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Many liberals are amazed that people believe the obvious lies that the Modi government puts out about China. There's a clear inconsistency between Modi saying that China didn't take any territory and army commanders regularly meeting their Chinese counterparts to negotiate.
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They're practically begging the Chinese to leave, and the Chinese are refusing. If that were not the case, there would be no need to talk.
Also, the #Indian #Military position MUST BE WEAK, otherwise we would have kicked out the #Chinese. We simply cannot.
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Also, the #Indian #Military position MUST BE WEAK, otherwise we would have kicked out the #Chinese. We simply cannot.
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So why isn't the Indian public angry with #Modi?
For the same reason they were not angry with #Nehru in 1962.
#Heroworship.
Indians have a tendency to place their heroes on a pedestal and worship them. As long as they are on that pedestal, they can do no wrong.
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For the same reason they were not angry with #Nehru in 1962.
#Heroworship.
Indians have a tendency to place their heroes on a pedestal and worship them. As long as they are on that pedestal, they can do no wrong.
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4/5/20 
@Plandemic3Movie 4/10/20 No one was even close to saying this in public at the time other than @RonPaulInstitut and @RobertKennedyJr
Savarkar and Me:
"Nhe majhshi nhe parat matrubhumi la".....
When I was a kid, my Appa (maternal grandfather) used to take me to the seashore and hum this song. I used to hum it with him, feeling a sense of pride swell up inside me. (1/n)
"Nhe majhshi nhe parat matrubhumi la".....
When I was a kid, my Appa (maternal grandfather) used to take me to the seashore and hum this song. I used to hum it with him, feeling a sense of pride swell up inside me. (1/n)
My Appa was a RSS Karyakarta in his youth, fiercely patriotic, extremely disciplined but at the same time could love Morarji Desai and Jawaharlal Nehru without differentiating.
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As he grew up in the ranks of RSS he figured that they were more than just a "Swayamsevak Sangh" and quickly got out of it at the first opportunity.... thats another story for some other day.
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I wrote this to a #BJP supporter who wanted to know my political position. I am expanding and sharing it here.
1. BJP is as corrupt and inefficient as #Congress, but it gets a free pass because it is successfully advancing the cause of #Hindu #majoritarianism.
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1. BJP is as corrupt and inefficient as #Congress, but it gets a free pass because it is successfully advancing the cause of #Hindu #majoritarianism.
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2. Examples are #Rammandir, #kashivishvanathtemple, #Article370, #TripleTalaq, #UCC, #CAANRC, #Cowslaughter bans, random #lynchings of Muslims, ban on #Azan in public, etc. A majority of Hindus in India support these, as they believe these will "put Muslims in their place."
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3. In fact, #Corruption under the BJP is likely to be far worse than under Congress rule, because the media (which is now entirely under the control of Modi's corporate cronies like A&A) simply refuses to investigate any BJP corruption scams. Examples: #Vyapam, #Rafale...
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Fake #Gandhi surname #LICMundhraScam #MundhraScandal
1. Feroze Jehangir Ghandy(pl see the spelling of Gandhy) was a freedom fighter, MP and a journalist. His father’s name was Jehangir Faredoon Ghandy and his mother was Ratimai Ghandy. He was close to Kamala Nehru. When Kamala .2
1. Feroze Jehangir Ghandy(pl see the spelling of Gandhy) was a freedom fighter, MP and a journalist. His father’s name was Jehangir Faredoon Ghandy and his mother was Ratimai Ghandy. He was close to Kamala Nehru. When Kamala .2
2. Nehru was suffering from TB, he used to take her to the hospital and look after her. That is how he met Indira and he married Indira Nehru in Mar 1942. On 1 Sep 1956, 245 insurance companies were merged together to establish The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). ..3
3. Haridas Mundra was a stock broker & speculator from Kolkata. He owned large number of shares in six troubled companies-: Richardson Cruddas, Jessops & Company, Smith Stanistreet, Osler Lamps, Agnelo Brothers and British India Corporation. He had good contacts in the Govt ..4.
India's so-called "liberals" have been shedding copious tears on the "injustice" of the SC verdict on the #ShivSena case.
