Hello, X. My name is Sahar. I live in Kabul, Afghanistan. I want to show you a moment in my life the world doesn’t hear about. It happened yesterday. It’s a story about two little girls, and a choice I made that I can’t stop thinking about.🧵

All those who cheered on the Syrian CIA-sponsored "revolution", come and claim credit for your work.

Zohran Mamdani is yet to be eelcted mayor out in New York, but closer home in Gujarat a 25-year-old communist Satyesha Leuva was elected a sarpanch last week. Last month, Phulpura near Vadodara, a 90% Hindu village elected a Muslim sarpanch. Last year, Jignesh Mevani secured

I respect Naseeruddin Shah for the sole reason that he stands by his convictions and doesn’t back down in the face of criticisms from RW loonies of either side. Though not all his stances may be correct, his recent one on Indians & Pakistanis working together is dead right.

A child cries in agony when he sees his father was killed by the israelis in continuing murderous air strikes over Al-Zaytoun, east of Gaza City

Going back to my self imposed hibernation and reading fiction. This is no place If one wants to stay sane, safe and healthy.

India has been a member of the Human Rights Council since 2016 but has abstained on every resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity. scroll.in/article/108422… Arvind Narrain writes how this upcoming vote is an opportunity for India to demonstrate a commitment to

Sarkari economists either don’t understand simple statistics or they are downright deceiving people - comparing Gini coefficient of income inequality to Gini coefficient of consumption.

The Dalit Search for Dignity A collection of remarkable essays marks an important contribution to the conversation that Dr B.R. Ambedkar himself opened up. Rosalind O'Hanlon✍️ thewire.in/books/dalit-jo…

Two of the dumbest online communities have outsourced all thinking to .Grok Hindutva and MAGA.

No, India Is Not the Fourth Most Equal Country. Here’s the Real Data Whichever way one looks at the data, the picture is clear: India is a highly unequal country, and inequality is worsening. Surbhi Kesar✍️ thewire.in/economy/india-…

Across India, tribal regions are increasingly being opened up to exploitation in the name of tourism. Read Akash Poyam's essay on the commodification of tribal lives in India: caravanmagazine.in/communities/co…

Mamdani argues that the difference between a settler and an immigrant is that the settler aims to create an entirely different society that fundamentally subordinates and excludes the native. This is why Israel is a settler colony.

.Tejasvi Surya was humiliated by Trump & thrown out of the WH. He was then reprimanded by his own party. Shocking if true. (As revealed by Subramanian Swamy)

Why are India and China doing business in spite of the way Beijing supported Pakistan during the Sindoor operation? CERI Sciences Po Sciences Po Recherche SciencesPo King's India Institute BASAS Carnegie India Carnegie South Asia Andres Schipani Institut Montaigne sciencespo.fr/recherche/en/i…

X Denies Govt Statement on Reuters, Says it Received Blocking Orders for Over 2,000 Accounts thewire.in/media/x-denies…

While Bodh Gaya is the latest site of contestation between Buddhists and Hindus, it is by no means the only one. On 7 December 2024, barely two weeks after an ASI survey at a mosque in Sambhal led to violence, killing five people, members of Hindutva groups such as the Bajrang

Someone I know is worried about Trump doing away with naturalization & their to be kid not becoming an American citizen. Ironic considering that they support CAA-NRC which threatens to do just that in India. Cruelty to the “other” is gratifying until you become the “other”.

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other after their joint statement, at Hyderabad House, on 25 February 2020 in Delhi, India. Read Daniel Block's essay on what the Indian media gets wrong about Modi and Trump, and Modi and the world:

Open Access | Read an excerpt from "Policing and Violence in India: Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Realities", edited by Deana Heath and Jinee Lokaneeta, and published by Speaking Tiger, which looks at the role and responsibilities of medical professionals in instances of