Indian Railways' priority on increasing AC coaches at the cost of general and sleeper coaches has left low income individuals bearing the brunt of travelling in overcrowded trains. Report by @NidharshanaR, @BhavaniEtikala @HarithaMaanav, @samrahattar and @TeresaMRaju.
Those in mumbai who have not seen Ram Ke Naam, it will screen tomoro followed by discussion:
Mon. 11th March 2024
5 PM
APRE Art House, Colaba
Price: INR 50
Tickets available on https://t.co/ZWOktUENDb ( link in bio )
APRE Art House, Sanghvi House, 3rd Pasta Lane, Colaba Market.
"If you celebrate while someone else is in pain, something is broken in our society. We feel hopeless & cheated...." Muslims tell us what they feel about the elaborate Ram Temple inauguration, the public euphoria & being sidelined in their own country. https://t.co/MjBfv5mMLa
Veteran Haaretz journalist Amira Hass has reported from the Occupied Palestinian Territories for decades and says the Israeli public is "drunk with the will to take revenge" on Palestinians, spurred on by a far-right government dominated by "extreme fascist settlers."
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A sophisticated shock attack by #Hamas on #Israel has triggered an all-out war. This seemingly suicidal attack has to be understood in the context of the ‘new Middle East’—which has no interest in #Palestine—either the cause or its people.
https://t.co/YBrUH6DJOr
If bookshops have given you a fraction of the joy they have given me since I was little, go support your local bookshops on the 7th October by buying lots of books.
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If there was no caste system in India, waste disposal and sanitation in the country would have been far superior - we would have had more tourism, less disease and become a developed country.
Casteism obstructs public health and is anti-national.
"Now the time for warning is over. We are in a different phase of history. As a writer, I can only hope that my writing will bear witness to this very dark chapter that is unfolding in my country’s life."
- Arundhati Roy
https://t.co/R7XcV1TGWW
Completely baffling, arbitrary & undemocratic -no it's actually plain autocratic. The Delhi police locks the gates to stop a "people's Summit" on #G20India from taking place at Surjit bhawan Delhi. Clearly this global elite & it's Indian leadership is petrified of people's voices
"NGOs have tamed a generation of activists.
They’ve given up grand visions of social change & mass recruitment in favor of writing grants & wooing foundations; ceded control of the movement to executives in boardrooms..." @incitenews
What is the "NGO-isation" of resistance?
Indian Matchmaking and Caste: A tale of flipping stances in a few steps
When Indian Matchmaking premiered in 2020, the desi diaspora (including Indian American journalists) hailed it as the holy grail of representation
Paeans were penned about its significance to South Asians.
Season 5 of #OnTheContrary starts next Wednesday! Tune in to learn about India’s water woes and the efforts that are being made to solve them. #HUF#JalAajAurKal@idr_online
#OnTheContrary | In this new season of On the Contrary by IDR, supported by the Hindustan Unilever Foundation, we’re diving deep into India’s water crisis.
Tune in every Wednesday, starting 22nd March, on your favourite podcasting app #JalAajAurKal#HUF@HUL_News@shraman_jha