Indian liberals are brainless and shameless.
The Shiv Sena was, is, and will be a bigoted party, whichever flavour you pick - Uddhav, Raj, or Shinde.
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Indian liberals are brainless and shameless.
The Shiv Sena was, is, and will be a bigoted party, whichever flavour you pick - Uddhav, Raj, or Shinde.
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Don't forget that #UddhavThackeray fought the election along with the #BJP. He split with the #BJP only when they refused to yield the CM post to him.
The alliance with the #Congress and #NCP was never about principle, it was for power. This was an unprincipled power grab.
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The alliance with the #Congress and #NCP was never about principle, it was for power. This was an unprincipled power grab.
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This is still the same Shiv Sena that supported the Babri Masjid demolition, that supported the installation of the portrait of #Savarkar opposite that of #Gandhi in Parliament (kinda like #Trump saying there are good folks on both sides), that engineered the #1993riots.
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#TranchesDeCovid : énormément de souvenirs ce matin dans mes publications d'il y a 3 ans.
Le #déconfinement commençait à poindre. Il était question de #contacttracing et 1 partie des soignants étaient vent debout contre cette nouvelle demande.
A cette occasion @Drmartyufml
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Le #déconfinement commençait à poindre. Il était question de #contacttracing et 1 partie des soignants étaient vent debout contre cette nouvelle demande.
A cette occasion @Drmartyufml
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. @DrMartyJerUFMLS indiquait en clair qu'il serait plus opportun de créer une 33ème #MDO (maladie à déclaration obligatoire).
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Demande reprise 1 mois plus tard dans la tribune signée notamment par au moins 1 représentant de chacun des groupes de patients
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Demande reprise 1 mois plus tard dans la tribune signée notamment par au moins 1 représentant de chacun des groupes de patients
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confrontée à des symptômes persistants bien au delà des 10, puis 15 jours alors mis en avant par la #compol du @Sante_Gouv.
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Et demande restée jusqu'à date sans suite alors qu'elle aurait permis de répondre à tellement d'objectifs (nombre de malades,
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Et demande restée jusqu'à date sans suite alors qu'elle aurait permis de répondre à tellement d'objectifs (nombre de malades,
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#GujaratHighCourt to shortly hear plea moved by Congress leader #RahulGandhi challenging the decision of the Sessions Court rejecting his plea for stay on his conviction in #DefamationCase over his #ModiSurname remark
Hearing begins.
Justice Prachchhak: Before passing any order, I will go through the original records of the matter also. I will not be available here in India as I have to go out on May 4. I will be unable to pass any orders before that. After hearing all the parties, I will… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Justice Prachchhak: Before passing any order, I will go through the original records of the matter also. I will not be available here in India as I have to go out on May 4. I will be unable to pass any orders before that. After hearing all the parties, I will… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
There has been a lot of outrage about the scrubbing of #MaulanaAzad from the history textbooks in India by the BJP, and justifiably so.
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But for the last 75 years, nobody seems to have been outraged by the fact that the greatest Indian public intellectual of the 21st century, Dr. BR #Ambedkar, was practically scrubbed from history textbooks by Congress governments and BJP governments alike.
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Sure, when I studied about Ambedkar in Maharashtra State Board textbooks, they told me that he was the author of the #indianconstitution and had grown up enduring great #castediscrimination. But THAT WAS ALL.
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Dear friends, #Congress (#INC) likes to claim that it "fought" for #India's independence & refers to its political opponents as #fascists. How many of you know that only did #INC *not* EXCLUSIVELY "fight" for #Independence (AND #Gandhi was "happy" to settle for #DominionStatus)+
But also the party known as #INC by #IndiraGandhi was *not* even the same party that was formed in #1885 ? A thread about the #Congress follows: +
1921 Malabar riots, Gandhi and a Malayalam Movie:
Malabar riots of 1921 often called the “Moplah rebellion” is a topic that was not discussed openly in Kerala until recently (“Moplah” is a term used to refer to Kerala Muslims)
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Malabar riots of 1921 often called the “Moplah rebellion” is a topic that was not discussed openly in Kerala until recently (“Moplah” is a term used to refer to Kerala Muslims)
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Moplah riots have always been whitewashed by the Congress and the left historians as freedom struggle against the British. However, the reality is something else!
