Leena Singh

[Arshia Malik @arshiaunis]

As an Indian woman from Muslim heritage, I write this rebuttal with the clarity and directness that comes from living the reality @Ilhan only tweets about from afar. Ilhan Omar’s claim that India has reached the “eighth stage of genocide” against Muslims is not analysis. It is reckless, fact-free propaganda that insults every one of us who actually live here, work here, raise families here, and exercise our rights every single day.

If there were even the beginning of genocide, our population would not have exploded. In 1951, Muslims were about 9.8% of India. By 2011, we were 14.2%. Today we are estimated around 14.5–15%, heading toward 18% by 2050 according to Pew projections. From roughly 35 million in 1951 to over 200 million now. Absolute numbers have multiplied nearly six-fold while the country’s overall population grew far slower in percentage terms. Genocide does not produce the world’s largest Muslim-minority population that keeps growing faster than the national average for decades. It produces mass graves and fleeing refugees. We have neither.

We vote in every election in the world’s largest democracy. We contest seats, win them, become MPs, ministers, judges, IAS officers, doctors, engineers, and business leaders. Three Presidents of India have been Muslim. We serve in the armed forces and police. We own businesses, run hospitals, produce films, and dominate segments of entertainment and sports. This is not the signature of a community facing extermination.

We are thriving and prospering — with real data and real lives. Yes, like every large community, we have internal challenges — lower average literacy and educational enrollment in some metrics, pockets of poverty, and the need for better skilling. But the narrative of uniform victimhood is a lie told by people who have never walked through a Muslim-dominated area in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Lucknow, or Kerala and seen the middle class, the professionals, the entrepreneurs, and the young women studying medicine and engineering.

Prominent Indian Muslims — from business (Wipro’s Azim Premji built one of India’s largest companies), to cinema (generations of stars and directors), to sports, academia, and medicine — show what is possible when talent meets opportunity in a free society. Millions of ordinary Muslim families have moved from villages to cities, from informal work to formal jobs, from one generation of limited schooling to the next pursuing professional degrees. That is prosperity in motion, not persecution.

We enjoy specific rights and accommodations that Hindus as a group do not. This is the part Omar and her echo chamber never mention. Indian Muslims operate under a parallel personal law system for marriage, divorce, inheritance, and maintenance rooted in Sharia. Hindus do not.
After independence, Hindu personal law was comprehensively reformed and codified into a uniform framework (Hindu Marriage Act, Hindu Succession Act, etc.). Muslims retained the right to follow their own religious laws — including provisions for polygamy (up to four wives) and differential inheritance rules that the Hindu majority surrendered decades ago.

We also have constitutional minority protections under Articles 29 and 30 that allow us to establish and administer our own educational institutions with significant autonomy — rights the Hindu majority does not claim as a group because it is not classified as a minority. The Waqf Act gives Muslim institutions unique control over vast religious and charitable properties in a manner unparalleled for any other community.
In short: the Indian state has gone out of its way, through personal laws and minority safeguards, to preserve and accommodate Muslim religious and cultural identity in ways it has not extended equivalently to the Hindu majority. These are not “equal rights” in every narrow sense — they are deliberate accommodations that give us more space to live according to our traditions than the majority community receives under the same Constitution.

As a woman from Muslim heritage in India, I have the full protection of the Indian Constitution plus the framework of personal law. The criminalization of instant triple talaq in 2019 removed a specific vulnerability that existed under uncodified practice. I can study, work, vote, travel, criticize the government, wear what I choose (or not), and practice my faith openly — all while living in a country where my community’s population share has steadily risen for 75 years.

@Ilhan Omar’s “eighth stage of genocide” rhetoric is not solidarity. It is the lazy export of American culture-war talking points onto a country and a people she does not understand. It erases the agency of 200+ million Indian Muslims who are neither cowering nor waiting for rescue from Washington. It cheapens the word “genocide” while real atrocities happen elsewhere.
Stop peddling foreign fantasies about our lives. We are here. We are visible. We are voting. We are building. And we reject your narrative with the facts of our own existence. That is the view from inside — not from a podium in the United States.

[Leena Singh @sleeplesslee]

@grg2000 @arpispeaks But he's got star power

[Leena Singh @sleeplesslee]

@grg2000 @arpispeaks Age is not on his side

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

Kejriwal is too big a narcissist & control freak to lose control to a bunch of upstarts. That’s why AAP can’t “reinvent” itself. What’s happening is the global NGO ecosystem & its local minions are dumping Kejriwal. The problem is that the supply of scumbags is so low, they have to recycle the same clowns.

[Office Of Vijay Patel @VijayGajeraO]

How many of you remember Greta Thunberg’s toolkit, which was leaked during the planned farmers' protest?

She is a climate activist.

Surprisingly, Saurav Das of CJP runs a shady climate consultancy outfit.

