Neha Bora, a little-known doctoral student has emerged as one of the most visible faces of a protest movement in India that has mounted the most serious challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in years https://t.co/5V4xpbl1TM
Jean Dreze: “We are defending the right to protest, right to assemble, right to free expression, right to vote…these are all basic democratic rights…” Gets whisked away by Delhi Police.
Delhi Police is stopping ordinary citizens from gathering or protesting, citing Section 163 of the BNSS. But Hindutva groups are gathering openly and threatening protesters.
They claim the protesters are raising anti-India slogans. I have covered these protests and haven’t witnessed this. And frankly, this is an old tactic. Nothing new here.
So I asked Delhi Police a simple question: if ordinary citizens aren’t allowed to gather, how are these groups allowed to assemble and openly threaten protesters?
They had no answer.
"My colleagues in the Jhargram college would relentlessly harass me. Some would want to sleep with me and then go around claiming that I desired them. The place was backward and terrible to live and work in. Surprisingly my tormentors were teachers, not villagers or students. My harassers belonged mostly to the educated, urban, middle classes.
After my gender affirmative surgery, They started calling me “hijra.” I had to contend with what I would describe as buddhijibider sharajantra (a conspiracy) of intellectuals. I was harassed from the very beginning, but after my sex change operation, I became a special target of humiliation. My harassers would taunt me and say “Look at her, she is going around with a foreign body inside her.” After my surgery, I faced total social ostracisation.
I had to stay in Jhargram. It was impossible to travel everyday from Kolkata. First, nobody would rent out accommodation to me. There were nights that I was forced to spend outside after returning home somewhat later than usual and finding the landlord has locked me out. That I was not murdered is truly a wonder."
In this interview the senior journalist Monobina Gupta, Bandyopadhyay discusses her experience and the hardships she faces as a transgender person: https://t.co/Fkn8m18vDr
MANISHA KALYAN WOW 🤯
A thunderous free kick clips the underside of the bar and bounces over the line. One of the goals of the tournament.
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ABVP goons barging into and ransacking the campus of Azim Premji University is not just an act of vandalism, it is a direct assault on academic freedom and democratic values.
Universities are spaces for dialogue, debate, and dissent - there is absolutely no space for violence, intimidation, or hooliganism on campuses.
Campuses must nurture ideas, not fear. They must encourage discussion, not destruction. We stand firmly against this attack on education and democracy.
one of my favorite parts of twitter is liking random strangers’ good news. finished chemo? hell yes! month sober? good for you! sold a painting? kickass! delighted to be part of your cheering section.
hi everyone i wrote a substack piece on how the memeification of AFCON stems from racial biases towards African football, please read 🥹❤️ https://t.co/utdWe7OAGE
3. A Zomato delivery rider said they can reject only one delivery a day. “If we reject more than one delivery, our ID gets blocked until the next day.”
4. Several workers shared screenshots of their daily earnings. Most work over 12-hour shifts and earn a monthly income of Rs 15K to Rs 20K.
Yeah this is gross and it should genuinely BE VERY illegal to generate naked phots of people with AI without consent!!!! Hold these companies and people accountable!!
Not many are reporting the trauma of “gig workers”
Some of the experience our labour force is facing in gig work is humiliating & compromises their dignity daily.
Arsenal fans sing “feed the Scousers” and Everton put Fans Supporting Foodbanks’ logo on the screen straight away. Quality from Everton. Absolutely embarrassing from the Arsenal fans singing it.
Solidarity with @SFoodbanks. Hunger doesn’t wear club colours 💙❤️