"A 2015 report by the non-profit Sampark, submitted to the ILO, estimated that there are close to 4,50,000 devadasis all over India."
That's ritualized sexual exploitation of marginalized young women by local elite networks on an industrial scale.
https://t.co/HX9QNZcbB5
@kavitharao@adadithya @SparshAgarwall @AlterMagIndia absolutely. the last thing i need in life, and in an airport, is butter chicken sold to me by Wolfgang Puck for 550 rupees. please give me an idli and send me on my way.
visa applications to countries that colonized yours is a humiliation ritual like least you can do as reparations is let me in i just wanna walk around for like 5 days i wont pillage entire barangays like some people
In the last 48 hours I have eaten Dahi ke Sholay, Mutton biryani, Chaapli kebab, Chops, Tomato pappu, Chicken golichina, Boti kebab, and Khubani ka meetha. Very much inclined to return to Hyderabad i must say.
The “polycrisis” discourse is Western-centric
“Given the elitist, Western-centric nature of the conventional wisdom resulting from this mindset, proponents cannot imagine solutions emerging from non-elites and places outside Europe and North America.” @ProSyn
1/ Top of my head: The police, army look to have stood down since Hasina’s departure. Targeted attacks against AL figures and their relatives continue. Sporadic attacks against Hindus in rural areas continue. Opportunistic crime emerges following symbolic acts of vandalism.
Karnataka High Court granted bail to three accused in Gauri Lankesh murder case. They gave example of an accused who was granted bail on the grounds of delay in trial. Meanwhile, Umar Khalid's bail pleas are being rejected despite 1400 days of pre-trial detention.