Dear Shashi Tharoor
I address you today not as a student or a citizen, but as a human who has been wronged and observed the system breaking the will of my fellow brothers and sisters of this country year after year after year after year.
When you say that the country hears our voices while typing these statements in your armchair or hotel lobby, who exactly in this country is hearing our voices sir? Because it is certainly not the state or the politicians or the rich or even the upper middle class. I can say that because I personally come from an upper middle class family whose father quietly shuns any mention of Sonam Wangchuk or protest in our household simply because it goes against the comfort of their narrative shell which our government has quite conveniently manufactured. Let the rich be rich, let the middle class segregate into upper and lower middle class and let the poor get poorer, resulting in quite a strong K-shaped graph which I wish I could draw if this state decides to hold an honest census anytime in the future. But I cannot so I shall digress further because I can do that.
This is rebuilding the ladder Mr. Tharoor as the ladder has long since been broken and it needed someone to be on the edge of their deathbed for you to muster the courage and point at the broken ladder; albeit filled with metaphors and a relatable backstory. Let us fight Mr. Tharoor for these voices need not be silenced but emboldened and act as a wake up call for this country because we will not await another rigged election in the coming years and watch our brothers and sisters commit suicides day on day on day.
Lastly, and I shall be quite honest here, do you sincerely believe that your appeal will reach the ears of the state or be read by a mourning brother who has just lost their sibling in this journey? An opportunity to raise the students' issues in the highest forum of our democracy, my sir, this is not a question of choice. There is no argument one can put forth that can defend the guardians of our education system who preach democracy in our 8th grade textbooks for decades but fail to live up to it every single step of the way.
Mr. Tharoor, come visit the ground reality of this nation, live among us, fast with us, or sip even a cup of tea with us if you shall not fast, but please do not lift your pen to write digital letters to students when they do not hold the privilege to sit and consume your talks and instead direct your penmanship to the one that decided my brother's life this year.
I look forward to reading your open letter to Mr. Narendra Damodardas Modi. Bring your A-game.
Dear Shashi Tharoor - @ShashiTharoor ,
I address you today not as a student or a citizen, but as a human who has been wronged and observed the system breaking the will of my fellow brothers and sisters of this country year after year after year after year.
When you say that the country hears our voices while typing these statements in your armchair or hotel lobby, who exactly in this country is hearing our voices sir? Because it is certainly not the state or the politicians or the rich or even the upper middle class. I can say that because I personally come from an upper middle class family whose father quietly shuns any mention of Sonam Wangchuk or protest in our household simply because it goes against the comfort of their narrative shell which our government has quite conveniently manufactured. Let the rich be rich, let the middle class segregate into upper and lower middle class and let the poor get poorer, resulting in quite a strong K-shaped graph which I wish I could draw if this state decides to hold an honest census anytime in the future. But I cannot so I shall digress further because I can do that.
This is rebuilding the ladder Mr. Tharoor as the ladder has long since been broken and it needed someone to be on the edge of their deathbed for you to muster the courage and point at the broken ladder; albeit filled with metaphors and a relatable backstory. Let us fight Mr. Tharoor for these voices need not be silenced but emboldened and act as a wake up call for this country because we will not await another rigged election in the coming years and watch our brothers and sisters commit suicides day on day on day.
Lastly, and I shall be quite honest here, do you sincerely believe that your appeal will reach the ears of the state or be read by a mourning brother who has just lost their sibling in this journey? An opportunity to raise the students' issues in the highest forum of our democracy, my sir, this is not a question of choice. There is no argument one can put forth that can defend the guardians of our education system who preach democracy in our 8th grade textbooks for decades but fail to live up to it every single step of the way. Mr. Tharoor, come visit the ground reality of this nation, live among us, fast with us, or even a cup of tea with us if you shall not fast, but please do not lift your pen to write digital letters to students when they do not hold the privilege to sit and consume your talks and instead direct your penmanship to the one that decided my brother's life this year.
I look forward to reading your open letter to Mr. Narendra Damodardas Modi. Bring your A-game.
@KuldeepDhatwali@ShashiTharoor Respectfully sir, our brothers and sisters needed these voices a long time ago. Protesting a rigged exam is not walking away from the system, it is fighting for it. If you would rather not fight, that is okay but please do not drown the conscience of those who still will
This moving article on @UmarKhalidJNU in prison prompts a simple question: if he really has incited terrorism, why not prove it in a court of law? Why deny him the basic right of any Indian citizen accused of a crime, the right to a fair trial? Languishing six years behind bars, without a chance to defend himself legally, is a travesty of justice and a blot on our democracy. I think the people of India have a right to know why.
And what he says from prison is sad to read:
https://t.co/y0ePYxZvyh
@PradeepBha27662@HelleLyngSvends stop engaging in ad hominem... "Worry about your own country" and "it's propaganda" are not responses to why the charges vanished that week, or why the fund will not comment.. that is attacking the messenger, not the message
Sir. I think maybe I speak for a small but valid percentage of India when I say couldn’t care less what the congress did anymore. Let it go. India moved on. They are not in power for their deeds. We did jokes about them for years, we booed them at the commonwealth games, they were a punch line on this platform for years, they got voted out. That’s life. These kids giving exams don’t even remember a congress govt. Questions can only be asked of those in power. That’s not being selective, it’s just called living in the present. No one dealing with a paper leak cares about BJP/Congress or Hindu/Muslim or any partisan bullshit. They’re worried about the future.
THIS IS PEAK WHATABOUTERY 🔥
REPORTER: Why should Norway trust India when fundamental rights are being violated?
MEA: We have Gandhi, ancient civilisation, and a Constitution that guarantees fundamental rights.
REPORTER 🎯: Exactly. I know India has fundamental rights. That is why I asked about violations.
MEA: If rights are violated, people can go to court. 😐
REPORTER: That’s the point. Why are people forced to go to court for basic rights?
MEA: It’s my press conference. I will decide.
REPORTER: When will PM take free questions from the press?
MEA: Next question.