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Any sensible society would know that reopening old wounds can only disturb the goodwill that exists in the society between various communities. Therefore, these riots were never a part of political discourse at least in the last 30-40 years.
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Since January 2023, I have launched a weekly series on @mumbaitak (thanks to @sahiljoshii) where I speak in #Marathi on little-known yet significant episodes from #IndianHistory. This is a thread with the playlists.
Do watch and comment.
#history #trivia #Mumbai #Maharashtra
Do watch and comment.
#history #trivia #Mumbai #Maharashtra
The first episode with over 2.6 lakh views was on the sensational #TheBawlaMurderCase (1925) which led to the abdication of an Indian king. You can buy my book on this crime here: amzn.eu/d/7WSRPxv
#truecrime #crime #Mumbai #Maharashtra #Books
#truecrime #crime #Mumbai #Maharashtra #Books
Did you know that the police stations in #Mumbai, the #MumbaiPolice special branch & crime branch owe their genesis to #LokmanyaBalGangadharTilak? Watch this episode to know more about the bitter-sweet (!)relation between #Tilak and the #MumbaiPolice.
#MahatmaGandhi had a complex relationship with Maharashtra, where his mentor Gopal Krishna Gokhale hailed from.
This thread is about #Gandhi and his relationship with #Marathi (and #Maharashtra)
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This thread is about #Gandhi and his relationship with #Marathi (and #Maharashtra)
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#Maharashtra produced some of his staunchest supporters like Acharya Vinoba Bhave and Sitaram ‘Appasaheb’ Patwardhan, who was referred to as the ‘Konkan Gandhi,’ and his most bitter critics, like Dr #BabasahebAmbedkar and V.D. #Savarkar.
1/2 "Per me patriottismo è la stessa cosa che #umanità. Sono patriottico perché sono un essere umano e perché sono umanitario. Non si tratta di un fatto selettivo. E un #patriota è tanto meno patriottico quanto più tiepida è la sua umanità"
M.K.#Gandhi, Young India 16 marzo 1921>
M.K.#Gandhi, Young India 16 marzo 1921>
2/2 No, non è proprio il caso che #GiorgiaMeloni arruoli #Gandhi tra i suoi #patrioti. Piuttosto lo legga, parla anche di lei
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#Gandhi वो आखिरी दिन..
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30 जनवरी, 1948
द हिंदू संवाददाता
गांधी जी ने प्यारे लाल से नोआखली की स्थिति पर चर्चा की, जो कि वहीं से आए थे। प्यारे लाल का मानना था कि वहीं अल्पसंख्यक हिंदुओं की समस्या का समाधान यही था कि वह व्यवस्थित तरीके से पूर्वी पाकिस्तान से निकल कर भारत आ जाएं।
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30 जनवरी, 1948
द हिंदू संवाददाता
गांधी जी ने प्यारे लाल से नोआखली की स्थिति पर चर्चा की, जो कि वहीं से आए थे। प्यारे लाल का मानना था कि वहीं अल्पसंख्यक हिंदुओं की समस्या का समाधान यही था कि वह व्यवस्थित तरीके से पूर्वी पाकिस्तान से निकल कर भारत आ जाएं।
#Gandhi वो आखिरी दिन..
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30 जनवरी, 1948
द हिंदू संवाददाता
बापू इससे असहमत थे, उनका मानना था कि तब पू. पाकिस्तान (आज बांग्लादेश) में हिंदुओं और बाकी अल्पसंख्यकों को वहीं टिकना चाहिए था और करो या मरो के सिद्धांत का पालन करना चाहिए था।
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30 जनवरी, 1948
द हिंदू संवाददाता
बापू इससे असहमत थे, उनका मानना था कि तब पू. पाकिस्तान (आज बांग्लादेश) में हिंदुओं और बाकी अल्पसंख्यकों को वहीं टिकना चाहिए था और करो या मरो के सिद्धांत का पालन करना चाहिए था।
#Gandhi वो आखिरी दिन..
