The dangerous signals given by Modi, via this off-the-chart bigotry, might crank up country's downward spiral. Ian Kershaw called this process 'cumulative radicalisation', energizing lower level Sangh apparatchiks & bureaucrats to 'work towards the Fuhrer'
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The prime minister of India is calling Muslims 'infiltrators' who 'birth more children' and suggesting that his political opponents will take away the public's wealth and give it to Muslims. There is no need for additional evidence that he and his party are fascist bigots.

JNU uploads its legacy to fight for a society based on the principles of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity. Once again Sangh's attempt to capture this space has been defeated by the students community in the #JNUSUElection . Left and Bapsa won all four central panel posts.

In many senses JNU still remains a beacon of hope that critical engagement with knowledge could help enable the upending of a toxic political order...

JNU has been an obsession. Only coz it allows freedom to think, it has given space to the underprivileged from all over India. Had been a true melting pot of ideas and cultures. This is the only reason why this prime institution is being targeted and diminished everyday.

Unbelievable. The Whats App forward is now a film.

The new #CAA Rules prove all the criticism of #CAA . It doesnt help any of the existing refugees in India: Buddhists from Tibet & Hindus/Christians from Sri Lanka. It doesnt help persecuted Muslims from Pak, Af & Bangl. It is not pro-refugee, as govt insists. It is bigotry by law

No art is more valuable than a human life - If paint on Balfour’s ugly mug bothers you more than a child splattered on a wall from an Israeli bomb, you may want to ask yourself what tf is wrong with you.

Today's moment of joy comes from watching farmers skilled in patang-bazi take down the state's most futuristic anti-protest weapons.

Nothing stronger than the bond between an academic and the downloaded articles they will never delete or read

A snowless #Himalaya , a new reality we may now have to live with, and a visible sign of the crisis that will devastate the sub continent.

Everything you need to know about the BBC & CNN is contained in the fact that neither are broadcasting the ICJ trial right now.

.New Delhi Municipal Council Official is orchestrating a party political campaign designed to demolish yet another old mosque, by claiming that the Sunheri Bagh Masjid is a a 'road block'. Here, for anyone who is confused, are four (of infinite such) examples of road blocks. 👇

I wrote about the UGC instruction to have 'Selfie points' in college and university campuses -- and Joseph Brodsky -- in the The Indian Express :

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“Where is my house
Where is my mother
Where is my father
Where is my sister and my brother
Where is humanity!” #Gaza

#KasauliArtCentre

'India has been in a downward spiral on press freedom and other rankings on civil liberties and human rights, and the Indian government’s war against the media is a blot on the world’s largest democracy.'

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Showing us the way even now...

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Sometimes, scribes or artists, or both, get bored. I have no other explanation, when among the peaceful scenes of deer and plants, pops up something that stops you in your tracks. The episode is small & not the most famous, but it lends itself to humor & weirdness.