This is Modi's election. And in that, this election is a battle for Indians to wrestle back their identities that have been assaulted and demonized. In order to facilitate colonial structures that perpetuate slavery. This Indian election is an exercise in freedom.
The Case against Patanjali by Indian Medical Association and the tone of Judiciary is alarming. We need to look into its historical and global context to fully grasp its ramification.
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As a kid, I remember how embarrassed I was made to feel to even have a tilak on my forehead on the morning of Raksha Bandhan. Those were the subtle ways in which the Hindu identity in India was being destroyed gradually. And, that attack has only changed its ways, its mechanism. Let us see how.
“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.” ― Blaise Pascal
Yesterday we saw in the interview with Smriti Irani, when TimesNow’s Navika Kumar tries to brush away the expression of Hindu identity, Ms Irani clarifies. She asserts that the Indian constitution gives her the right to express herself, her religion, her ways openly. So who the heck is Navika Kumar to tell her not to?
For many years now, Hindus - remember how Leftists with Soviet (and Chinese) take over of Indian polity were ruling the elites? - have been made to be ashamed of their culture.
Meanwhile, it was perfectly acceptable for everyone else to express, even force their ways on the others. So, that interjection by Smriti Irani was in many ways, a turning point in the Indian system.
As an administrator, the head of a state - a politicians - is expected to care for every citizen and their right to religion. But, it was only faux-secularism that forced the Hindu politicians to “act Muslim” to appease a certain section.
Yogi Adityanath is another politician who is very clear about this. He will ensure that people of all the faiths live freely and celebrate their festivals well, but he will not go around celebrating festivals that do not align with his own value system or faith. And, for that, he has full rights as a citizen.
I'm a Hindu; no need to celebrate Eid: Yogi Adityanath
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on the floor of the house on Tuesday that he was a Hindu and hence he had no reason to celebrate Eid.
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That is real secularism. Every citizen, including a politician, have full right to their faith, without imposing it on anyone.
Something, that you cannot say about Pakistan.
accuse others of, what you are masters at
No other country in the last 200 years has killed as many Muslims as Pakistan has. From the massacres in Bangladesh to those in Balochistan, the list is endless. Yet, Pakistan accuses India of Islamophobia. Let us look at their hatred for “not their type of Muslims” in more detail.
Pakistan is guilty of Islamophobia and has committed Genocide of all Muslims like Ahmadiyyas, Shias, Balochis, Sindhis, Pashtuns, Bengalis and Mohajirs!
This is exactly what Tarek Fatah shares in his program. Worth listening to.
Tarek Fatah: Pakistan false propaganda on Islamophobia
tinted and bigoted windows
Google searches are the window to the world of information on this planet. But is this window transparent? Or is it tinted? How much?
We find that it is not just tinted, it may actually be bigoted. The minds behind its algorithms are doing something that can only parallel the acts of PR machinery of Hitler. Read…
Biased Google searches – nay bigoted – are a reality!
Google searches are the world’s window to knowledge and information. If that window is tinted in a certain color and prejudice then the world will be judged and seen differently. Khilji example – Biased Google Searches or outright bigotry? I recently wrote an article on Alauddin Khilji, a bigoted tyrant who as per the chronicles
The sources of news and information in the mainstream media are also compromised. Here is an example of an image that went viral yesterday when an NDTV journalist shared it to show the buses that had been donated by the Congress for the UP migrants. Even when NDTV had used the same image during the kumbh at Prayagraj to talk about a Guinness world record!
Umashankar Singh is an NDTV editor.
nota bene
Popularity of Jackfruit growing as a “superfood” meat alternative. It is being touted by chefs from San Francisco to London and Delhi for its pork-like texture when unripe. And, that is leading to increased export inquiries.
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund plowed billions of dollars into US stocks such as Boeing, Disney, and Facebook last quarter. The Saudis investment in US stock portfolio went from about $2.2 billion at the end of December to $9.8 billion at the end of March - four times increase!
Today, world leaders are meeting virtually to discuss the corona Pandemic. Coronavirus, that’s infected more than 4.5 million people, killed 300,000, crashed the global economy and shows no sign of going away on its own
A dominant body posture may help children to feel more confident in school. These are the findings of a new study by psychologists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg.
Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed an algorithm called ProxEmo, which gives a little wheeled robot the power to analyze your gait in real time, and to take a guess at how you might be feeling. Based on that perceived emotion, the robot can choose its route to give you more or less space. (Source)
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