محترمہ پربھا ✅Just another day in new India, Hindus not wanting a Muslim professor to teach Sanskrit. But Hindutva is different apparently 🙄
Amit Ramesan 🇮🇳Prabha, you are just doing the same thing the BJP is doing : conflating Hinduism and Hindutva.
Hindutva by itself is morally indefensible ; why allow it to hide behind Hinduism?
Agreed, Hinduism itself has a long way to go before we can create an egalitarian society in India.
The "boil the ocean" approach isn't going to work ; let's prioritize the struggle against Hindutva and save our nation first, over reform in Hinduism.
@AmitRamesan @ranjona @KavitaKrishnan
Please don’t do false equivalence. Hindutva ideology did not do this Hindus did this, same with many other things. Let’s stop pretending that majority Hindus are turning bigoted
Manny@Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona @KavitaKrishnan We keep on denying, but everywhere FB, Twitter & WA groups, the story is the same. We label them as Hindutva, but all of them happen to be our own friends, colleagues & relatives. Just handful of Hindus who r openly calling out the hatred. V keep on saying 31% when almost the entire country voted for Modi with a massive mandate. It's time we recognize this. At the moment, I personally feel, all is lost and V r no different than the Nazis.
RAJESH KUMAR (@rkhuria)@cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona @KavitaKrishnan Don’t think all is lost. Given current state of Economy and Employment, economic arguments might appeal more to voters than purely a communal argument. We need to find innovative channels, circumventing traditional TV media, to communicate. Modi’s disastrous economic performance gives us a window of opportunity
@rkhuria @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona There is a video of victims of the PMC bank disaster. A small section of the crowd starts shouting "Chowkidar Chor Hai" and there is an immediate reaction from many other PMC bank victims who tell "Don't speak like that about or PM". He is not responsible and a fight breaks out between two sections of the demonstrators. Folks acknowledge the economic mess but still want to blame the Cong party for the mess. I have few other stories like this too.
@cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona Just btw I am PMC victim. That apart don’t go by one video. On Whatsapp I get regular videos of PMC customers shower ‘Modiji’ with choicest abuses. And with Economic growth plummeting, ppl are likely to have less money in hand and little job security. If we can’t convert this situation against Modi, we will never be able to. Modi has never been so vulnerable as now with Major nations faulting him on Kashmir
Salman@rkhuria @cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona But can common Hindus see beyond propaganda ? Can People go against Modi on economy and at the same time cheer him for locking Kashmir down, playing drama's on Pakistan ?
The cheerleading majority has given Modi a free hand to do anything against democracy, freedom. Take situation in Kashmir for example. One state is locked down since 103 days, and it is not even part of road side discussions in rest of India.
The cheerleading majority has given Modi a free hand to do anything against democracy, freedom. Take situation in Kashmir for example. One state is locked down since 103 days, and it is not even part of road side discussions in rest of India.
TempEarth@salm456 @rkhuria @cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona This has been on my mind for quite a long time. Economy is down, so ppl are not happy with Modi. But to me, it is very scary that majority of the ppl go against Modi only coz their money is in danger. Kashmir, the communal hatred and brainwashing being done should anger or alarm our ppl, even if they got the 15lakh jumla in their account. I feel scared when I think of the free reign they will give him if the economy improves.
@tempearth @salm456 @cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona Economy is not going to improve in a hurry. Modi is also like to go slow on Muslim bashing because , going by his body language, his meetings in Saudi Arabia didn’t go too well. I still do believe what we need to tackle most urgently is communication- need to communicate our perspective to voters in the face of a hostile media. Voters prefer Modi / BJP because 24*7 they hear his propaganda on all channels
@rkhuria @tempearth @cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona Everyone knew Modi is dangerous for economy,but still he won with even bigger Majority in 2019. The fundamental structure of Indian democracy has been weakened, constitutional institutions are bowing down. Only authority is Hindutva. When RSS thinks Modi can no longer lead, they will themselves disown Modi, and bring another bigot forward. There has to be a strategy to counter Hindutva rather than covering it up.
