Reclaiming India
@indiareclaiming
A joint initiative of diverse Global Indian Diaspora organizations, all of whom are committed to democratic values, human rights and religious freedom in India.
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"African Americans may teach non-violence to the whole world." - Rajmohan Gandhi quoting Mahatma Gandhi in conversation with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
"What India is doing in its seventh decade of independence is what America tried to do in its seventh decade too. America tried to build a democracy based on an internal caste system." - Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
"The bar has collapsed. Lawyers need to stand together if we want the judiciary to not collapse. Through laws like the UAPA, the govt is using the law to defeat the law." - Indira Jaising "If the judiciary is to remain independent, this government must GO." - Prashant Bhushan
"What we're seeing in this country is an attack on the right to representation. It's like shooting the messenger and then saying that the problem will disappear." - Indira Jaising in conversation with Prashant Bhushan
Tune in to catch Atishi, Salman Soz, and Shashi Tharoor discuss electoral politics in India and the possibilities of opposition against Hindu Nationalism.
"If Indian media dies, so does democracy. And so does the right to free expression." - ParanjoyGuhaThakurta on the emasculation of free press under the Modi regime
Inspiring conversation between Arfa Khanum Sherwani and former VP of India, Dr. Hamid Ansari at our two-day Reclaiming India conference: "The only guide to us is the Indian constitution."
“The Modi government is now looking to distract the attention of the country by creating a convenient enemy: the dissenters, the minorities, the lower castes.” writes Rana Ayyub in an op-ed for The Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani who was supposed to speak in Reclaiming India conference but couldn't because he had fallen quite ill, has been places under house arrest to prevent him from participating in a rally to protest the Hathra rape and murder. tinyurl.com/yykatlwn
Reclaiming India speaker, writer Aatish Taseer speaks on Al Jazeera English about the controversy of Tanishq pulling its ad due to #Hindutva trolling.