Just got this letter from a student whose parents are not allowing her to join the protest.
I request all parents: please don’t stop your children from joining the protest. This is about their future.
Back in the 1990s, I was DM and Collector (called DC in northern Sates and UT) in a border district (Barmer). The road to Barmer was narrow single lane and we encountered Army convoy quite often. If one got caught behind a convoy, it used to waste a lot of time. Back then, we had the red beacon too, but even that never helped. We had 2 units around Barmer and winters used to be exercise time too. I discussed it with the COs who advised me of the strict movement protocols the convoys had to follow. So what to do? I mustered up resources and got the road widened to 2 and a half lane. Problem solved for all. I actually became quite popular with the local Army and Air Force brass.
The DC of Kishtwar is not even an IAS officer. Yet his ego is bloated to oversize. If a jam is happening regularly due to Army movement, it is his fault.
An Indian film company has announced a film mocking scores of Kashmiri teenagers blinded by pellet guns in 2016. I wrote an essay on it at the time. Assuming people still read long form in the age of hate cinema.
https://t.co/UILQKZg2Zy
Dear @dpradhanbjp ji, this is a lie.
There was a full chapter on the Emergency in the NCERT textbook since 2007.
I was involved in writing it and ensuring that the ugly truth was not hidden from students of Political Science.
Here’s the story of how Emergency made it to school textbooks during Congress raj
https://t.co/q8505gIoEk via @theprintindia