Shilpa Rao

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[Shilpa Rao @ShilRao]

@jithamithra Given that IQ tests were designed by eugenicists to further racist theory, this graph and data is highly questionable. IQ tests have been long debunked as "intelligence" tests.

Here's a better, well-rounded article explaining the same https://t.co/WUNSRhFpRp

[Shilpa Rao @ShilRao]

@jithamithra @ZachWeiner Just download it on your phone.

[Shilpa Rao @ShilRao]

When a "right" is snatched away under the guise of governance/ law and order, it's no longer a right, but a privilege.

[SFLC.in @SFLCin]

Blanket #Internetshutdown has been imposed across Punjab, virtually leaving 29.6 million people off the grid for 24 hours on 18/03/33. This shutdown is applicable on ALL mobile internet services, dongle services (except for voice calls) also SMS services.
https://t.co/QUo73tBVq7

[SFLC.in @SFLCin]

#LostVoices
Internet shutdowns cause disproportionate impact to different sectors and communities, especially vulnerable and minority groups. #Punjab #LetTheNetWork #InternetShutdowns @NetShutdowns

[Ambedkar Caravan @AmbedkarCaravan]

Indians tweeting about Swedish not sharing food and saying Indians share food with others is quite amusing as Indians share food only among their own castes. Forget the food; Indians don't share water with other castes.

[Shilpa Rao @ShilRao]

Performative politics knows no bounds.

[Shilpa Rao @ShilRao]

If this doesn't convince you why sanctions are a joke, nothing will.
Why is it not ok to leave loopholes in sanctions to accommodate the procuring of food and other basics? For Cuba and Iran, sanctions have been detrimental.

https://t.co/u4Xl9fbMeW

[Shilpa Rao @ShilRao]

Madness.
This shows how thoughtless sanctions lead to over-consumption. Over-consumption >>> overpopulation

[Flightradar24 @flightradar24]

Flight time for Belavia flights between Minsk and Istanbul.
Until 28 May 2021 : 2h.
29 May 2021 - 24 Feb 2022 : 3h 30min.
25 Feb 2022 and forward : 5h 45min.

[Shilpa Rao @ShilRao]

Dalits aren't allowed to enter; Rohingyas are sent back to their death, but India will help Ukrainians. Trust Hindus to side with white supremacy.
https://t.co/4OWm89M1eg

[Shilpa Rao @ShilRao]

Even when we aren't in the picture, white people drag us into the picture.
How did they know whom to shoot in Sarajevo?
How did they know whom to throw into gas chambers?

[Shilpa Rao @ShilRao]

Hell, even the UN feasts on trauma porn pictures from the Global South to raise funds to do nothing. And then there's the UNHCR for Ukraine. No kids getting fed out of dog bowls here.

[Shilpa Rao @ShilRao]

None of this violence is justified.
But remember how western media splashes pictures of corpses and mutilated bodies when they are from the Global South? Not saying they should do it to Ukraine but the hypocrisy is mad.

[Oliver Carroll @olliecarroll]

Really graphic images coming from near centre of Kharkiv right now — hit, it would seem, by a Russian rocket strike. Corpses. Women without legs. I’m not going to post it. But my god. All this during peace negotiations.

[Shilpa Rao @ShilRao]

Europeans falling over each other to save Ukraine because "they look like us", what do you'll think Russians look like? Brown bears?
Squint a little and Putin looks like a poor man's Daniel Craig. Peak white man here.

[Nrithya @nrithyapillai]

Tokenism &co-opting have been part of appropriation of bharathanatyam.Don't show me photographs of hereditary nattuvanars(vadhyars) with brahmins to prove it happened with consent.What is being done is invisibilisation of caste&power structures between a brahmin and shudra!

[Omar Bazza @bazzapower]

There is some conditioning from parents/society when it comes to types of hatred like misogyny and racism. But as adults, with access to Internet, a connected world, choosing to perpetuate them is a choice. Hatred requires an active, conscious renewal of it to keep it sustained.

[The Dalit Voice @ambedkariteIND]

#HindutvaHorror Pradhan cuts Dalit youth's nose when he asked for wages in UP's Hardoi. Pradhan Vivek Pandey and his brothers beat him up. Pradhan attacked Manoj with a knife and cut off his nose.
#DalitLivesMatter

[The Polis Project @project_polis]

Breaking News: Human Rights activist #KhurramParvez of @jkccs_ has been arrested and charged under sections 17, 18, 38, and 40 of the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

[Shilpa Rao @ShilRao]

In a country where #malnutrition is high and #stunting is a problem, and where the govt fails to make vegetables and vegetarian protein more accessible, denying access to food and protein sources shd be a crime against humanity.

https://t.co/rmBE4RzsQ2

[Sarang Shidore @globalsarang]

Indonesia and Malaysia are right to be seriously concerned.

They understand well what AUKUS is - an element of a containment strategy that accelerates Asia's dangerous security competition with potential for destabilizing their region. https://t.co/E7C9rdxurt