Headlines will say "Jack Dorsey donates $1 billion" and I want everyone to know that's not what he's doing. He's putting $1 billion into a company that's gonna be a part of the privatization of services the government should provide. It's gonna be like the Gates foundation.
The Mohali district administration has uploaded the names, addresses and telephone numbers of 200 people under quarantine for traveling through countries with a high incidence of COVID-19. https://t.co/crPaHKONd5
This is insanity! Resistance art on walls of Jamia Millia Islamia being whitewashed at the time when these workers should have been at home. Shows that removing Shaheen Bagh protest site this morning wasn't only about Coronavirus.
#CoronavirusOutbreakindia
So far, @narendramodi has not spoken a word about:
1. Ramping up tests
2. Setting up dedicated quarantine facilities
3. About Yogi's disastrous Ram Navami gathering
4 Plans for those working on daily wage.
What a time to be alive when peaceful democratic dissent (boosted by social media) has an equal chance of killing you as a freak imported virus (boosted by globalisation). Feels like pre-Renaissance Europe but possible only today.
Really curious to see what kind of autonomy will be in play for the women who curate the PM's account for a day. I cannot imagine that the tweets will not be pre-screened and pre-approved — by a posse of people, especially men. And there itself lies the irony.
A law which discriminates against minorities & an NRC which threatens to render millions Stateless, to be put in detention centres is certainly a matter which the UN High Commissioner for Human rights can intervene in
I had so many thoughts about #ShubhMangalZyadaSaavdhan which knowingly or unknowingly might set a narrative that includes acceptance of physical violence and a gentle out for homophobes. If you are watching, here are some reviews from the queer community. (Thread)