Kashmir, Ayodhya, are all instances of occupation by brute force, legitimised by the country's top court, doing permanent damage to our people and our sense of justice.

Remember this the next time the SC delivers a judgment that seems to protect our rights, and we have the urge to say 'faith restored!'.

Good people of Mastodon, I've been seeing a number of posts here that compare the Ayodhya judgment to a husband losing his wife to another man, treatment of rape victims etc. This is quite worrisome.

Women aren't property that one can win/lose claim over. Such comparisons reinforce the idea of ownership over women as passive objects. I have high hopes from this space and how we talk about women here.

So please do continue with the much-needed criticism, but please keep women out of it.