a great inspiration to Rabindranath #Tagore. As far as I know the only poet that produced 2 national anthems…
PEN America stands in solidarity with journalist @RanaAyyub, who was recently prevented from traveling to London to speak about the impact of #OnlineAbuse and the growing threats to #pressfreedom in India. We demand Indian authorities #LetRanaFly and drop the charges against her.
The reason why Jibanananda Das appeared so remote and impenetrable to many contemporary Bengalis is simply this: no other poet was more unlike all that had come before them in their native literature. | Anjan Basu writes.
https://t.co/LkpqhgJsaM
INTERVIEW | "The (Ram Janmabhoomi) movement was playing on the idea of Muslim violation of a temple where Ram was supposedly born. Of course, Ram was only a mythological figure & not a historical one." - Dr Thomas Blom Hansen
https://t.co/PKXq4Dleri #Hindutva#Islamophobia
I tried watching #KashmirFiles twice, the second time i left the theatre in 30 minutes after hearing some of the worst anti- Muslim slur and was asked to leave for Pakistan when I objected. My latest for the Washington Post on the hate wave in India https://t.co/cEN8y5YXR1
Never forget:
There is an alternative to #Hindutva terror. India has so much to offer. Most of this is subdued now.
Let’s remember #Lalon Fakir. His views were a great inspiration to Rabindranath #Tagore. As far as I know the only poet that produced 2 national anthems…