Sonam Wangchuk also runs companies in the name of climate change.

Ashutosh Ranka was also active in Rajasthan on the same subject.

Do you know why?

Billions are floating from tax-haven countries and from so-called elites into NGOs in India.

If you check their location, you will find them in extremely strategically important locations, from Ladakh to Kerala and from Kutchh to the northeast.

They also use this money to file PILs against strategic projects and to fund on-the-ground protests.

Dear Gen Z of India, you are just a tool for this industry right now. They don't care for you. Be aware.

[Sidharth @Cloudwatch199]

HOLY SHIT.

The Wikipedia expose on HAF just confirmed what many Hindus have been saying for YEARS.

A tiny network of leftie activist editors hijacked pages related to Hindus, Hindutva, caste, and India and turned Wikipedia into a propaganda machine.

They have smeared Hindu organizations as “extremist,” “nationalist,” and “fascist adjacent” while sanitizing and protecting activist groups openly hostile to Hindus.

And the scariest part?

This garbage doesn’t stay on Wikipedia.

It gets fed into Google searches, media narratives, academia, AI systems, and public perception worldwide.

A handful of anonymous editors can effectively shape how BILLIONS of people understand Hindus and India.

People mocked Hindus for warning about coordinated information warfare.

Turns out they were right.

[Krishan Choudhary @choudharykrs]

क्या आपने कभी सोचा है कि अगर मध्यप्रदेश की उन रहस्यमयी पहाड़ियों में एक शख्स ट्रेन से उतरने की जिद न करता, तो शायद भारत का पाषाण कालीन इतिहास आज भी अंधेरे में छिपा होता? वह शख्स कोई और नहीं, बल्कि पद्मश्री डॉ. विष्णु श्रीधर वाकणकर थे, जिन्हें भारतीय पुरातत्व का 'भीष्म पितामह' कहा जाता है। उन्होंने अपना पूरा जीवन पत्थरों की जुबान समझने और भारत के उस अतीत को खोजने में लगा दिया, जिसका कोई लिखित दस्तावेज मौजूद नहीं था। उनका जन्म 1919 में नीमच में हुआ था और वे बचपन से ही कला, पेंटिंग और इतिहास के प्रति एक अनोखा जुनून रखते थे। उनके इस सफर की शुरुआत किसी फिल्मी स्क्रिप्ट से कम नहीं है, जहाँ एक आम इंसान अपनी जिद और जुनून के दम पर पूरी दुनिया के सामने इतिहास का सबसे बड़ा पन्ना खोल देता है।

यह साल 1957 की बात है, जब डॉ. वाकणक�� ट्रेन से भोपाल जा रहे थे। होशंगाबाद के पास अचानक ट्रेन की खिड़की से बाहर देखते हुए उनकी नजर दूर विंध्य की पहाड़ियों पर पड़ी, जहाँ पत्थरों के कुछ अजीब और विशाल ढांचे खड़े थे। उनकी पारखी नजरों को तुरंत अहसास हो गया कि ये कोई आम चट्टानें नहीं हैं, बल्कि इनके भीतर आदिमानव का कोई गहरा राज छिपा है। वे बिना किसी देरी के अगले ही स्टेशन पर ट्रेन से उतर गए और उन बीहड़ जंगलों की तरफ पैदल ही निकल पड़े। स्थानीय लोगों ने उन्हें चेतावनी दी थी कि उन जंगलों में शेर, चीते और खूंखार डाकुओं का बसेरा है, लेकिन इतिहास को खोजने की उनकी भूख के आगे यह डर बौना साबित हुआ। वे अकेले ही उन घने जंगलों में भटकते रहे और आखिरकार उन्होंने भीमबेटका की उन गुफाओं को खोज निकाला, जिन्होंने भारत के इतिहास को सीधे एक लाख साल पीछे धकेल दिया।

भीमबेटका को खोजना जितना बड़ा चमत्कार था, उसकी गुफाओं से सच बाहर निकालना उससे भी कहीं ज्यादा कठिन और संघर्षपूर्ण था। उस दौर में डॉ. वाकणकर के पास न तो कोई बड़ा सरकारी फंड था और न ही ��ज जैसी आधुनिक मशीनें या गाड़ियाँ थीं। वे कई-कई हफ्तों तक उन गुफाओं में भूखे-प्यासे रहकर, कड़कड़ाती ठंड और चिलचिलाती धूप में पत्थरों की खाक छानते थे। वे अपने हाथों से मिट्टी हटाते, घंटों एक ही मुद्रा में बैठकर गुफा की छतों पर बनी धुंधली तस्वीरों को अपनी डायरी में स्केच करते थे ताकि आदिमानव की उस कला को दुनिया को दिखाया जा सके। कई बार उनके पास खाने तक के पैसे नहीं होते थे, लेकिन उन्होंने अपनी जे��� से खर्च करके और रूखी-सूखी रोटी खाकर भी अपनी इस साधना को कभी टूटने नहीं दिया। उनकी इस अकल्पनीय मेहनत का ही नतीजा था कि भीमबेटका को बाद में यूनेस्को (UNESCO) द्वारा वर्ल्ड हेरिटेज साइट घोषित किया गया।

