Two things can be true.
Resisting fascism with hunger strike won't do anything.
The hunger strike will expose fascism's nature in front of masses, to those who are still deluded that non violence will change anything.
Even though the latter is not the goal of CJP.
Notion that Indians in US hire other Indians sounds funny considering any time I’m being interviewed, I pray my interviewee isn’t Indian coz those are the toughest ones hands down.
Discussed with a friend, how I felt I tank moment I see a Desi on other side ready to grill me.
Harris madam don't worry I have one solid plan. You round up the electoral college members and book a resort.
I will tell you the next steps of Operation Kamala
What Ta-Nehisi Coates has done is permanently raise the bar for successful mainstream political writers: everyone with a job at a prestigious publication, bestselling books, awards, access. You can do what he's doing. There's no excuse.
This is a country where people stockpiled medicines and oxygen tanks during one of the darkest crises we've faced. Hoarding concert tickets is nothing.
quiiiick rant. for 3 years straight i was highly active, disciplined, and what i considered "fit"—weight training 5 days/week and (finally) fostering a healthy relationship with food & my body.
then I moved to Delhi last year and access to fitness for me changed completely +
So often now, so many rich people killing ordinary citizens with their criminal driving.
In any other sensible country, this would've caused much outrage & stricter policies but in India we treat rich folks like our gods - the models of success - and hence they get away easily.
This, I think, is one of the purest and most radical acts of solidarity i have seen in recent times. To say this while grieving…hard to put into words.
and it’s ironic that cover art is being used as racial street cred for media institution(s) that’ve been overwhelmingly white for yrs
bc the punchline is most top editors & writers at @newyorker & legacy media have their kids in private schools—& what’s their nanny situation..?
Ever since Modi became PM, the simple act of receiving a BOOK sent by an overseas publisher for REVIEW has become a fraught process with the Customs authorities not allowing international courier companies to deliver books without cataloguing a full KYC from the recipient.
Today @DTDCIndia called me and asked for a gas or electricity bill for our office address in order to deliver a book from @WileyGlobal and when I said this was a rented property he said perhaps I could get a copy of the bill from our landlord! And this kind of nonsense happens all the time.
This is life in Narendra 'Minimum government, maximum governance' Modi's naya rashtra.
"While the virulence and violence against Muslims are not new, what is more blatant than ever in BJP states is the visible confidence of Hindu fundamentalists that the might of the law and the State will not be used against them."
My column today
https://t.co/HL7YRtNcoA
8. Noncompetes unfairly restrict competition and undermine people's core liberties.
By banning noncompetes @FTC's rule would ensure workers can enjoy real freedom, while boosting wages, entrepreneurship, and opportunity.
https://t.co/9XiuxbHMwk
The reason why podcasters can't replace traditional old fashioned media is, any journalist worth their salt would have interrupted her to ask some hard questions and not gormlessly nodded on as she bemoaned the loss of her...well...throne.
Israel must allow journalists into Gaza to report freely and independently, says CPJ CEO @jodieginsberg in new opinion piece for @haaretzcom;
“As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for his visit to the United States next week, he should demonstrate Israel's commitments to press freedom by providing foreign media with immediate, independent access to Gaza, and by ensuring Israel abides by its international obligations to protect journalists as civilians.”
https://t.co/I58XQNVx2W