Umarul Farooque

Journalist based in the Indian state of Kerala. Associated with Madhyamam daily for last 25 years. Three international fellowship in digital media.

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@ndtv According to Henley Passport Index in 2013, India’s rank was 74. In 2022 the rank has fallen into 87 out of 199 countries. When you slip from 74 to 87 in the rankings , is it strong or weak?

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@Voice_For_India @NYCMayor @RSSorg You can’t just defeat or stop his popularity by these kind of keyboard battles. Even Mr. Trump, the powerful man on earth lead the campaign against him during election campaign. No use. You can’t just scare him with these damp squibs.

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@RakeshSinha01 @RSSorg Is there a ruler of the world? . It’s not Mamdani alone who opposed RSS chief’s visit. Civil rights organisations, human rights groups , US religious panel and even Hindu organisations expressed their reservations about RSS. To single out Mamdani won’t help.

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@michelletandler These are all worn out and cliche campaigns. Even Trump lead the campaign against him during mayoral elections. Nothing proved fruitful. He got an emphatic win with 50 %of the votes.

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@Voice_For_India @NYCMayor The interesting thing is that his popularity and accessibility are still rising. A more recent assessment reports 69% of NYC voters still prefer him. His fearless stance makes him acceptable to the most. Ultra nationalists and fascists won’t approve him, who cares.

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@republic @TroyBlackwelljr It was USCIRF who expressed their reservations about RSS at first. Several US based organisations, including Hindus for Human Rights opposed to the visit of Mr Bhagvat. Mamdani also criticised the exclusionary vision of RSS. This is a typical example how the world views RSS.

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@RakeshSinha01 @narendramodi @RSSorg @DrMohanBhagwat It was not Mamdani who expressed his reservations about RSS at first, but the US religious panel.

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@AdamMilstein Misleading and twisting the facts. He was not against Jews , but the genocidal Jewish government, he is not against Hindus, but opposed to the exclusionary vision of RSS, the right wing Hindu organisation. Interestingly, most of NYC Jews voted for him.

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@ab189332254 @IndiaToday @KirenRijiju Here the question is instead of taking the message of gender equality, you are trying to deflect the attention into Muslim patriarchy. Granted, there’s patriarchy among Muslims, but that doesn’t mean all is well among the Hindus. The very caste system is patriarchal .

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@Shehzad_Ind Sanghi parakeets are now after Mamdani. He was calm and fearless even to Trump’s threat. Trump threatened to take action against his US legal status. Mamdani didn’t just care and won the election. Now the Sanghis turn. What to say about these grass snakes !

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@SDharmee @Shehzad_Ind Your nonsense deserves no answer. Anyway shall describe. He contested as New York City Mayor , not as Islamabad Mayor. The largest religious bloc in NYC is Christians, followed by Jews. Muslims are smaller in number. Even Jews voted for him.

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@5suspended6th @BJP4Goa @vikramsampath Ok

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@5suspended6th @BJP4Goa Nehru archives , not any of biased historians .

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@5suspended6th @BJP4Goa The main source of my information is the Nehru Archive, which makes available documents from the Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, First Series, Volume 1. The archive identifies the underlying material as coming from the Nehru Papers, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library

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@5suspended6th @BJP4Goa Actually it was not an apology letter to the British, He discussed the political situation and expressed his disagreement with the government’s position. Also it was not for his son.!

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@Shehzad_Ind Yes, Netanyahu and his Indian Sanghi brothers have been crying since his emphatic win. No way out!

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@5suspended6th @BJP4Goa By the way, how does Nehru responsible for what his father did? How does that logic work?

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@5suspended6th @BJP4Goa Yes, Motilal did write a letter to the British authorities in 1921, while imprisoned during the Non-Cooperation Movement. In it, he expressed regret over his conduct and sought release. However, describing it simply as an “apology letter to the British” can be misleading.

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@Sanju_Verma_ 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go-Obama

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@amitmalviya Muslims in India is 14.2 % out of total population. Among them, less than one percentage of women use purdah. Most women just cover their heads. It need not be purdah. RAGA skipped referring those one percentage. That’s the big deal!This rare mindset is no match even for Iago.