डॉ. वाकणकर का योगदान सिर्फ भीमबेटका की गुफाओं तक ही सीमित नहीं था, बल्कि उन्होंने भारत की स���से पवित्र और रहस्यमयी नदी सरस्वती के अस्तित्व को खोजने में भी अपनी पूरी ताकत झोंक दी थी। जब दुनिया यह मान चुकी थी कि सरस्वती सिर्फ एक पौराणिक कथा है, तब वाकणकर साहब ने अपनी उम्र की परवाह न करते हुए एक विशाल खोजी अभियान शुरू किया। उन्होंने उपग्रह (सैटेलाइट) की तस्वीरों का अध्ययन किया और भीषण गर्मी में राजस्थान तथा गुजरात के रेगिस्तानों में हजारों किलोमीटर की पैदल यात्रा की। उन्होंने जमीन के नीचे दबे उन प्राचीन रास्तों को खोज निकाला जहाँ कभी सरस्वती नदी बहा करती थी, जिसने भारतीय सभ्यता के भौगोलिक इतिहास को एक नया दृष्टिकोण दिया। उन्होंने यह साबित किया कि हमारी सभ्यता सिर्फ सिंधु नदी के किनारे नहीं, बल्कि सरस्वती के तट पर भी फली-फूली थी।

डॉ. विष्णु श्रीधर वाकणकर एक ऐसे सच्चे शोधकर्ता थे जिन्होंने कभी नाम, पैसा या ऐशो-आराम की चाह नहीं की। वे अक्सर कहा करते थे कि पुरातत्व की खोज दफ्तरों या वातानुकूलित कमरों में बैठकर नहीं, बल्कि तपती धूप और धूल भरे मैदानों में फावड़ा चलाकर होती है। वे एक बेहतरीन चित्रकार भी थे, इसलिए वे गुफाओं की पेंटिंग्स के महत्व को केवल एक पुरातत्वविद् की नजर से नहीं बल्कि एक कलाकार के दिल से समझते थे। उन्होंने अपनी आखिरी सांस तक भारत के गौरव को दुनिया के सामने लाने के लिए काम किया और 1988 में इस दुनिया से विदा हो गए। आज जब भी हम भीमबेटका की उन लाल-सफेद दीवारों पर दौड़ते हुए हिरणों और शिकार करते आदिमानवों को देखते हैं, तो वह असल में डॉ. वाकणकर की उसी अटूट निष्ठा और संघर्ष की कहानी बयां कर रहे होते हैं।

[Rahul Roushan @rahulroushan]

Since no permission or order is required in order to achieve true democracy, will he be okay if some other gorup, say Bajrang Dal or some, also reach the protest site at the same time same day?

[Ajeet Bharti @ajeetbharti]

ये फ्लैक्स दो सौ में बन जाता है? कहाँ बनता है दो सौ में? इस फ्रेम के साथ ₹2000 से कम में नहीं बन सकता। सौ रुपए में कौन पहुँच जाएगा जंतर मंतर ऑटो से? कहाँ से?

इसको ये सब पता नहीं है क्योंकि जीवन में इसे इसकी आवश्यकता पड़ी ही नहीं होगी। ये मैं इसलिए लिख रहा हूँ कि जिस ‘युवा’ के चप्पल टूटे हों, फॉर्म भरने के पैसे न हों, उन्हें पता होता कि ऑटो का भाड़ा कितना होता है।

ये एन्टायटल्ड नल्ले हैं ���िनको अभी तक हर वह चीज मिलती रही है, जो इन्होंने चाहा है। इनको वास्तविकता का अंदाजा नहीं है।

[Nandini @NBDwrites]

@sewanyaya @thewire_in This trivialisation is disgraceful.

A ‘journalist’ barely able to mask her glee, and a JNU ‘professor’ tittering over her own half-baked assumptions.

This is what intellectual dishonesty and agenda-driven disconnect look like.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

Modi-hatred is almost a requirement to be called an "intellectual" in some circles. We have to counter them, so let's recall some history.

Congress had left Punjab, Kashmir, Assam all burning. The Naxal menace had made middle India ungovernable. Bihar and UP had become lawless. Bengal stagnated and deteriorated.

Today, Bengal has been rescued from the lawless TMC. For the first time since my childhood, we can discuss development and progress in all these states. We can disagree on specific paths to development, but at least we get to have that conversation.

