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| Research Interests | armed conflicts, forced displacement, foreign policy, human rights, Indian politics, Assam politics, Myanmar |
| Zero tolerance for | Hindutvavadis, bigots, xenophobes, racists, misogynists, preachy pricks |
was in the mood to write, so...
"Why is a Section of the Indian Right Supporting a Muslim Sanskrit Professor"
#BJP MP for East Delhi, Gautam Gambhir, decided to skip a high-level meeting on #Delhi pollution for a more important engagement with pohas and jalebis. 25 other MPs also skipped it. Only 4 turned up, out of which 3 are non-BJP MPs.
But let's blame Kejriwal for not doing anything.
What a week for justice for the #Rohingya!
The International Criminal Court has allowed chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, to go ahead with a full-scale investigation into the abuses and crimes against humanity committed by the #Myanmar military against the Rohingya. Although the case is routed through #Bangladesh (since Myanmar is not an #ICC member), this is a big step towards ending the impunity of perpetrators.
@suhrith and I wrote a piece on the Ayodhya judgment.
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/peace-bought-by-an-unequal-compromise/article29975254.ece
We asked if the judgment is legally correct; and if isn't, whether it is nonetheless justified as an act of "judicial statesmanship" that lets the country move on.
We believe that the answer to both those questions is "no".
Another #genocide case filed against #Myanmar, this time specifically against Aung San Suu Kyi, in an #Argentina court under the "universal jurisdiction" principle.
"The revised fee will make JNU more expensive than even Delhi University, currently at the top of the table with an annual fee of Rs 40,000- Rs 55,000, including food and accommodation."
This - the brutal assault on quality public education - is what you should outrage over, not a few slogans someone wrote on the pedestal of a random, unopened statue.
The inimitable @charchapori writes about #Mastodon, imagining it as a "counter public" site.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/researchingsociology/2019/11/14/mastodon-a-counter-public-and-meshwork/
Remember that dubious #UK-based think tank, WESTT, that arranged the visit of 27 far-right MEPs to #Kashmir?
Turns out there's a bigger network of fake news agencies & lobbying organisations peddling spurious "Indian interests" in #Europe and the #US. They are basically lobbying for the #Modi govt by spreading disinformation.
Read this report by EU DisinfoLab, an #EU funded project, who has done in-depth OSINT investigations into this.
Birdsite: @DisinfoEU
How could you know that your local news website, such as newyorkmorningtelegraph.com, thedublingazette.com, or timesofportugal.com serves Indian government interests? Here’s the story of how we uncovered this network designed to influence the EU and the UN by repeatedly criticising Pakistan.
I had written this last year. Although in specific context of public versus private schools, some of the thoughts might be relevant to the middle/upper class privilege currenly on naked display against marginalised #JNU students.
Gautam Bhatia