Johns

PhD candidate with Sociology department, South Asian University

[Johns @johnsthomas49]

The @SouthAsianUni #SAU admin have expelled @m_bhimraj and @umeshJoshi8 *once again* after reducing their expulsions to suspensions just two days ago. Unreal levels of shamelessness from the admin. Rise in rage.
#SAU_SOS

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

Temperature in Dubai today - 36°C
Temperature in India today - 45°C

Tax on AC in Dubai - 5% VAT
Tax on AC in India - 18% GST

Pure stupidity !

[Maheshwer Peri @maheshperi]

I would really want people from north India, the shrill voices of meritocracy, comment on this:

If meritocracy is all about rewarding individuals for performance, why shouldn’t we reward states the same way?

Linking delimitation to GDP would change the game for India. Political power would follow economic contribution. States would compete to grow, create jobs, and govern better and not just get rewarded for its population growth.

The current system risks penalising performing states and rewarding demographic expansion which isn’t sustainable.

India needs representation that rewards contribution.

[Gems @gemsofbabus_]

So, Delhi Police has filed an FIR against me for exposing irregularities in FSSAI. Nice. 👏😌

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

Fifteen days. That’s all the we have to respond to rules that could reshape online speech in India.

What is being called “clarificatory” quietly expands censorship powers, increases data retention, and puts pressure on platforms to over-remove content.

This is not a minor update. It is a structural shift.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

I don't think people understand the gravity of the situation as the UN is preparing for possible nuclear weapon use in Iran.

This is a picture of Tehran. For you uneducated, untraveled, never-served, warhawks licking your chops at the thought of bombing it. It's not some low population desert. There are families, children, family pets. Regular working class people with dreams. You're sick to want war.

Tehran is a city of nearly 10,000,000 people. Imagine nuking Washington, Berlin, Paris, London, or beyond, bombed with nuclear weapons.

I gave up my diplomatic career to leak this information. I suspended my duties so as not to be part of or a witness to this crime against humanity, in an attempt to prevent a nuclear winter before it is too late.

Yesterday, nearly ten million people protested “No Kings” in the United States. The possibility of the use of nuclear weapons must be taken very seriously. It's dangerous. Act now. Spread this message worldwide. Take the streets. Protest for our humanity and future. Only the people can stop it. History will remember us.

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

Brilliant, simply brilliant from @samzsays - the best thing you can read today.

[PunsterX @PunsterX]

Accounts withheld in India last night:

1. @Nher_who
2. @DrNimoYadav
3. @ActivistSandeep
4. @mrjethwani_
5. @indian_armada

Looks like a massive clean-up drive of anti-establishment accounts.

[Pinarayi Vijayan @pinarayivijayan]

The demolition of nearly 700 Bhoodan-allotted homes in Khammam, leaving around 3,000 people homeless, exposes the Congress government’s true face in Telangana. This ‘bulldozer raj’ mirrors the BJP’s model of using state power against the poorest.

The Congress leadership in Keralam, which claims to stand with the people, cannot wash its hands of this shame. They must answer for their party’s assault on the marginalised.

[Haritha John @HarithaJohn1]

This story was hard. After months combing through official records, I tracked who converts to which faith in Kerala and how women choosing the Special Marriage Act, with no intent to convert, were harassed in the name of ‘Love Jihad’. https://t.co/WNcdkPC8lK

[Dalit Chef @DalitChef]

Did you know?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak started Ganesh festival celebration to counter Mahatma Phule’s Satyashodhak Jalsa, which aimed to raise awareness about brahmin dominance and to unite people against brahmin hegemony.

#GaneshaChaturthi #Ganeshotsav

[Valerie Zink @valeriezink]

I can’t in good conscience continue to work for Reuters given their betrayal of journalists in Gaza and culpability in the assassination of 245 our colleagues.

[Tarun Gautam @TARUNspeakss]

Anurag Thakur : Who was the first space traveller?

Students: Neil Armstrong

Anurag Thakur : No, it's Hanumanji.

This is how these non-scientific id!ots are corrupting young minds.

[أنس الشريف Anas Al-Sharif @AnasAlSharif0]

This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.

Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allah’s will came first, and His decree is final. I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification—so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.

I entrust you with Palestine—the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world. I entrust you with its people, with its wronged and innocent children who never had the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart and scattered across the walls.

I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. I entrust you to take care of my family. I entrust you with my beloved daughter Sham, the light of my eyes, whom I never got the chance to watch grow up as I had dreamed.

I entrust you with my dear son Salah, whom I had wished to support and accompany through life until he grew strong enough to carry my burden and continue the mission.

I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose blessed prayers brought me to where I am, whose supplications were my fortress and whose light guided my path. I pray that Allah grants her strength and rewards her on my behalf with the best of rewards.

I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah (Bayan), from whom the war separated me for many long days and months. Yet she remained faithful to our bond, steadfast as the trunk of an olive tree that does not bend—patient, trusting in Allah, and carrying the responsibility in my absence with all her strength and faith.

I urge you to stand by them, to be their support after Allah Almighty. If I die, I die steadfast upon my principles. I testify before Allah that I am content with His decree, certain of meeting Him, and assured that what is with Allah is better and everlasting.

O Allah, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family. Forgive me if I have fallen short, and pray for me with mercy, for I kept my promise and never changed or betrayed it.

Do not forget Gaza… And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.

Anas Jamal Al-Sharif
06.04.2025

This is what our beloved Anas requested to be published upon his martyrdom.

[Pratyusha @Pratyusha]

BREAKING 🚨

E-Voter List pages from the websites of CEOs of states like Maharashtra, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are taken down.

@ECISVEEP hits the panic button.

[Sreya @Sreya_Chattrjee]

In Gurugram’s Q-Block, little Shehnaaz, just 6, points to empty homes of Bengali migrant families who fled after the Bangladeshi Identification drive

She leaves tomorrow too — sad she will miss school, but more afraid for her father, says, “People are being taken away randomly.”

[M.K.Stalin @mkstalin]

Not a miracle. Just meticulous, people-first governance.

#DravidianModel

[Freedom Flotilla Coalition @GazaFFlotilla]

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Greta Thunberg is a Swedish citizen.
Pressure their foreign ministries and help us keep them safe!

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#AllEyesOnMadeleen

[Tarun Gautam @TARUNspeakss]

How this is not a national issue is beyond me.

What happened to women being Devis & being worshipped?

Wombs of 843 poor women removed without their consent and no one fucking cares?

[Siddharth @svaradarajan]

Dear Readers of The Wire In a clear violation of the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press, the Government of India has blocked access to https://t.co/BCdnZhucBj across India. +