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Jul 16 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Many people are shaming Muskaan for being an 'online bhikari' & seeking funds to sponsor her education.

I do not agree with such a notion. If you have secured admission at Harvard & exhausted all your options, then, I believe you must see help from strangers.
#unpopularopinion
Whether people choose to help you is all up to them but you should not refrain from seeking help (when it comes to education).

Given that @Harvard has a low acceptance rate, your admission (without a royal background) is a hallmark of meritocracy.
I am more than willing to help such good students with whatever limited means I have.

Today, teens are doing OnlyFans, and young people are finding sugar daddies to support their exorbitant lifestyle.

Being an 'online bhikari' for education is a lot better than this.
Having said that, I have certain apprehensions about this particular case.

Here is why:
And we also have this:
There are claims about her being a model too:
I am yet to independently verify these claims. I will be sending a mail to Muskaan inquiring about her admission and to Harvard Admissions Office.

If it is ascertained that the girl's case is not genuine, then, she should be called out individually.
But I believe her case should not be used to shame not-so-privileged students who seek help online.

If I ever make it to Oxford or Cambridge, then, I will be the first to ask for help on Twitter and be an 'online bhikari' (after exhausting all options).

Regards.

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These questions, posed at Draupadi Murmu, have nothing to do with her gender.

It has everything to do with the fact that she has been chosen as the Presidential candidate by the BJP.

This is exactly why I don't see 'journalists' casting the same aspersions about Margaret Alva.
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Margaret Alva is however immune to such aspersions, given that she is a part of the said ecosystem.
Check some of the tweets by the usual suspects. Do you believe that this character assassination is due to her gender or her political affiliation? ImageImage
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Jul 17
A day before the 2022 Presidential election, Pritish Nandy casts aspersions on India’s inclusivity & laments about the supposed lack of diversity at the highest electoral office of the country.
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Haha. India follows a Parliamentary system and thus the President is a nominal Head of State.

He has to act on the advice of the Council of Ministers, headed by the PM.

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Jul 9
Beautiful! I am sure some idiots from our community will still splurge their hard-earned money on shrines (that don't belong to them).

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This is Khadim Gauhar Chisti for instance.
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Jul 9
Excellent on-ground coverage of #HinduSankalpMarch by @pallavserene.

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Remember this tweet? As early as May 2022, he had hinted about abandoning the deal if Twitter bots were not less than 5% of total users.
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