These achievements did not happen magically. They required a lot of hard work and sacrifice - and all of it happened democratically. Let us not forget that Congress used Article 356 very often to dismiss state governments and now they lecture us on "democratic values".

If we elect the wrong crowd, we risk losing all the gains we have made.

Modi and Shah have provided strong and resolute leadership that has allowed these useless intellectuals to indulge their Modi hatred. Deep down, even they know the truth.

[richa anirudh @richaanirudh]

मुझे कभी एक बात समझ नहीं आई.. जब कोई भी ग़ैरक़ानूनी इमारत बन रही होती है.. तो सरकारी बाबू/अधिकारी रिश्वत लेकर छुपते कहां हैं? नियम ये हो कि जब कोई ग़ैरक़ानूनी इमारत गिरे तो जिस अधिकारी की नाक के नीचे ���ो बनी थी,उसका घर भी गिराया जाए.. ताकि दर्द उसको भी हो,..वो तो रिश्वत के पैसों से न जाने कितने बंगले बना चुका होगा.. 🙏#Corruption #Accountability #MakeOfficersAccountable

[Leena Singh @sleeplesslee]

@sidharthgehlot are these yours? I remember seeing them posted by you ages ago..

[Aakashi @Aakashi_123]

Do people still prefer building homes like this?

[Leena Singh @sleeplesslee]

@KiranManral Deadloch

[Leena Singh @sleeplesslee]

@iamsum80 Not forgetting blatant bad remake of a scene. This one right here is a slo mo cringe take of a scene in blue beetle 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️.
This is when something like Dhurandhar comes along, it feels refreshing to see and hear despite reusing old songs.

[Leena Singh @sleeplesslee]

@rishabhm Very glad to see the panduri is still a secret.

[Malay Krishna @Malay4Product]

This is a completely incorrect way of looking how currencies should be compared. Every Indian needs to know this.

Let me explain.

So yes, mathematically the rupee has weakened against all three. But Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka are NOT showing currency strength.

They’re showing currency death.

Their currencies stopped falling because there’s nothing left to fall.

Pakistan went from 105 to 280 over seven years. Sri Lanka went from 180 to 365 during their 2022 bankruptcy. Bangladesh has been on IMF watch.

When a currency hits rock bottom, it stops moving because the floor has been reached. The IMF steps in. Capital controls get imposed. Imports get restricted. The economy contracts to fit the currency.

That’s why their currencies look “stable” right now. Not because they’re strong. Because they’re frozen at distressed levels propped up by IMF bailouts and capital controls.

India still has a floating, market-determined currency in an actively trading economy of 1.4 billion people.

When the dollar strengthens globally, the INR moves. That’s how healthy currencies behave.

Imagine two patients. Patient A has fever moving from 99 to 101. Patient B is in a coma at body temperature 95. You don’t say “Patient B is healthier because their temperature isn’t rising.” Patient B is closer to dead.

The right comparison is with active, market-determined economies of similar scale.

INR has fallen 12% vs USD. Korean won fell 8%. Brazilian real fell 11%. Indonesian rupiah fell 6%. Japanese yen fell 9%.

We’re middle of the pack among countries that are actually functioning normally.

The Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka comparison is the equivalent of “I’m losing weight faster than the corpses in the morgue.”

Technically true. Completely meaningless.

[Leena Singh @sleeplesslee]

@azizkavish @madversity What are you even going on about? All that was stated were facts. Not to influence anybody.
What was so objectionable??

[India in Pixels by Ashris 🔱 @indiainpixels]

Reading Udhayanidhi Stalin reminds me of Manjulika in Bhool Bhulaiyaa. Avni empathises so deeply with Manjulika's injustice that she slowly becomes her. She doesn't leave Avni until she has killed the Raja she sees as the root of all pain.

The Self-Respect Movement at its best was an appreciable reform in Tamil Nadu. But at its worst, Dravidian ideology instills a perpetual victimhood where you start seeing your own countrymen as oppressors, forgetting that even they are blends, just like you.

Dravidian ideology's fascination with Islam isn't new. Even Periyar met with Jinnah in 1940. Dravidistan and Pakistan were sister secessionist projects with the same separatist logic.

When Udhayanidhi today says Dravidianism and Islam are "fundamentally the same," he's showing us what ideology does to the spirit at its worst, it kills your empathy willing to see things destroy in the name of justice.

The movement that began wanting to liberate ended up importing the very supremacist frame it was fighting. Such ideologies should not longer have grounds in India. We need to pave the path forward together.

Let Manjulika leave.

[Aravind @aravind]

Singapore PM, on May 1st, said their country needs to prepare for food, fertilizer, and fuel shortages. PM Modi too, just a few days back, said India needs to prepare for difficult times similar to Covid-19.

Responsible countries and their responsible leaders prepare their countries and citizens like this. I would be more worried if PM Modi or GoI acted all cool and as if India's all set for political posturing.