We need to name all of them - Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa Ur Rehman, Athar Khan, Meeran Haider, Shadab Ahmed, Abdul Khalid Saifi, Gulfisha Fatima. People’s voices stifled and scapegoated to feed majoritarian bloodlust.
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2014.
A 13 year old me watched a new trailer in awe. "Haider mera inteqam lena (#Haider avenge me)", it began. Directed by one Vishal Bhardwaj, it was Hamlet, but set in 90s Kashmir. Little did I know how radically the film would transform me and endure 10 years later!
Yesterday PM Modi laid the foundation stone for India’s largest deep water port: the Vadhavan Port Project, but the ceremony was not held in Vadhavan, where the port is actually proposed. It was held in Palghar, around 30 km away from Vadhavan.
Why you may ask?
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Now that the happy dance is over, time for some grim reality-check.
The Hindu-Muslim divide in Urban areas is complete. Instead of Ahmedabad becoming the next Mumbai, the city of dreams has all but turned into a Gujarati colony.
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y'all suddenly become pacifists when the bad person gets the taste of their own medicine. it's not the hill you guys have to die on. instead u can steer ur non-violence views toward the oppressed class
This shrine in Maharashtra’s Satara district has been around for centuries and has always been a refuge.
- school children do their homework under the tree
- civil service aspirants prepared at the entrance
- aspiring policemen trained in the open space