I was trying to read as many Indian writers when I was in college and that's how I landed on Bama's Karukku. I studied law so we didn't have any fiction or non fiction titles to refer to, I picked up her book from a lending library which thankfully had this book

No surprises at all - yet unbelievable. how stupid can our security establishment be, it turns out they can match our worst expectations.

in the Year of Our Lord 2024, can every desk pls stop labelling sexual harassment as “sex scandal”. sigh….but is what it is.

National Commission for Women was prompt in investigating allegation of women filming in a toilet in Udupi but stays silent on sexual abuse allegations against Prajwal Revanna in Hassan. Similarly didn't react for 40 days after complaint of sexual violence from Manipur last year

Columbia University hired private investigators to pursue pro-Palestine students. Vanderbilt University canceled a divestment vote, then expelled students after they protested. Pomona College sent police officers in riot gear to arrest 20 students.

Prem Thakker reports,…

the sort of images that were all unforgettable, yet seem to be so easily forgotten sigh

ok….

While corporate loans are written off, homes and land of middle class people who default on loans are attached and auctioned by banks. List of properties to be auctioned by Canara Bank in Bihar 👇

Some political commentators would write about how the (monolithic, obv) Left helped prop the BJP up in Bengal but somehow, wave after wave of Cong netas switching over to the BJP-RSS that too at critical moments amidst elections…is not seen as propping up? oh well

BJP’s new business model in town for INC politicians:

✅ Get yourself nominated as a candidate by INC
✅ Withdraw nomination in the end to let BJP win unopposed
✅ Join BJP and restart your career

And people call India a democracy 🤣

#SupremeCourt hears an appeal by filed Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan challenging the Delhi Police's decision to declare him as a 'bad character.'

#SupremeCourt

Always an inspiration; this is something she and people like Dhruv Rathee get re attempts at effective communication and convincing — but it has to be offline or a more patient medium, and where the other side at least sees your humanity & values you enough to listen to you.

N deals with triple trauma: gang raped, her body paraded naked by a mob of men in a viral video, seeing her father & brother hacked to death.

2 #Manipur rape survivors speak to Makepeace Sitlhou, chargesheet says police stood by, let mob take them

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Delhi High Court to hear today plea to disqualify Prime Minister Narendra Modi for six years for allegedly seeking votes for BJP in the name of religious deities and place of worships for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

#Election2024 #NarendraModi

Watch this video to understand how the media and WhatsApp mafia crafted the agenda of “Hindu Khatre Mein Hai”

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Rathee has finally directly attacked islamophobia, and the peculiar misogyny which is weaponised with it. This deserves heavy praise. All other issues, including economic ones, are not going to work till you hit at the central pillar of their ideology

The Big Picture | ‘I lost much more than 10 years I spent in jail’: G N Saibaba
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I don't quite get the urge to highlight or treat this as 'something to behold' or significant in general. Seems somewhat fetishistic. Black cops have been arresting gospel-singing Black protesters since the Civil Rights era. At this point, it's a standard sight at protests