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ये वही सिद्धांत था, जिसके पालन से बापू ने उत्तर भारत, कलकत्ता, नोआखली, दिल्ली में शांति स्थापित करने में सफलता पाई थी। बापू ने कहा, 'हो सकता है कि अंत में उनमें से कुछ ही लोग बचें, लेकिन कमज़ोरी में से शक्ति प्राप्त करने का और कोई तरीका नहीं हो सकता है।
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ये वही सिद्धांत था, जिसके पालन से बापू ने उत्तर भारत, कलकत्ता, नोआखली, दिल्ली में शांति स्थापित करने में सफलता पाई थी। बापू ने कहा, 'हो सकता है कि अंत में उनमें से कुछ ही लोग बचें, लेकिन कमज़ोरी में से शक्ति प्राप्त करने का और कोई तरीका नहीं हो सकता है।
1. "La morale che si può trarre dalla tragedia provocata dalla #bombaatomica è che una #bomba non può essere distrutta da un'altra bomba, come la #violenza non può essere eliminata dalla violenza. L'umanità può liberarsi della violenza solo ricorrendo alla #nonviolenza" >
2. Il 30 dicembre di settantacinque anni fa Mohandas K. #Gandhi veniva ucciso (con una #pistolaBeretta, ndr) da un fondamentalista indù perché, cercando la #mediazione pacifica con i musulmani, fu considerato filomusulmano...
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चौथी सदी ई. पू. - सुकरात को ज़हर दिया
1700 - ब्रूनो को ज़िंदा जला दिया
1948 - गांधी को गोली मारी
1968 - मार्टिन लूथर किंग को
2011 - सलमान तासीर को
दाभोलकर को, पानसरे को, कलबुर्गी को, गौरी लंकेश को...
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#Gandhi
1700 - ब्रूनो को ज़िंदा जला दिया
1948 - गांधी को गोली मारी
1968 - मार्टिन लूथर किंग को
2011 - सलमान तासीर को
दाभोलकर को, पानसरे को, कलबुर्गी को, गौरी लंकेश को...
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#Gandhi
और हर बार आप गांधी को ही मारने की कोशिश कर रहे थे..हर बार..
हर बार जब आप गांधी को मारते हैं, एक नयी तरह का सच लेकर गांधी फिर आपके सामने आकर खड़े हो जाते हैं...और आप फिर हत्या की कोशिश दोहराते हैं..
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#Gandhi
हर बार जब आप गांधी को मारते हैं, एक नयी तरह का सच लेकर गांधी फिर आपके सामने आकर खड़े हो जाते हैं...और आप फिर हत्या की कोशिश दोहराते हैं..
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#Gandhi
गांधी ने जीवन का अंतिम दर्शन दिया था..
'ईश्वर ही सत्य नहीं, बल्कि सत्य ही ईश्वर है..'
और सत्य से आपको डर लगता है..क्योंकि आपकी पूरी ताक़त झूठ की बुनियाद पर खड़ी है। इसीलिए आप गांधी से भी डरते हैं..
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#Gandhi
'ईश्वर ही सत्य नहीं, बल्कि सत्य ही ईश्वर है..'
और सत्य से आपको डर लगता है..क्योंकि आपकी पूरी ताक़त झूठ की बुनियाद पर खड़ी है। इसीलिए आप गांधी से भी डरते हैं..
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#Gandhi
Born on this day, January 24th 1877, Pulin since childhood was deeply influenced by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee...
It was September 1906, Bipin Chandra Pal & Pramatha Nath Mitra were touring Bengal looking for Activists for their Anushilan Samithi.
During a public speech,
It was September 1906, Bipin Chandra Pal & Pramatha Nath Mitra were touring Bengal looking for Activists for their Anushilan Samithi.
During a public speech,
Pramatha Nath asked for volunteers who has the will to sacrifice their life for Bharat.
A Man Stepped Forward, He Was
#PulenBihariDas, not only he volunteered, but also he established Dhaka Anushilan Samiti.
By 1906, he was an expert in Fencing & Lathial, in a short span of
A Man Stepped Forward, He Was
#PulenBihariDas, not only he volunteered, but also he established Dhaka Anushilan Samiti.
