15/12/2019 evening Md Minhajuddin then a 2nd yr LLM student #JamiaMilliaIslamia was studying in the Library when Delhi Police broke in & beat him mercilessly.
@Article14live
He lost 1 eye & the another vulnerable to infection. He was not only who faced the Brutality. 🧵1/2 5yrs Multiple petitions for compensation pending in courts.
Read Sumit Singh & @Abubakr_syed1

March 2020 police told the HC that they entered the campus to “rescue innocent students trapped inside”.

Vid police rescuing students.👇🏾 2/3 article-14.com/post/5-years-a…

Zakia Jafri is no more - But her story is incomplete without Ehsan.
Who was Ehsan? Not just a politician but a living example of shared existence.

A Freedom Fighter, a writer & the successor of Indulal Yagnik and his school of thought who always stood for the downtrodden. 🧵1/14 While still at RC High School in Ahmedabad, Ehsan published a magazine in URDU & joined the Freedom Movement. Influenced by communism was arrested in 1949 for his 'calls for revolution'.

Upon his release, he became the Gen Secy of the Progressive Editors Union. 2/14

HISTORIAN Prof Irfan Habib (94 yrs) a pioneer in interpreting Indian History based on diff social dynamics challenging the Colonial Dynastic false communal narrative.

Prof remembering Pt Nehru.🌹
Plz read
"One day in 1942 my elder brother & I were playing here in Garden". 🧵1/7 Prof Irfan Habib's father Prof Md Habib taught the history of medieval India at AMU

"when suddenly a tonga came in & out jumped Nehru. He took no notice of us —that disheartened me.
He just came to this door, knocked on it, opened it & called out, ‘Habib, get me a sandwich". 2/7

“As I left the room the RSS volunteers entered and laughter broke out again.” Gopal Mukund Huddar recounted this incident in yr 1979 article "Illustrated Weekly of India".

Huddar was serving emissary of Netaji Subhash was sent to Hedgewar to fix a meeting between the two. 🧵1/12
Netaji after resigning as the Cong Pres in April 1939 wanted a fresh movement against the British.

So He called Huddar in his Bombay office & told him to arrange a meeting between him & Hedgewar.
Huddar a former RSS & the 1st sarkaryavah - Gen Secy & later became a leftist. 2/12

Racism?
11/5/21 FBI rescued aprx 200 Dalit & Adivasis from Swaminarayan Temple in New Jersey, charging labour trafficking, exploitation, Servitude.

Meanwhile 07/10/23 California’s Governor vetoed a bill banning caste discrimination after pressure from Hindutva groups.
Stay🧵1/18 After the death of a worker Mukesh Kumar FBI raided the Swaminarayan Temple, the largest Temple in the US.

In May 2021 a lawsuit was also filed in the US Dist Court of human trafficking & wage law against Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha(BAPS). 2/18

Apology? He will not.

On 25/04/2010 CM of Guj Modi while releasing book "Samajik Samrasata" allegedly said that the Dalits are like mentally retarded. (Mand buddhi).

The then Chairman National Commission of Scheduled Caste Buta Singh & other members criticised the remark. 1/9
This matter reached Rajyasabha Also. However, PM Modi never expressed apology for this.

While race is physical caste is cultural. So Caste discrimination is also deeply rooted in Gujarat's Culture.
However, in 2008 PM Modi released a book named 'Karmayogi'. 2/9

Plz Read. 🙏🏾
Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal (70yrs) on a hunger strike at the Khanauri border between Punjab & Haryana last 21 Days is in critical condition. He is also a cancer patient.

Yesterday doctors recommended his immediate hospitalisation but he refused. 1/4 His demand - Centre to accept the agitating farmers’ demands, including a legal guarantee on MSP of crops.

