Suroor

Jurisprude, Activist, Angry Citizen, she/her, Aunty-National

[Suroor @suroorm]

Something I wrote that @scroll_in was kind to publish. I want to thank the innumerable brave lawyers, activists, everyday people who responded to hate and violence with love & compassion
The people of NED continue to suffer
We won't forget

https://t.co/nAqbIBUn0V via @scroll_in

[Scroll.in @scroll_in]

Replug | India lags way behind most countries in the world in promising the right to health as a constitutionally guaranteed right.

https://t.co/SfTEHXA0QK

Today more than half the countries in the world contain references to the right to health. India is not one of these, Harsh Mander✍️

[RAHUL @RahulSeeker]

Manipur | Remembering the 20yr old girl, victim of the 2023 ethnic conflict died on Jan 10 waiting for Justice. 3 yrs later the perpetrators walk free. No one arrested.

Her mother, Lhingnei Haokip, told @newslaundry her daughter’s ordeal. Read 👇🏾

"My daughter was a very lively and outgoing girl before she was subjected to this horrifying brutality. She wasn’t really interested in academics, but she worked at a beauty parlour in Imphal with one of our relatives. She had many friends and often hung out with them. My daughter was always smiling and full of life, but after the incident, she lost her smile.

....My daughter became so traumatised that she confined herself to one room. She completely stopped interacting with everyone. She stopped going out and stopped talking to her friends. Doctors used to visit twice a week for trauma therapy sessions, but my daughter could not recover. I was the only person she spoke to. She didn't leave my side even when we stepped out for 15 minutes.

....For the last two years, she lived in constant fear. She used to tell me that she did not want to live anymore. Once, she told me that everyone knew what had happened to her and that she felt extremely vulnerable because of it. She had nightmares and gradually developed insomnia. She could not sleep out of fear, and because of all this, her health kept deteriorating.

On January 8, my daughter started vomiting and developed diarrhoea. We consulted a doctor and gave her medicines, but within a day, she passed away. It was the trauma and the injuries inflicted on her that affected her health. Over the last two years, she developed a prolonged illness because of what was done to her.

I have only one wish left in life – to see the people who did this to her punished. I want to know who those men were......

I am going to miss my daughter."

Lhingnei Haokip will grieve all her life. Her daughter died waiting for justice. When shielding perpetrators matters more than healing victims, justice becomes rare. And a nation that denies a mother justice can this country still call itself civilised nation?

[ସମୀତ Sameet @SameetPanda]

1400 families have been denied their entitled #ration for the last 5 months for being unable to complete houses under PMAY. This is a complete violation of #NFSA. Their entitled ration must be provided immediately @DistAdmKeonjhar @Food_Odisha @CMO_Odisha

[the reporters' collective @reporters_co]

In ECI's final voter list of Bihar: At least 14.35 lakh suspect duplicate voters and 1.32 crore voters of different families, castes and communities bundled and registered at dubious and fictitious addresses.

@ayushikar1998 & @Vishnun30 report. 1/3

https://t.co/sBS24kP1C8

[Suroor @suroorm]

These attacks & statements are not at all about the comment he made, it is a Smokescreen
this is because his mother embarrassed the RSS & they want to teach him a lesson.
Courts were open 8 days after the alleged statement, yet there was no reaction.
#CasteistSanghis
#BRGavai

[Indira Jaising @IJaising]

Celebrating seven years of live streaming judgment: ‘Indira Jaising vs Secretary General, Supreme Court’. All credit to former CJI U U Lalit for bringing the judgment into force which introduced transparency & accountability in the functioning of judiciary.

[Suroor @suroorm]

After allowing the constitution to be gnawed one order, one appointment, one academic exercise into places of worship, one listing at a time writes a book called WHY
CONSTITUTION MATTERS
Perhaps because God told him to write this to whitewash his legacy.

[sanjoy ghose @advsanjoy]

The interviewer should have asked-when he was Master of the Roster was the Umar Khalid case listed before a particular bench consciously or at random?☺️

[Centre for Studies of Plural Societies @cspsindia]

Yesterday at CSPS, we hosted a rich discussion on Framing the Media by @pamelaphilipose with @sukumar_md,@MahtabNama & @suroorm @kurianabin703

The session unpacked how law & state policies shape press freedom in India.

#CSPS #FramingTheMedia #MediaFreedom

[Abin Abraham Kurian @kurianabin703]

A timely book, sharp panel @sukumar_md @MahtabNama @suroorm, and a full house despite Delhi’s rain & traffic. Grateful to have hosted (with slightly rebellious braces) Framing the Media by @pamelaphilipose at @cspsindia

[Suroor @suroorm]

Looking forward to this enriching discussion!!!
@cspsindia @pamelaphilipose's book is an enthralling and important read for everyone.

[Suroor @suroorm]

Called #1122 today when I heard loud screams, many people gathered outside the house where screams occurred
@DelhiPolice & the fire dept showed up
Woman was being dragged and beaten by her husband fact that they responded was amazing
How they responded to dv case is another tale

[Suroor @suroorm]

What I don't get in this row about #straydogs is only this.. in the tunes that we are living in was this the most important issue for the #SupremeCourt to excercise it's suo moto powers?
🤔

[Rants&Roasts @Sydusm]

Youre not doing your country a favour by ignoring the fact that Pahalgam was a major security lapse by the people whose job is to keep the country safe. It is a failure that cannot be ignored just because people with uniform are involved. Be true to your nation first, not to any political party, not to any institution.

[Md Shadab Ansari @shadab010]

1 person lynched in Narayanpur,Bokaro. Jharkhand govt has been miserably failed to curb the menace of Mob Lynching.Such incidents continue to happen due to non-implementation of the SC order @JharkhandPolice must ensure that murders are punished @HemantSorenJMM @JharkhandJanad1

[Angshuman Choudhury @angshuman_ch]

War is the oldest trick in the book to blunt ideological opposition, nullify accountability & create a fleeting sense of ‘national unity’. It is a top-down project designed to dull our senses, suppress our conscience & invalidate our rationality. We must see through this haze.

[Arfa Khanum Sherwani @khanumarfa]

Two women. Two uniforms. Two faiths.
One mission: Service to the nation.
Col Sofiya Qureshi and Wg Cdr Vyomika Singh leading the Operation Sindoor briefing is more than strategy—it's a statement.
India's strength lies in unity.
#OperationSindoor #IndianArmedForces #UnityInDiversity

[cc akgae @clrkszn]

bro that anger in her face was real 😭😭😭😭

[Suroor @suroorm]

Move over #lincolnlawyer, we have our own #santro lawyer
True litigation practice be like in India
You haven't arrived if your car doesn't look like this!
A day in the life of a lawyer.
#litigation
#Legal
#LawinIndia

[Suroor @suroorm]

Even with love marriages the majority of Indian men would be single or divorced...

[Karwan e Mohabbat (Caravan of Love) @karwanemohabbat]

#HiringNow We intend to build a cadre of community mental health workers in Manipur, NE Delhi & for lynching families to help survivors deal with grief, fear & loss. We are looking out for a national coordinator with professional experience & qualities of empathy & compassion.