#VERIFIED | "People told me not to run. They told me - 'you're Indian, you wear a hijab and you're visibly Muslim'. But the positive response I got was so exciting": Nabeela Syed (@NabeelaforIL), who scripted history by getting elected to Illinois State House of Representatives
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Thanks to some of the policies and complete lack of oversight, we are creating ghettos within schools and introducing children to privilege, injecting differential treatment and spreading false narratives. Let me explain:
Today was the first appearance of India’s #DCGI on a public platform after the WHO suspended the supply of #BharatBiotech’s #Covaxin to UN due to quality issues it found in its manufacturing practises, in March this year (1/n)
Does India risk becoming a despotism? Ambedkar himself had warned that if we don't erase our social and economic inequality, our democracy might end up retaining its form but give way to dictatorship. Who am I to differ with Ambedkar?
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This doctor says the physical effects of colonialism can still be felt on South Asians today.
Dr. Mubin Syed says doctors need to understand the needs of different ethnicities when giving treatment.
The 2018 Tumbbad is among the best and most visually spectacular Indian films. Many of us know that. At the same time - what is less known - it is also one of the best Indian movies ever on caste.
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Assamese Muslims vacated 300 shanties in the slums of #Haryana's #Manesar, fearing violence & humiliation at the hands of Bajrang Dal & VHP workers after a panchayat demanded ID verification of Muslim employees in the neighbourhood. @tarushi_aswani reports
Several women from across the globe contributed towards shaping the Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR). Hansa Mehta was one of them, and ultimately, modifying only one word had the greatest impact. A thread. 1/8
In India, fact-checking can put you behind bars.
On June 28, fact-checker @zoobear was arrested by Indian police. His crime? A 2018 tweet about an old Hindi film, taken by the ruling party as ‘hurting religious sentiment’ in the country.
A wild, appalling story: A group of hackers fabricated evidence on the PCs of Indian human rights activists who were then arrested for terrorism and jailed. Now researchers have found a direct link between those hackers and the police making the arrests. https://t.co/y6HrCn580v
"India ranks at the bottom in a list of 180 countries in the 2022 Environmental Performance Index":
While we race to the bottom in Development, hunger, Press freedom, Happiness, corruption indices; on EPI Index we have arrived at 180! Jai ho! Vishwa Guru! https://t.co/HQ6WKeDtql