Farmers are on protest since Feb but the Center has refused to any talk. Day before yesterday tear gas, water canons were used left a dozen injured & Hospitalised. 2/4

Indian National Flag - the symbol of our National Pride. 🇮🇳

Lahore session Dec 1929 Congress adopted 'Purna Swaraj' as the national goal, decided to observe Independence Day & honouring TRICOLOUR on 26th Jan, 1930.

KB Hedgewar the RSS founder was the Sarsanghchalak then. 🧵1/13 By this time mass consensus was built on the Tricolour with the Charkha (spinning wheel) in its center as the flag of the National Flag of India.

But KB Hedgewar issued a circular asking for 'Salutation to the National Flag i.e the BHAGWA DHAWAJ on that day at 6.00 p.m. 2/13

In May 2019 India was forced to stop buying oil from Iran after #DonaldTrump disallowed a waiver. Trump's NSA John Bolton in his book 'The Room where it Happened' wrote Trump dismissed #Modi 's concerns telling his team that he'll be Okay with this decision. 🧵1/6 Though India's Right-wing celebrating the Trump win because of the closeness between Modi and Trump the question arise does national Interests works on personal rapport?
As in Past it didn't.

#Trump twisted India's arms saying *his Allies are not doing enough." 2/6

It must be remembered that the AAP originated from a movement dominated by a few Upper Castes & supported by the RSS.

#ArvindKejriwal in 2012 posted on FB About a month after the launch of AAP - “Should there be reservation in promotions in govt jobs? What do you think?” 🧵1/12 This was two days before the UPA Govt introduced a constitutional amendment mandating quotas in promotions for Dalits and Adivasis.

The AAP party had opposed the quota and called it unconstitutional. 2/12 timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/quota-in…

My salute to South Indian wisdom for resisting the Gujju Amul Brand. They are the the true Ambassador of the slogan 'Vocal for Local'.

Sharing why.
5 Days ago making 'Mahaprasad contract at Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, UP was given to Gujarat's Banas Diary of Amul. 🧵1/8 Before this new Contract 5 local vendors used to produce & supply Prasad for the Temple. Navbharat Times reports each employed 60-70 female local workers.

One group among them is noteworthy Bela Papad self-help group's Sunita Jaiswal who gained Yogi-Modi's praise in past. 2/8

The above pic is of an Electrocuted Elephant near the Adiyogi Centre, and the below picture is of an electric fence erected by the Isha Foundation - #Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev's Headquarters in the foothills of the Velliangiri hills.
Pic: 2021
Source

🧵1/14 newslaundry.com/2021/05/17/how…
Sadguru's 150 acre campus is adjacent to the Bolampatty Reserve Forest, an elephant habitat in the Nilgiris biosphere reserve, and along the Thanikandi-Marudhamalai migration corridor of the pachyderms regulated by the Hill Area Conservation Authority (HACA) set up in 1990. 2/14

A closer look reveals RSS stems from the 19th Cen Brahminical resistance to the religious reforms whose goal to resettle the Brahminical Hegemony.

Exploring MS GOLWALKR's Bunch of Thoughts - considered RSS’s BIBLE & his views esp on Buddhism & Ambedkar's social justice.🧵1/13 Golwalkar wrote after Buddha, his followers degenerated by uprooting age-old national traditions.

He thanked Adi Shankaracharya for “erasing” Buddhism from India “as a distinct sect" & Buddha remained as an incarnation (Lord Vishnu).
Can u guess that Tradition?
Caste. 2/13

Shaiytu Kunjam (15yrs) student, Portacabin school Basaguda Chattisgarh after the dussera vacation of Oct, 2023 informed the school Sup he would return once the farming work in village over.

He never returned as he was shot on 10/05/24. Police claim 20K reward upon him. 🧵1/11 Shaiytu Kunjam from Pedia Vill - On 10/05/24 morning police gunned down 12 in early morning claiming them Maoist.

