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Dr. Sanjukta Basu, M.A., LLB., PhD

@sanjukta

Journalist/Researcher. PhD in Women's Studies. Topics: Social Media, Feminism, Radical Right, Hindutva Trolling, Gender Violence | @TEDFellow @TEDx Speaker

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linkhttps://www.ted.com/profiles/300969/about calendar_today10-07-2007 12:09:56

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BJP has spread hundreds of selectively edited, doctored video of Rahul Gandhi to build fake narrative for nearly 15 years. Some of them were directly shared by Amit Malviya (मोदी का परिवार). But no police action. Amit Shah himself claimed that BJP IT cell can spread fake news in minutes.

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Rahul Gandhi is speaking hard facts. It should worry everyone, it's a shame in fact that there are only 3 SC ST out of 90 bureaucrats. How did this happen? Why are all power positions at the top occupied by upper caste?

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संदेशखाली संदेशखाली चिल्लाने वाले अब कर्नाटक जेडीएस नेता के मामले में चुप है। कितने नीच मनोवृत्ति है कमीनों की, आत्मा मर गई हैं सबकी। छी हैं भाजपा पे। छी!

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Asked the AC servicing guy about election mood. 'kya lagta hai Modi ji phir se aayenge ya change hoga?' He said 'umeed toh hai.' I asked 'umeed kis baat ka, phir se Modi ya change ka?' He didn't reply. He has never voted. Doesn't care much about politics, he said.

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Hindutva ideology will obviously eventually target Dalits bahujan. After they are done with Muslims Sikh Christians. Ye kisi ke sage nahi hai. Ethnic religious nationalism essentially keeps creating enemies. It survives on us and them hate, fear and jealousy.

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.Rahul Gandhi should share screenshots of those right wing trolls whom Narendra Modi follows and who have been repeatedly demanding end to reservation, and using cheap slurs against SC ST.

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Ha ha, Mohan Bhagwat is trying to clarify that some video in circulation is not real. Kahan woh din the, Amit Shah used to brag that BJP IT cell can make any fake news viral within minutes now RSS battling fake news. Kya se kya ho gaya. Cong social media really doing the works.

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There was a time when after a hard day's work we used to Google what's the latest slip of tongue Rahul Gandhi did for which he's being trolled. Now I search for what's the latest disgusting lie Modi peddled today, which century and ancient leader did he bring up.

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How BJP wins women vote is worth analyzing but what happens to women's rights and gender equality under a right-wing ethno-nationalist regime is also worth mentioning. Otherwise the academic endeavor is incomplete. An aspect missed by author Anirvan Chowdhury.

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Chuyon ko bhakt banaya
Bhakto ko chu banaya.

Summary of I0 years of India's politics is just that. Truer and profounder words have not been spoken.

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So why exactly is Election Commission so afraid of taking action against Modi? He violates the model code everytime he opens mouth. Can't talk without invoking Hindu Muslim enmity. But EC can't act. Why?

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In response to Modi's Mangalsutra comment, opp supporters came up with one misogynist meme after another using Modi's estranged wife to Smriti Irani Hema Malini's personal life. They should have just focused on fact that Modi is lying. That Modi's speech was cheap and divisive.

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Similarly, it was the right-wing hindutva trolls who for the first time in my life tried to humiliate me for my birthmark. I was never bullied at school or insulted directly for the birthmark before. But on Twitter every day they try to body-shame me and mention the mark.

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It also highlights that talking about Naari Shakti or Vedic empowerment or Hindu feminism is of no use. True feminist consciousness can only come from modern Western feminist theories and frameworks.

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Very common issue for most working women in India. It highlights that merely getting degrees or earning money or being treated as goddess don't make women equal. They need feminist consciousness which comes from readings on women's history, sex, gender, patriarchy etc.

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It also highlights that talking about Naari Shakti or Vedic empowerment or Hindu feminism is of no use. True feminist consciousness can only come from modern Western feminist theories and frameworks.

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