What Does it Mean to Call Today's India a Democracy?
Jaffrelot Christophe 'The India that goes to the polls this month is a markedly less democratic one: Narendra Modi has hollowed out institutions, targeted opponents, all the while sowing inter-ethnic tensions' thewire.in/politics/what-…

Welcome to Toronto Nishtha Jain. So timely indeed! We are rallying around this important work. ✊🏽

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Beware, netas! We've got eyes on you.

To kick off the Gender, Media & Elections watch on our website for #Elections2024 , here's a list of sexist comments passed by politicians in the ongoing #LokSabha campaign: 'Wall of Shame: Watch What You Say'  (1/3)
nwmindia.org/gender-lens/ge…

“It’s our job to be unpopular. It’s our job to stand alone and say what we really think—-not as activists, but as writers”

At the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training👩🏻‍💻

Climate Reality #ClimateRealityProject

This is epic! So proud of you #PayalKapadia . In tears❤️

First 100+ backers have been my LIFELINE in initiating SaracuraTheFilm. This post is to express my deepest gratitude to them.

Cant wait to see 100+ backers growing into 1000+ backers making this a truly people participatory climate movement!

One love: gofund.me/b892b7ba

“Tamil or Dravida was not merely the language of South India but before the Aryans came it was the language of the whole of India” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar

Montreal meets Kaali🎥

*Film Workshop *Under the Radar *Saracura *Montage from Filmography

#WATCH | Celebrations in JNU campus after Left wins all four seats in the JNU Students' Union Election.

(Left’s) Dhananjay was elected to the post of President, (Left’s) Avijit Ghosh was elected to the post of Vice-President. Priyanshi Arya (BAPSA Left Supported) was elected as…

Why is the Indian media silent on the #CLIMATEFAST by Dr Sonam Wangchuck & many others in solidarity fasts?

#Ladakh is facing many crises, of 'constitutional betrayal', of denial of 'statehood', 'violation of fundamental rights', of planned plunder by corporates!

#Save

Will be in Montreal next week. Screenings, Artist Talk, Film workshop & then some!

So honored to be part of “Under the Radar” celebrating the power of artivism, resilience and community solidarity.

Become a member and grab the tickets. 👇🏽

cinemafeast.com/event-details/…

EVENT |✨ Music Limited: Boundaries by Society. A Lecture-Demonstration by T M Krishna

Thursday, April 4, 2024
5pm
MiST Theatre U of T Mississauga

Buy your tickets ➡️ uoft.me/TMK

Listen to Carnatic vocalist, writer, activist, T.M. Krishna speak and sing at this special event.

More power to you T M Krishna. You are a true artivist. You deserve every award for your genius. Bigots just expose themselves in full glory. Every day is a field day for you. You go! 🏆

📢The costs of Reliance’s wildlife ambitions

Arraigned against the vast benevolence of Reliance’s animal-care effort are equally large concerns. First among them: were all 4700 birds and animals now at Vantara really in need of rescue?

m rajshekhar:
himalmag.com/politics/relia…

Marjane Satrapi: “Never forget, all the dictatorships are the same. A night before they fall, everyone says: they are so solid, it’s impossible they can fall. Then they fall, and everyone asks: how could they have held for so long?” theguardian.com/books/2024/mar…

This 👇🏽 is an excerpt from Ishita Sengupta's clear, concise review of  #ToKillATiger  on The Federal

Acknowledging a fellow journalist's work & hyperlinking should be standard practice, but is not in India, so thank you. 🔗 to Ishita Sengupta's review: thefederal.com/amp/category/e…

Elgar Parishad Case: After keeping Shoma Sen, a former professor at Nagpur University, in prison for close to six years, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has now stated that they no longer need her custody.
Important piece by Sukanya Shantha thewire.in/law/elgar-pari…

“If you kill a chicken and eat it, it's a chicken party
“If you kill a goat and eat it, it's a mutton party
“If you cut a cake and eat it, it's a birthday party
“If you loot a nation and eat it, it's a Bharatiya Janata Party”

Tamil song after India’s biggest scam #ElectoralBonds