Sonica Dsouza

Effervescent...

[Aleksey The Great 🇷🇺🎖 @aleksthgrt]

World-renowned Indian author Arundhati Roy:

I stand unequivocally with Iran. India has become a dog of imperialism.

I am ashamed to see how cowardly and spineless our government is.

We used to be a poor country, but we had pride and dignity. Today, we are a rich country inhabited by poor people fueled by hatred and lies. We have lost our pride, dignity, and courage.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 BREAKING: Rep. Ted Lieu says the full Epstein files contain information that Donald Trump RAPED minors.

So he started a war to distract us from his crimes.

Never stop speaking about Epstein.

[Ounka @OunkaOnX]

Israel just bombed Iran. The same Israel that's been on trial for genocide. The same Israel that's been bombing Lebanon. The same Israel that's been stealing land in the West Bank. At what point does the world call this what it is: a rogue state?

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Bombing Iran in the middle of negotiations, while starving Cuba, while genociding Palestinians, while threatening to invade Greenland… the US and Israel are the single greatest threat to humanity and it’s not even close. We are all forced to live in the nightmare they create.

[Bassem Youssef @Byoussef]

Hey @piersmorgan , remember when I tried to say this on your show and you shut me down calling these “silly and stupid and ridiculous “ despite me trying to show you the article from Time of Israel , an Israeli newspaper ? Does this make sense now with the undeniable evidence that Epstein was definitely a Mossad agent together with Gislane Maxwell ? It doesn’t matter if you believe it or not , you are just doing your job as a loyal iron dome for Israel since day one. It’s just clear as day that Israel has openly used blackmail and sexual scandals to control the different presidents of the United States . I am surprised you are not jumping on this with your vast history as a tabloid journalist . But again , why am I surprised .

[Vimal Patil @vimal4USA]

Today is Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti. 14th April.
All over the country, political parties, beneficiaries of his policies and nonprofit organizations are busy flooding social media with his pic, biographies, and his inspirational quotes. But hardly anyone will speak the uncomfortable truth: how badly we have strayed from his core principles.
Dr. Ambedkar was not just a social reformer, he was one of the greatest minds in world history. A man who rose from hardest societal conditions to become the architect of modern India. Yet in his final days he was alone. No political leaders, no followers from the communities he fought for no members of the schedule castes or backward classes checked on him. He died in sleep. Suffering from uncontrolled diabetes and heart. Diseases worsened by decades of relentless struggle for others.
He dedicated his life to uplift the marginalized. The castle-based reservation system he proposed was not just a policy. It was a temporary corrective measure, a social remedy meant to level the playing field. It was designed to give generations of oppressed communities access to education, jobs, and political representations -opportunities they were historically denied.
But 75 years later we must ask ourselves, have we honored his purpose?
Reservation has become a political tool, a vote bank strategy, and in many cases, a means of Entitlement, not Empowerment. Instead of being used as a ladder to climb up and build as self-sustained future, it turned into a permanent Crutch.
Many of the communities that benefited from reservation now insist on continuing the status of being less privileged. Despite generations of progress, this is creating social imbalances. The frustration of economically backward people from “open Categories, is growing. Movements are emerging demanding that reservations be based on economic conditions, not caste alone.
Worst of all, Nobody wants a merit-based system anymore. We are afraid of competition. We are afraid of level playing field.
But this was not Ambedkar’s dream, his vision was of an India where caste would no longer determine opportunity, where every child – regardless of birth- would compete and rise on merit and effort.
Ambedkar once said, “You cannot build anything on the foundation of caste. You cannot build a nation. You cannot build up morality. Anything that build on caste will crack and will never be a whole.”

If we truly respect Babasaheb Ambedkar it’s a time we stop just sharing his quotes. Its time we reflect on the true purpose behind his policies—and have the courage to reform in light of today’s India.
That’s how we honor his legacy. Not with garlands and posters, but with actions and accountability.

[Kunal Kamra @kunalkamra88]

Maharashtra ❤️❤️❤️

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Israel has chosen to mark the first days of Ramadan by blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Still, our government refuses to implement sanctions and defend international law.

There is no other way of putting it: this is a resumption of genocide — and our government is complicit.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

If you still didn’t feel the pain, you are no human.

Ramadan in Gaza.

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Snickers is the street dog who brought me a present every morning as I arrived to feed her.

Today we were able to give her the gift of a lifetime. We just waved her off to her forever home in America… (1/8) 🧵

[AJ+ @ajplus]

Tilda Swinton used an awards speech to take down U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for a “riviera” and ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

[MoTaz @motazazaiza9]

Palestinian children above the rubble of Al Zahra Towers after Israeli airstrikes demolished the area.

And just like this, Palestinians will rise from beneath the rubble. We will stand up again and say #FreePalestine.

Photo by: Motaz Azaiza
Gaza, Occupied Palestine

[রাজ শেখর @DiscourseDancer]

This scene

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

I feed 80 street dogs every morning in Thailand and while they are all grateful one dog goes above and beyond in her appreciation.

Her name is Snickers and every single day without fail she brings me a gift… (1/8) 🧵

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Hayao Miyazaki.

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

💔

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Powerful words by 102 years old philosopher Edgar Morin, one of France's most revered intellectual figures, as well as a Jewish WW2 resistant who fought as a lieutenant in De Gaulle's France combattante.
https://t.co/SJXMywTXb5
Here are his words on Gaza: "I am both astonished and outraged by the fact that those who represent the descendants of a people who were persecuted for centuries for religious or racial reasons... That the descendants of this people who are today the decision-makers of the State of Israel, that they could not only colonize an entire people, partly drive them out of their land and seek to expel them for good... But also, after the massacre of October 7, engaged in a real massive slaughter on the populations of Gaza and continue, incessantly, hitting civilians, women, and children.

And to see the silence of the world, the silence of the United States, protectors of Israel, the silence of the Arab states, the silence of the European states who claim to be defenders of culture, humanity, human rights.

I think we are living through a horrible tragedy because we are also powerless in the face of this thing that is unleashing. At least, I say: bear witness! The only thing that remains if we cannot resist concretely is to testify. Let's resist in our minds, let's not be fooled, let's not forget, let's have the courage to face things head-on."

[MoTaz @motazazaiza9]

On the international day for children around the world
More than 6000 Palestinian children in Gaza got killed in the last 43 days by the Israeli army
Thousands more lost their entire families, parent and loved ones.
Ceasefire now