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27 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
At the exact time when SC gave decision on #PegasusSnoopgate both India Today and NDTV showing Capt Amrinder Singh's press conference. Technically he is a nobody except an old disgruntled man. But for media he is more imp than SC's decision against Modi govt's snooping.
I am watching TV for past 15 mins and they have not yet cut the Capt Amrinder press conference and gone live to Supreme Court. Million times in a Rahul Gandhi presser they had cut abruptly saying, "we have fresh reports coming in, we have to cut in."
Now @IndiaToday is running HUGE Bold letters headlines "Breaking Capt Amrinder announces new party". How they are trying to avoid the most damning headlines for Modi in 7 years. #PegasusSnoopgate will be investigated by SC appointed Committee. Centre's stand dismissed by SC.
Until 10 mins back India Today was at least running a ticker regarding #PegasusSnoopgate. Now they have removed that also, and entire screen is about Congress and Amrinder squabble, photos of RG, SG on the screen. How nicely they distract. 20 mins given to one press conference.
Now switched to NDTV. Same story. They are running some COVID related sponsored program Beat Diabetes. Shocking really. But for how long will they try to hide things like this. It is like attempting to hide the sun and moon.

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In all these years I have never understood why Kashmiris want Azadi? India mein kya problem hai? We got freedom in 1947, how can you possibly have a separate freedom? Where will you go with it? I have also not understood how can guns and jails hold on to those who want to leave.
I have heard many arguments by separatists, and I can give a counter to each one of them. But because there is already so much bloodshed in Kashmir that I avoid talking about it. I will just say this, militancy to gain azadi, is doomed for eternity.
The rest of India with 80% Hindu population still has only 40% voting for Hindutva. Rest 60% fighting against Hindutva to protect India's secular fabric. In such time, Pak sponsored Kasmiri militants killing Hindu civilians and Kashmiris cheer for Pak. What is this? How inhuman?
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Child marriage is still not declared void ab initio. Adults who get children married to each other are committing a crime but the marriage itself is not void or illegal. It is valid until those children reject it when they grow up, that too within a stipulated time.
Moreover, merely leaving childhood spouse is not enough. Either of the party have to approach court to get the marriage declared invalid. Mr. Modi left home but never approached court. His marriage is still valid. But his wife probably doesn't have marriage certificate.
Child marriage should be declared void ab initio, like it never happened, but govt refuses on similar grounds that they refuse to criminalize marital rape. Govt reasons: "India is poor illiterate unique sensitive culture". In such cases a registration can actually help.
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.@BhavaniEtikala Hi, you wrote a piece on famous people apologizing to Mayawati. You named me but didn't share any of my Tweets because I never made a joke. I criticized the jokes. I keep explaining it again and again. Pls read, and issue correction. thecitizen.in/index.php/en/N…
.@BhavaniEtikala Here is my blog which I wrote in 2017 because right wing trolls pulled it out to undermine my voice. They again pulled it out last week. And you fell for it. I explained this to @Profdilipmandal too. Please issue correction. sanjukta.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/bjp…
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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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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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