However, @ChhattisgarhTak found an Advasi injured from the firing of the security forces. Villagers claimed forces shot when they were plucking Tendu Leaves. 2/11

25/08/2023 This clip of a Dalit girl (20yrs) crying over the dead body of her brother killed by village elites, MP went viral.

25/06/24 She died in Mysterious circumstances in the presence of police. Only few heard.
However a report after her death has been released
Stay.🧵 1/17 A fact-finding report by concerned citizens of MP released in July 2024, available online.

Baraudiya Naunagir a village in Sagar dist of MP.
On 26/01/2019 a Dalit girl (15yrs) was beaten by members of the vill elite Thakurs, locally called “lambardars” (Thakurs). 2/17

Why are people so outraged about PT Usha?
Have u forgotten that just one year ago, she slammed the protesting wrestlers incl #VineshPhogat saying "They are tarnishing India's Image"?

Btw have u ever read about the humiliation the wrestlers faced before the probe committee? 1/11 On 23/01/23 an Oversight Committee was formed to probe the allegations leveled against the WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh & other coaches by the Union Sports Ministry.

Should be noted the protesting wrestlers sent complaint letter to PT USHA, the IOA Pres on 20/01/23. 2/11

15yr old Janela Nuruti. Student at a primary school in Dinagunda Vill, Chattisgarh. She used to walk 3 hrs daily to attend school.

She was one of the 29 Maoists killed on 16/04/24 by the forces.
Was it the only option left for the mighty state? Glorious Victory? 🧵1/14 "Why did they kill Janela? They should have arrested her."
He, Mainu Nuriti was Jamela's teacher said to Frontline journalist.

In 2022 Amit Shah declared: “We will root out naxalites from Chhattisgarh in the next 2 yrs.” In last 6 months min 130 naxalites have been killed. 2/14

Remember this?
The 19yr Dalit girl, gang-raped & murdered in Sept 2020, followed by her forceful cremation.

Allah HC recently informed by the UP Govt that the family members of the victim girl has not been reallocated to a new place as per Court order 2022. Stay 🧵1/12 The victim Girl was paralysed with severe spinal cord injury, her neck damaged as the accused had dragged her wrapping her dupatta to a field near which she had been gathering cattle fodder.

She also has a deep cut on her tongue which she had bitten when strangulated. 2/12

#DibrugarhExpress derailed. Btw do u remember #TrainAccident Kanchanjunga Express on 17/06/24, 32 days ago?

Do u know what the preliminary accident (17/07/24) report said? Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety says it was an “𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕-𝒊𝒏-𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈”.
Read.🧵1/10 Kanchanjunga Express was hit by a goods train in New Jalpaiguri on June 17, killing 9 people and many injured.

The Chairman, Railway Board & CEO, Jaya Varma Sinha claimed in an interview that the goods train had “disregarded” the signal resulting in the accident.

REALLY? 2/10

Kamala Devi holding Priyadarshini on her lap, the most courageous bravest Prime Minister of India ever had.

In future, she would break a 700 yr streak of gender bias since Raziyya Sultana (1236-1240) ruled over Delhi until she a woman became PM of India.
Indira Gandhi. 🧵1/21 6th Dec, 1921 first time Motilal and Nehru both father & son were arrested, both refused to defend themselves though the case was poorly prepared.

Motilal's was granted a concession, he kept his grand daughter Indira in his arms while the trial was going on. 2/21

J&K LG flagged off the Amarnath Yatra today,
The Yatra ties the Muslim Locals & Hindu Devotees, each one complementing the other's needs, a bit more.

In 2022 a Sradhalu slept on the Horse & was about to fall, horseman IMTIYAZ saved the Devotee, but couldn't save himself. 1/10 Imtiaz Ahmad Khan, was Sole breadwinner of the family, was fighting grave poverty as his blind father was jobless, started working for Yatra. Had no money for a Horse, his friend helped him.
Married in 2020. When he died saving a devotee in 2022 he left an 8-month-old child. 2/10