Madam @navikakumar I’m aware comedy isn’t journalism. We are both funny, in VERY different ways. Here’s a fact, you posted asking people for their take. I responded with mine. Sometimes questions are followed by answers. I empathise, this seems like new territory for you. Anyway….imma bounce 🙏
A priest named Vijay Pandit attempted to rape a 10-year-old Dalit girl inside a temple. When action was taken against the accused under the POCSO Act, the entire Brahmin community surrounded the police station in support of the accused.
This is a shameful situation where Brahmins are supporting the POCSO accused based on their caste. The incident took place in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
A Brahmin student being called a 'Pakistani' by Modi Bhakts shocked and rightfully hurt many people across ideological lines, including several from the Right Wing itself. Because suddenly, people realised how dehumanising that label is.
But for years now, countless Indian Muslims especially those who speak up or question the government or criticise the PM are casually branded 'Pakistanis' or 'Bangladeshis' or a 'Rohingya'.
Our loyalty is questioned, our identity is regularly mocked, our citizenship treated as conditional.
And the society has normalised it so much that most people don’t even react anymore.
An insult that rightfully outraged people when used against a Brahmin student is thrown at Muslims every single day without guilt or an outrage, or without any consequences. No Indian should have to constantly prove they belong to their own country.
All thanks to the Media and the Politicians for Normalising this Hate against Indian Muslims.
Unbelievable 🙄 victim-blaming dressed in cultural analysis. It weaponizes her personal choices against her. Correlation isn’t causation. Millions of women marry late, use apps, have careers, or choose abortions without tragic outcomes. Highlighting them here frames Twisha as architect of her own vulnerability rather than a victim of alleged marital abuse.
Ignores case specifics. Police ruled suicide (not murder), but in-laws (including a retired judge) face accusations of harassment; husband is absconding. In-laws’ troubled personality/drug addict” narrative was contradicted by tests. The draft sidesteps this messy reality to push a pre-existing ideology about “modern empowered script” vs tradition. A fair pattern discussion would acknowledge both sides , not pivot straight to “traditional safeguards existed for a reason.”
Romanticizes “traditional safeguards : Family-vetted matches, early marriage & community pressure have statistical upsides (lower reported divorce in some data) but massive downsides in India: high dowry deaths, domestic violence, honor-based abuse, forced adjustments (“adjust kar lo”) women trapped with no exit. Data from NCRB shows thousands of dowry suicides/homicides yearly, often in “traditional” setups. The draft presents one side as obviously superior without nuance. True honesty requires evidence over ideology & empathy that doesn’t require blaming the victim to critique cultural trends. May her soul rest in peace; may the investigation deliver real answers.
Prime Minister is a public servant elected to govern and is answerable to people. He/She/They are not blessed by divine authority.
Respect is always there for the office.
The person sitting in that office needs to earn that respect.
Not cool.
You can dislike a Prime Minister, disagree with a government, protest, debate and vote differently. That’s democracy.
But reducing the office of India’s Prime Minister, the man, the office, and what he represents abroad, to a joke on foreign soil -doesn’t feel like the right thing or dissent - to me.
It diminishes him, the institution, and ultimately, us.
That blue isn't a filter.
It's what ice looks like after thousands of years of compression have pushed every air bubble out.
The deeper the blue, the older the ice.
What you're watching collapse took longer to form than most civilizations have existed.