Supriya Menon

Currently eat, breathe and sleep museums. Also like popcorn, elephants and politics. Preferably not together. Art and Museums on Instagram @themuseumwallas

[Siddharth @DearthOfSid]

“The only credible evidence that has been presented is that he (Umar Khalid) was exercising his constitutional right to speak and to protest, a fundamental prerogative of citizenship in a free society.”

Noam Chomsky

[Anish Gawande @anishgawande]

The Supreme Court order on stray dogs in Delhi is nothing but a death sentence for every single stray on every single street in the national capital - and each one of us needs to raise our voice against it to #SaveDelhiDogs.

Listen, I’m not some animal rights activist. I think every single stray dog needs to be vaccinated, sterilised, and released into safe surroundings. Those who bite humans should be rehabilitated or put into a shelter.

But how on EARTH and WHY are you putting EVERY SINGLE STREET DOG in Delhi in a shelter?

Pehle toh aapke paas shelter nahi hai, aur order implement ABHI honi hai. What is the government doing? Releasing them into the forest! Into the ridge! How the hell will they survive?

What is worse, they have absurd rules - you cannot adopt any dog that has been put into a shelter. So what will a puppy who has been picked up from the street today do? Live the rest of his life in a sarkari prison?

The Supreme Court is correct to worry about a rise in rabies cases. But the solution is not this ABSURD, IMPRACTICAL, and INHUMAN plan to throw all our street dogs into poorly managed, poorly built shelters in the middle of nowhere.

GLOBAL examples have shown that there is only ONE solution to this problem: vaccinate, sterilise, and release. Why does the government not want to follow SUPREME COURT RULINGS directing the MCD to carry out sterilisation drives?

With all due respect to the Supreme Court, today’s verdict is not based in legal precedent nor in common sense or scientific fact. Aur toh aur, it goes against laws put in place by Parliament because of leaders like @Manekagandhibjp ji. This is a classic case of judicial overreach by a judiciary that has forgotten that it cannot invent the law.

Finally, baat rahi of long term solutions. Most strays were once pets bought from sasta breeders who don’t care about animals.

What happens when the dog that Dimple Aunty bought for her son’s birthday is thrown onto the streets one year later? When he mates with another dog abandoned by another careless owner and has kids on the street?

How many dogs will you keep transferring to these shelters - and for how long?

Look at the condition of the gaushalas constructed by this government. Look at the failed policy of trying to send monkeys to shelters. Jo gay ko sambhal nahi paaye, jo Dilli mein bandaron ki samasya ka hal dhoondh nahi sake, woh kutton ki kya izzat karenge?

MCD ki incompetence ki keemat hamare strays kyun bhare? @gupta_rekha ji, reconsider your decision. You still have time. We can work together to ensure Delhi’s streets are safe for dogs AND humans.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Today, more starving Palestinians were lured into “aid distribution sites”.

They went in hope that they might find a bag of flour.

They were gunned down and murdered instead.

What utter inhumanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.

[Yogendra Yadav @_YogendraYadav]

Shocking, this arrest of Prof Ali Kahn Mehbubabad, Ashoka University.
Please read this post by him and ask yourself: What is anti women about this? How does this spread religious hatred or strife? And how on earth does it constitute an “Act endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India” (BNS, Section 152 cited in the FIR)? Kuchh bhi?
How can the police act based on such a ridiculous complaint as below?
What was the great urgency to arrest him, on a Sunday, from outside the state?
What’s happening here? What’s the message?
Also ask: while Prof Khas has been arrested, has anything happened to the MP minister who actually insulted Col Sofia?
What’s the real message?

[🍉Tushar GANDHI🇵🇸 Manavta Meri Jaat @TusharG]

Criticising the Government is not Sedition it is a democratic right. In Solidarity with Prof Ali Khan.

[P. Chidambaram @PChidambaram_IN]

I have read and re-read the entire tweet of Prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad

Which portion of the statement did Haryana Police find objectionable and violative of law?

Will someone from Haryana Police please enlighten us?

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

Story that caught the eye: Ashoka Univ prof Ali Khan arrested over a social media post on Op Sindoor after complaint by BJP youth wing BUT NO ACTION yet on MP BJP minister who made most communal/misogynistic remarks on Col Sofiya Quereshi. Whither law? https://t.co/98xVtRbJtO

[Ramesh Srivats @rameshsrivats]

This is the post that got Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad arrested by Haryana police. Can't see any issue with it whatsoever. Maybe these days, even long sentences can lead to long sentences.

[Sarayu Pani @sarayupani]

A Muslim political scientist wrote about how the secular optics of the Sindoor press conference are meaningless if the state doesn’t act to protect Muslims from the oppressions they face in India today.

The state has now arrested him.

Solidarity with @Mahmudabad

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

After leading the troll attack against the wife of Navy officer killed in terror attack, The most toxic Right Wing influential account (run by Chandan Kumar Singh @HPhobiaWatch ) is now mocking one of the most honorable regiments, The Madras regiment.
@MIB_India @AshwiniVaishnaw @adgpi

[Supriya Menon @supriyamenon7]

@NoBrokerCare Someone from NoBroker is in touch with is every alternate day telling us the same thing, with no further action. I am still waiting for a resolution on both the refund and the pick up.

[Supriya Menon @supriyamenon7]

@NoBrokerCare @nobrokercom has been an absolute nightmare service to use - fine for moving, but terrible for any follow up to close service. Had their moving boxes in my balcony for two months now, and my deposit is held hostage by them. Yaar rent hi de do balcony use ka ab.

[Aakar Patel @Aakar__Patel]

release

#UmarKhalid4YearsInJail

[Supriya Menon @supriyamenon7]

Hi @huftindia - been trying to WhatsApp you guys since yesterday, no response at all. I ordered some stuff for my dog and received some other customer’s cat food order instead. Somewhere, an unhappy cat is sitting with a dog bandana and a purple collar.

[Aakar Patel @Aakar__Patel]

release

[Siddharth @DearthOfSid]

Sanghis: “why do Muslim ghettos exist?”

Also, sanghis:

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

This!

[Sukhada @appadappajappa]

Just finding out NDA got 201 votes in Lakshadweep.