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Kafirana, PhD

@istikhar88

Public Health Scientist: Work- AIIMS & JMI | Alma Mater-JNU | Georg-August-Universität | Racism, Communalism, Inequality & Migration | Mental Health | Satire 🤫

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Obvious hai Ghar par kaid hone wale university me azadi mangenge! Qki wo University me aakar azadi ke traditional definition ko redefine hote sikhte hai✊🏾 #UniversityChallenge

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Thousands of families in Assam have been evicted despite holding valid land and voter documents, with homes, schools, mosques, and anganwadis demolished. Lawyer and activist Fawaz Shaheen explains how historical migrations, climate-related displacements, and Assam’s complex land

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This news is from 3 days back. No mass media repoted it. No opposition leader raised it.  In at least 12 orders, judges found police had introduced 'artificial' witnesses or apparently 'fabricated' evidence. In two other cases, witnesses testified that police officials had

This news is from 3 days back. No mass media repoted it. No opposition leader raised it. 

In at least 12 orders, judges found police had introduced 'artificial' witnesses or apparently 'fabricated' evidence. In two other cases, witnesses testified that police officials had
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Ahmad Ibrahim breaks down Sharjeel Imam’s UAPA case, media trials, and how dissent is criminalised in India. Watch this podcast to understand the system, the politics, and why freedom of speech is under threat. Watch and subscribe: youtu.be/GG8LyzgfmME?si…

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Ahmad Ibrahim, lawyer for Sharjeel Imam, breaks down one of the most high-profile UAPA cases in India. The conversation covers the prolonged incarceration of Sharjeel Imam—detained for over five years without trial—the staggering scale of the case involving nearly a thousand

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Will these AI cameras truly treat me the same as my Hindu neighbours? Or will they, consciously or not, single me out? If I wear traditional Muslim attire or gather with a group of Muslim friends outside a mosque, will the system flag us as a potential “mob” or a “sensitive

Will these AI cameras truly treat me the same as my Hindu neighbours? Or will they, consciously or not, single me out? If I wear traditional Muslim attire or gather with a group of Muslim friends outside a mosque, will the system flag us as a potential “mob” or a “sensitive
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Riding Beyond the Stigma: Dr. Istikhar Ali’s Solo Mission Across India #MentalHealthAwareness #travelstory beyondheadlines.in/2025/10/riding…

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For Muslims, the daily confrontation is twofold: the immediate trauma of violence, exclusion, and the risk of arrest, and the chronic erosion of identity—a loss that challenges not only their public safety but their private sense of belonging and possibility. Mohammad Mohsin

For Muslims, the daily confrontation is twofold: the immediate trauma of violence, exclusion, and the risk of arrest, and the chronic erosion of identity—a loss that challenges not only their public safety but their private sense of belonging and possibility. 

Mohammad Mohsin
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Muslims accounted for 24.7 per cent of the 65 lakh voters excluded from the draft electoral rolls and 33 per cent of the 3.66 lakh names deleted from the final list, despite comprising only 16.9 per cent of Bihar’s population, shows an analysis of the Bihar Special Intensive

Muslims accounted for 24.7 per cent of the 65 lakh voters excluded from the draft electoral rolls and 33 per cent of the 3.66 lakh names deleted from the final list, despite comprising only 16.9 per cent of Bihar’s population, shows an analysis of the Bihar Special Intensive
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Mental health is never entirely individual. Structural factors – poverty, urbanisation, discrimination, insecure work, urban stress, and communalisation – bring chronic tension to everyday life. #WorldMentalHealthDay #WorldMentalHealthDay2025 x.com/scroll_in/stat…

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Across India, mental suffering is viewed as weakness, moral failure or spiritual deficiency. For many Indians, emotional suffering is accounted for as “weak faith”, a view that traps individuals in shame and exonerates individuals of responsibility. scroll.in/article/108747…

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Day 14 in Mumbai Through open conversations, small group discussions, and institutional visits, the project explores how social, economic, and political realities — from unemployment and digital misinformation to social isolation — shape the mental health of ordinary Indians.

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Would you like to present your work at the ISA-RC21 Conference in Vienna in 2026? This is your opportunity! Pitch a book, documentary or movie under the conference theme in a 30 Min. time slot! 📅Deadline: 29 Dec 2025 👉Further details: rc21-vienna2026.org/pitch-your-wor… Yuri Kazepov

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Pitch a book, documentary or movie under the conference theme in a 30 Min. time slot!

📅Deadline: 29 Dec 2025
👉Further details: rc21-vienna2026.org/pitch-your-wor…

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