In the very beginning of all this, they wanted to generate an opinion on the Russia-Ukraine war, but imperialists being imperialists, now they're an abettor to a continuing genocide in Palestine.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

“Apart from the illegal detention of my husband, the manner in which the state and its agencies are hounding us and have kept us under surveillance is deplorable,” Gitanjali J Angmo said. scroll.in/latest/10872... “It is violative of the spirit and ethos of the Constitution of India.”

Caste aside? Researcher Madhuri Kamtam hears from female workers in India’s multimillion-dollar tobacco industry who remain exploited, excluded and ignored owing to their caste and gender – and who are claiming their rights. Out now in The Sociological Review magazine. buff.ly/rEZ9QY4

“Completely boycott Muslims” “Those who support a jihadi mindset go back.” Slogans in an Indore garment market as #Islamophobia in MP reaches #apartheid-like levels. Purge of #Muslim traders violates 4 Constitutional provisions, reports Kashif Kakvi article-14.com/post/as-isla...

Location: Bhojpur, Raisen, Madhya Pradesh Date: September 27 At a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal organised Shastra Pujan (weapons worship) program, leader Surendar Keer, in his address, urged attendees to keep weapons in their homes to “protect Hindu dharma.”

RSS camps in your neighborhood could be a potential hub of hate, bigotry, and extra legal paramilitary units of unemployed youth. #RSS100Years

Brahmin-Bania capital and the blood of minorities make the RSS's foundation. Stamps and coins are not going to whitewash the history of bigotry and blood money.

An American firm realising that free speech is partisan and conditional in India.

Location: Durg, Chhattisgarh Date: September 27 A tableau peddling conspiracy theory of "love jihad” was displayed during the Chunri Yatra Procession. The display featured a refrigerator & mutilated dolls, symbolising the dismembered body parts of a woman, along with posters promoting the theory.

Internet trolls launched a campaign to overwhelm flight reservation systems, in a bid to block Indian visa holders from booking tickets, following the surprise announcement of a $100,000 fee for the U.S.' H-1B visa.

Terrorist bullies

Btw, who's the chief minister of Gujarat these days?

What good would recognising Palestine do when the western countries are not ready to stop the supply of arms and sanction Israel?

#RahulGandhi further alleged that the CEC had not responded to 18 reminder letters sent by the Karnataka CID & the state’s poll panel chief seeking Internet Protocol address, destinations and OTP trails to establish who made the voter deletion requests. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10867...

The study, released on Tuesday, analysed 5,124 posts targeting Indians on the social media platform X between July 1 and September 7. Of these, 680 high-engagement racist posts had 281 million views. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10867... #UStariffs #racism

NEW 🇮🇳 Three-quarters of Amazon workers in New Delhi require medical attention due to heat, while others faint on the job and face retaliation for raising safety concerns, finds a groundbreaking new survey from UNI Global Union. 🔗 Read more online.

Foreign doctors who volunteered in Gaza say they treated over 100 Palestinian children shot in the head or chest, arguing it’s clear evidence Israel is deliberately targeting minors aje.io/f7key2

"For you" section; for government section. #Xitter

An investigation of 200 booths in Bihar found 77,454 voters deleted, often without ground checks. BLOs admitted they relied on hearsay, guesswork & even family members. Elderly voters who voted for decades, are now erased from the rolls. Read here: scroll.in/article/1086...

Yes, people must let Modani plunder India in peace.

This was inevitable. Leeching off people has its limits. #Nepal

Shot dead by right-wing fanatics exactly ten years ago, #MMKalburgi was an indelible figure in the world of #Kannada scholarship. Srikar Raghavan writes on Kalburgi's life and legacy in the crosshairs of history:

“3,000 bighas! … Is this some kind of joke or what?” After viral video of Gauhati HC judge hearing a plea against #Assam’s land grant to a cement plant in lush tribal area, tribals narrate how BJP-run council meant to protect their rights violated them instead article-14.com/post/first-c...

A PhD scholar from Bangladesh expelled from Delhi’s South Asian University after a clash over serving fish curry on Mahashivratri. Sudeepto Das says the university punished him and ignored ABVP violence. scroll.in/article/1086... Rokibuz Zaman reports

A study reveals that extreme heat accelerates biological aging even more than smoking or drinking. www.wired.com/story/your-b...

On the #NWMI website, member #SumitaJaiswal writes about the #Bihar #SIR exercise by the Election Commission and how it weakens women's participation in our electoral democracy Read the post here: nwmindia.org/gender-lens/... #GenderMediaElections #GenderLens #Elections #Politics

The press bodies demanded the immediate withdrawal of the cases against the two journalists. scroll.in/latest/10856... They also demanded the withdrawal of the “draconian” Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita invoked in the matter, which they said threatens freedom of expression.

The list should be displayed on the websites of the state’s district electoral officers and chief electoral officer, the court said. scroll.in/latest/10855... #SupremeCourt

Ye saala interview de dene ke baad achhe jawab dimaag me kyun aate hain? Aur wo bhi itne aasan, fuddu se jawab.

After Rahul Gandhi ‘s #VoteTheft allegations, Poonam Agarwal, who found similar gaps in 2018, 2019, 2024, probed them She tells Kunal Purohit allegations are “very serious” & “dangerous” for #India’s democracy, need careful ECI attention article-14.com/post/closed-...

In #MadhyaPradesh, a self-funded youth group helping #Adivasis build schools & water systems has been dismantled after mob violence & a fake religious conversion charge. Its founder is now in jail. Their crime, reports Adnan Ali, was empowering tribal communities article-14.com/post/a-youth...

Modi has no legitimacy at all to be the PM of this country. He lost the election; he stole the election. Each one of his decisions in the 3rd term should be void ab initio.

"The DMK’s anti-caste politics often stop at opposing Brahminical dominance in cultural and institutional spaces but fall short of advancing substantive economic, political, and social power for Dalits."

#RahulGandhi alleged that in Karnataka’s Mahadevapura Assembly constituency alone, there were discrepancies in 1,00,250 names in the electoral roll. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10853... #ElectionCommissionOfIndia

They chose sections at the receiving end in the poorest state of India and DISENFRANCHISED them.

Protecting Adani from indictment and filling Ambani's coffers is so important that the 3rd-class fascist won't even dare to utter a word against his former friend.

मुफ्तखोरी का नाम इंटर्नशिप ।

It was obvious all along. It's only the liberals and proto-fascists who have a problem when you tax the rich.

The regime making parts of India look like a warzone in its nationwide ethnic cleansing campaign against Bengali Muslims.

The August issue—The Bihar Model and how revising electoral rolls could disenfranchise millions and threaten their citizenship; The continuing struggle of persons with disability for documentation; and more Read now: caravanmagazine.in/magazine

S Surjith, the accused surrendered to the police shortly after attacking Kavin Selva Ganesh. His parents are police sub-inspectors. They were named as co-accused in the first information report and charged. scroll.in/latest/10849... #Dalitman #castecrime

If you see this, post something toothy

Great piece by Niki Hemmer: www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-ri...

Location: Bhilai, Chhattisgarh Date: June 20 VHP-Bajrang Dal members staged a protest outside a church, chanting slogans against pastors & reciting Hanuman Chalisa. Police later sent the church attendees back home in a bus and began questioning them based on complaints filed by Bajrang Dal members.

This is so spot on.

So people who drooled over Animal and Kabir Singh are now upset with Saiyaara.

Gem of a tweet. @manjultoons.bsky.social