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Sanjukta Basu

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26 May

Intersectional Feminism, in so many years of my academic and journalistic experience, I have noticed it is always espoused by Dalit / Muslim women fiercely guarding men of their community as if there's no patriarchal power imbalance or gender stereotypes amongst them.

I have noticed Dalit Muslim women call out the caste, class other privileges of savarna feminists. Caste being starting point of Intersectional Feminism, but I have hardly seen academic dialogues on the intra-community patriarchy or Dalit /Muslim masculinity, patriarchy.

With only the women in each subaltern community speaking up against the mainstream radical feminists it seems that once again women are gendered embodiment of the community identity. A rift in 2nd wave feminists which benefitted none but system of patriarchy amongst subaltern.

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14 Oct 20

Now let's come to depiction of Hindu-Muslim marriage in pop culture or such incidences in real life. #LoveJihad theory is fake. But it is an expression of a real problem: Far less Muslim woman are allowed to marry Hindu men. THIS IS TRUE AS SKY IS BLUE. #TanishqAd

THIS IS TRUE AS SKY IS BLUE that on those rarest of rare occasion where a Muslim woman dared to fall in love with Hindu man, he was killed by her family. Ankit Saxena, Rahul Rajput etc. Theory of #LoveJihad is fake, but they fuel the lies anger hate on solid grounds. #TanishqAd

THIS IS TRUE that Muslim community is closed, they do not allow their daughters to marry out of choice, let alone marry a Hindu. It is acceptable to bring a woman of other religion but not allow Mus woman to go to other religion leaving Islam.

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Sanjukta Basu

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14 Oct 20

Islam existed in India since time of Prophet ie around 620 CE. It did not come with so called "Mus invaders". So for 1400 years Hindus-Muslims co-existed, Hindus remained majority, were not wiped out. Suddenly since 2014, Muslim citizens are labelled villains By STATE itself.

Far from Islam posing any threat to Hindu culture or religion, 6th-7th century new Muslims of Arab world who traded with India engaged in mutual exchange of knowledge, culture. They learnt Sanskrit, translated Sanskrit work to Arab, as early as 7th century.

Does that mean there is no problems in Muslim community? No. There is seeds of hate in both community, and love too. I would call out something wrong in Muslims, as I would for Hindus. Because they are equally my fellow citizens, I have a right to form opinion about them.

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Sanjukta Basu

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13 Oct 20

@RahulGandhi

Modi govt is giving opportunities served on a platter to @RahulGandhi which he can use to present an alternative to pro corporate anti people govt. He can unite Muslims, Dalits, farmers, migrant labourers, marginalized women all on common planks of human development index.

HDI is different from the GDP we chase all the time. Modi is a late comer, he is trying to do everything that was supposed to work in 90s. Privatisation, disinvestment, flouting of labour welfare and environment laws to make it easy for capitalists to investment less gain more.

Globally, these methods are being rejected. US, UK are speaking up for social welfare, health care. Those nations have reached the pinnacle of aggressive GDP chasing but now demanding govt intervention specially during COVID.

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Sanjukta Basu

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11 Oct 20

A digital ethnography of my Twitter timeline will show one of India's greatest fault lines. Muslim community is over-sensitive to any questions or scrutiny of their practices, life choices. A critical opinion on one individual is seen as attack at whole community.

My timeline shows, many Muslims followed me for years, known and approved my political views, but when I gave critical view on a Muslim individual they become vengeful, defensive, abusive. They'd like it if we keep bashing Hindutva, but never question radical adherence to Islam.

They will not give me/liberal-seculars a space and position inside their camp which usually a friend, well wisher, supporter have where they can also criticize internal problems. The space for dissent inside the team. If you take critical view, they'll immediately say, go away.

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29 Sep 20

What do we know about Rahul Gandhi? Political heir whose party ruled for 10 yrs, his mother turned down PM post, he turned down cabinet post. If you heard bad things about him during UPA years, India's best years, think, who created those narratives? On what parameters?

Put it simply, if he and his family were interested in power and in launching him as PM, what was stopping them? We can see now how easy it is for govt to control narratives, build image, and silence criticism. Why didn't INC do it? Things don't add up, do they?

Simple explanation, Rahul Gandhi has been a silent doer unlike populist leaders who talk too much. He worked with a team in Kashmir bringing youth in mainstream. Mentored youth leaders of NSUI, IYC, worked towards internal change in Cong which invited ires of own party members.

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