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Apr 8 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
#AmitShah spoke of using Hindi as an alternative to English and *not* Hindi vs Regional languages.

The responses show that regional politicians do not care about *their* languages but about maintaining English hegemony.

@AmitShah's mother tongue is Gujarati, not Hindi.
I’m not actually arguing for Hindi, my emphasis is on mother tongue education.

And I agree with you as well. Sanskrit-based Hindi is much easier understood across the country.
सही कहा। चीन और जापान को अंग्रेज़ी नहीं आटी और देखो वह इंडिया से कितना पीछे है। ना कुछ बनाते हैं और ना ही नौकरी करते हैं।

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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Apr 7
The biggest discrimination in India is #EnglishApartheid. The State funds medical colleges, engineering colleges, MBA, High Courts, in English-medium *only*, excluding 90% of the population.

If you care about #SocialJustice why not #Reservation for Tamil-medium instead?
The fact is all the "Tamil pride" of the so-called "Dravidian" parties is for lip-service only. The agenda is English and Christianization. That's the #DravidianModel (itself a colonial construct). That's what the @PWilsonDMK et al fight for.
I thought they made them English medium, at least partially.

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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Apr 4
Lol. Spotting a fraud. @Sanjay_Dixit had warned about this one I think.

Buddha never claimed to be a "Buddhist." His teaching and ways are steeped in Indian Hindu culture, merely a different flavor. It is "Buddhist" monks who took "Hindu" deities like Saraswati to Japan.
Hindu culture predates the Buddha. Saraswati, which predates Buddha, is carried by Buddhist monks to Japan. Did Buddhists “appropriate” Saraswati?

Buddha himself claims descent from Rama? Why? Because he’s part of Indian (Hindu) culture.

https://t.co/zZYZ320i0i
Of course that does not mean that there were not scholarly debates between Brahamans and Shramanas and Advaitins and so many others. But all those debates were part of Hindu culture, not outside of it. They shared a common epistemology.

The only break comes with Abtahamics.
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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Mar 30
Root of the word "Shahid" or "Shahadat" is Shahadah or the Muslim declaration of belief in Allah and his prophet.

Shahid is one who wages Holy War for Shahadah and dies, getting a fast ticket to Islamic heaven.

Let's not corrupt our language. We have #Veergati.
#ShahidDiwas
Since we don't have religious belief based "holy war" there is no equivalent.

The closest would be dharma veer—a warrior for righteousness.

Yes, it has become a part of common vocabulary but we should understand the roots of words we use.

A few years ago I'd pointed out the absurdity of Hindus saying "RIP" and many have changed after that. 😌

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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Mar 30
A Muslim cleric is required for certification of Halal. The Govt of India in the APEDA act required this certification for all meat.

This took business away from traditional Hindu butchers to Muslim butchers and funded the Islamic ecosystem. How can a secular state do this?
Not to mention that halal slaughter is extremely cruel. Not even counting the Islamic verses being chanted with it.

hindupost.in/world/greece-b…
Ultimately Halal uses collective buying power to extract compliance and essentially extract a tax that funds the Islamic Ecosystem.

Much cleverer and subversive than not having non-Hindu shops near a few temples. But guess what the outrage is about.

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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
Mar 29
Lol, then who created "God." Since *everything* is created...
These are boring old arguments. My 5-year old asked this question coming back from school "If God created everything who created God."

You twist into pretzels to "rationalize" something which comes from your indoctrination, not from reason.

The problem is that the European mind is unable to conceive of infinity or zero. Nothing has to be "first." This "first cause" thinking is literally kindergarten stuff.

But the @goejibbs think they've made some great "discovery." 😏
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Mar 27
#Kejriwal's dissing of #TheKashmirFiles movie is strategic and calculated.

He knows that outrage about the reality in the movie will not result in additional votes for #AAP.

But attacking it, he may garner votes from a certain segment. Hence the drama.

#AAPkaRajasthan
Remember that Kejriwal has no conviction, ethics or permanent stance other than grabbing power. He will say or do whatever is needed for that.

He will sing Hanuman Chalisa one day and cultivate jihadi elements who riot on the streets on another.

timesnownews.com/delhi/article/…
This is why he'll never respond to fact-based challenges. He is the drama queen of politics.

#केजरीवाल_लिस्ट_दिखा

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