@salm456 @tempearth @cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona While I agree with most of u said, I also believe anyone who is regularly exposed to TV News can’t but believe in Modi because he is presented as a virtual superman. So the basic problem is not voters’ own thinking but the communication he is exposed to. Instead of blaming voters we need to find ways to expose him to alternative communication
@rkhuria @salm456 @tempearth @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona the question is how do we do this? This is a superstitious country who now believe Modi will deliver s Hindu nation. Do you remember the madness that gripped entire country in Sep 1995, Ganesha drinking milk?Yes we are that mad to believe in such things
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hindu-world-divided-by-a-24-hour-wonder-1602382.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hindu-world-divided-by-a-24-hour-wonder-1602382.html
Raghu R@cprogrammer @rkhuria @salm456 @tempearth @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona
This is how:
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@cprogrammer @salm456 @tempearth @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona So we really need to prove that Modi is bad for even Hindus. Is it so difficult to prove when in the economic disaster he has unleashed, common people are suffering- 70% of whom are Hindus?
ItsRiz@rkhuria @cprogrammer @salm456 @tempearth @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona "We really need to prove that Modi is bad for even Hindus" . Yes Indeed. As Owasi told "Hindu mind has been hacked", and it's hacked through a strategical propaganda through every other
medium you name it, now majority of society believing to a point that blaming Modi/BJP is Hindu-blasphemy.
medium you name it, now majority of society believing to a point that blaming Modi/BJP is Hindu-blasphemy.
@salm456 @rkhuria @tempearth @cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona my worry is that "historians" will one day elevate Modi as a "non-partisan statesman" once Yogi ascends to power... Just like the comparison with Modi made Vajpayee look "moderate" in their eyes.
Vivek@RaghunathR @salm456 @rkhuria @tempearth @cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona
We have a saying in Marathi that means " a brick is softer than stone". Having said that, not all historians (i have deliberately avoided the quotation marks) see Vajpayee as a moderate. In fact they see his as the foundation on which the "Modi" edifice is constructed.
We have a saying in Marathi that means " a brick is softer than stone". Having said that, not all historians (i have deliberately avoided the quotation marks) see Vajpayee as a moderate. In fact they see his as the foundation on which the "Modi" edifice is constructed.
Prasad S@salm456 @rkhuria @tempearth @cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona Aren't you paying attention to what's happening in Maharashtra? It's an all out war against Modi-Shah and RSS is supportive of ShivSena.
Iconoclast | غیر عقائد@rkhuria @tempearth @salm456 @cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona
Rajesh ji, don't even think for a second that persecution or otherwise of Muslims will have a bearing on how KSA responds. Saudi regime is rogue.
Rajesh ji, don't even think for a second that persecution or otherwise of Muslims will have a bearing on how KSA responds. Saudi regime is rogue.
@rkhuria @salm456 @cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona I agree with you on the propaganda channels. In a country where TV rules the lives of ppl, we should have a channel that lists out the facts and the reasons behind it. Modi may be slow in muslim bashing nowadays but his supporters and voters aren't. The duo has unleashed a hateful demon that maybe imposible even for them to reign in.
@tempearth @salm456 @cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona In fact Modi has subcontracted demonising of Muslims to TV channels. Our first battle is against TV channels or establishing alternative communication channels
@rkhuria @tempearth @cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona The spokespersons of opposition parties are ready to get humiliated on channels but won't stop participating in those propaganda debates.
Nothing can be done about them. Best way to counter them is to take our matters directly to public. Not just political parties, but everybody can do it. If media can demonise us, then we can demonise media as well. I successfully stopped a "bhakt" friend from watching news.
Nothing can be done about them. Best way to counter them is to take our matters directly to public. Not just political parties, but everybody can do it. If media can demonise us, then we can demonise media as well. I successfully stopped a "bhakt" friend from watching news.
Vrigu ❎@rkhuria @tempearth @salm456 @cprogrammer @Deepsealioness @AmitRamesan @ranjona This is exactly what the fascists did in the run up to 2014. To make up for the lack of space for them in tv news and newspapers, they just circumnavigated around traditional channels and spewed their venom on the nascent social media channels. Never thought that they will be dictating the terms in social media on day.