Agents, what to do when lockdown forces an overdose of alone-time? For @MaithileeSagara, it was a zig-zag route to feeling bad before finally feeling good. Read how she learnt to manage the hurtful pangs of loneliness! #SelfLove#Lockdown#Heartbreak https://t.co/3PGENYY544
Nazariya QFRG organised Our Lives Our Tales, a series of talks by #queer people and fought battles for the queer movement, to preserve oral narratives of historic moments that might otherwise have been lost. - @MaithileeSagara#LGBTQIA#history
https://t.co/L0u4gzwvmB
The whole idea of clapping in unison across cities and states is to instill a sombre sense of unity in these hard times. This is not a freaking festival. Do not ruin the day by rushing out into the streets. Please go back to your rooms, wash your hands and keep some distance.
So I have to write a thread about something that's happened recently.
Anyone who knows me on twitter, knows that women's reproductive and sexual health is something I care about deeply. For those wondering about my bio here, check this tweet below. 1/n
To your left, Saba Azad leading a chant at Carter Road protest yest night. To her left, uncle Safdar Hashmi performing a street play with Jana Natya Manch
This is our India now - Appalling: our #SuitableBoy actress, Sadaf Jafar, beaten and jailed for peaceful protest in Lucknow! Join me in demanding her release https://t.co/RPxOfYjZ75
"I want to tell the 130 crore citizens of India that since my government has come to power, since 2014, there has been no discussion on NRC anywhere...," the PM said at #RamLilaMaidan. "Lies are being spread."
Yes, they are.
I've just returned from Kashmir & three things to note, particularly for those outside fed on stories of normalcy by embedded journalists. [Even if you support Modi, and think this might work, surely you'd want to know what's really going on].
Under this regime students will only be allowed to read books by Golwalkar and Savarkar and watch films by Vivek Agnihotri. And then the government will spend crores on planning how to enter world rankings
Indian government openly declares war on the Indian constitution. A war on the Kashmiri people. A war on the Indian people. Ending Article 370 without even debate, merciless unjust unfolding of NRC in Assam, hate violence in rest of India. We must resist, defend the Constitution
"The whole Bill has to be #genderneutral. Why is the #LGBT community not being included? Human rights isn't just about terrorists or police!" said @NCPspeaks Baramati MP @supriya_sule in the Lok Sabha today during a debate on the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
"The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment."
https://t.co/YNSlAVJvlN via @YouTube
"Redistributing love does not dilute the love we feel for a particular, dear person. Indeed, building a network of intimate connections can strengthen them all – in part because it strengthens our relationship with ourselves."
Preach.