By 1906, he was an expert in Fencing & Lathial, in a short span of
1.#GretaThunberg è tornata a protestare contro l'abbattimento del villaggio di #Lützerath,per fare spazio ad una centrale a carbone,ed è stata nuovamente arrestata.I ragazzi dei movimenti per la difesa del clima hanno appreso la lezione del #satyagraha, la fermezza nella verità >
2. «Ogni lotta nonviolenta per la giustizia passa per la prova di cinque tappe: l’indifferenza, il ridicolo, la calunnia, la repressione, il rispetto», diceva Mohandas K. #Gandhi, uno che se ne intendeva.
Avanti così, ovunque
Avanti così, ovunque
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Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi's debate on Hinduism and Caste.
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M.K. Gandhi (1/3)
The Vedas, Upanishads, smritis and puranas, including the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, are the Hindu scriptures. There is no finite list. Every generation has added to the list.
The Vedas, Upanishads, smritis and puranas, including the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, are the Hindu scriptures. There is no finite list. Every generation has added to the list.
The Moplah Revolt of 1921.
What is revealed is how rapidly the All India #Congress retreated whenever the masses were in motion, and how in this case a strategic political retreat necessitated a communalist rather than class view of an important peasant (1/25)
What is revealed is how rapidly the All India #Congress retreated whenever the masses were in motion, and how in this case a strategic political retreat necessitated a communalist rather than class view of an important peasant (1/25)
struggle.
The #Moplahs were #Muslim peasants in Malabar (now part of the state of #Kerala ) on India's west coast. In 1922 it had a population of 400,000, of which 163,328 were Hindus and 236,672 were Muslims. The Moplahs were amongst the most heavily exploited (2/25)
The #Moplahs were #Muslim peasants in Malabar (now part of the state of #Kerala ) on India's west coast. In 1922 it had a population of 400,000, of which 163,328 were Hindus and 236,672 were Muslims. The Moplahs were amongst the most heavily exploited (2/25)
peasants in the entire subcontinent. Most of them worked as wage-labourers either on the land of others or on the rubber plantations. The #landlords in the region were virtually all upper-caste #Brahmin Hindus. In the century preceding 1921, there had been a total of (3/25)
Of late, I have been tweeting threads on issues like #history & on #Maharashtra & #Mumbai. This is a compilation of some threads over the month
On a little-known attempt by an inebriated #British policeman to kill #MahatmaGandhi in #Pune
#NathuramGodse
On a little-known attempt by an inebriated #British policeman to kill #MahatmaGandhi in #Pune
#NathuramGodse
The #ParvatiSatyagraha launched by Ambedkarites and reformist activities seeking that #Dalits be allowed to enter the Parvati temple in #Pune
#DrBabasahebAmbedkar #DrAmbedkar #DalitMovement #history
#DrBabasahebAmbedkar #DrAmbedkar #DalitMovement #history
How #Dussehra was once a rallying point for the Swadeshi movement. It was on this day in 1905 that #VinayakDamodarSavarkar organised a massive bonfire of imported clothes
#Savarkar #LokmanyaTilak #Tilak #Pune #Maharashtra #swadeshi #Gandhi #MahatmaGandhi
#Savarkar #LokmanyaTilak #Tilak #Pune #Maharashtra #swadeshi #Gandhi #MahatmaGandhi
What #Savarkar got was not a 'stipend' or 'pension,' as Congress alleged, but an allowance from the British Raj. Others who got such an allowance from the British Raj were the Bose brothers Subhas & Sarat Chandra, Mahatma Gandhi & so many other Indian freedom fighters. A small 🧵
When the #British imprisoned #Indians or held them as detenus or internees, usually in cases where there were no charges & no trials (as when Savarkar was interned in Ratnagiri from 1924 to 1937), they paid a monthly allowance to them for 'loss of income' so they (in terms of..
food etc) and/or their families could maintain themselves. Govt statue allowed them to have money from the public purse for this purpose. When the Raj, in the early 1930s, decided to drastically cut these allowances, Subhas Chandra Bose...
