Shameela Shaikh

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Muslim voice against fascists
UAPA For Maoist Pamphlets : A Shocking Instance Of Thought Policing

The arrests of two CPI(M) activists by Kerala police under the draconian Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act over pro-Maoist pamphlets have ignited debates on this anti-terror legislation.The police...

Sources say it is good that Rama asked for Hanuman's help.

He got Sita back and defeated Ravana.

If Rama had approached the Supreme Court, it would have ruled that Ravana could keep Sita.

Billion dollars question
Who will form government in Maharashtra?

First the Brahmins told the Dalits...

"Shudra Yahaan pravesh na kare"

Then they told the Dalits...

"Say Jai Shri Ram when you break the masjid"

Finally, the Brahmin will tell the Dalit at the gates of Ram Mandir...

"Shudra Yahaan pravesh na kare"

Billion dollars question
Who will form government in Maharashtra?

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A certain anti-caste handle was accused of "offending Hindus". The beef hashtag in TN was condemned. A certain Muslim handle is being accused of "bashing Hinduism".

In all these cases, false equivalences are being drawn when the oppressed affirms equality to offend. It is important to be cognizant of this faultline before such narratives get normalised.

“I was taken inside a room and tied to a chair. I sensed danger and begged for mercy, but they didn’t listen. Then, one of them came and pierced a needle in my upper lip until blood started dripping down my chin"

98 days of torture.

#KashmirBleeds
#KashmirStillCrying
#KashmirWantsFreedom

https://www.mo.be/en/reportage/under-silence-and-scars-kashmir-will-not-forget-or-forgive

Under the Silence and the Scars: a Kashmir that Will Not Forget or Forgive

Three months after BJP-led government of India stripped Jammu and Kashmir from its special status, the silence from the Valley is deafening, and cracking. Khalid Hussein reports for MO* from the worst hit villages in Kashmir about the cries and the whispers, the gathering storm, the wounds that will not heal.