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Chronicler of the times, Activist in the law, human rights, Citizenship Crisis, Forest & land Rights, Against Hate Letting n Violence
Oct 29 5 tweets 1 min read
For the past decade we @cjpindia have been analysing, dissecting #Hate as sensation. Click Bait TRP journalism May not written books on it but are peers in #hatewatch @rajuparulekar @sohitmishra99 @nit_set @svaradarajan
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Cost of Clicks: how thumbnails encourage misleading & hate news consumptionFrom “Ab Hoga Khel” 2 “Kuch Bada Hone Wala Hai”: d quest 4 engagement prioritises sensationalism by using ‘!’ & ‘?’, leading 2 rise in misleading news & toxic narratives in viewers' minds @splcenter
Aug 11, 2020 6 tweets 3 min read
Its been a strange sort fo journey, principled and fraught. We have always raised the issue of the minority within the minority be it women or the Pandits in the Valley. For this there was shunning from one camp and a scathing othering from the other #KPBetrayed #PanditsBetrayed 2/Its the rational space that has been lost. During our rigorous campaign 4 Prevention of Communal Violence Bill 2004-2014 we argued tht it was needed in d Valley, in all distsof the Country @ACLU @PUCLindia
Jun 11, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
My dear friend KalpanaKannabiran writes how the Fight to Free Safoorra Zargar is part of a deeper fight, for India's soul that has been corroded by evil and hatred and worse, a mob mentality that has no respect for due process and the Indian Constitution. #SafooraZaragar #safoora Brave young lawyers battle a hostile environment as truth has no value & bullying ultimate currency. Kalpana writes with feminist empathy,legal acumen.Others in @HuffPostIndia,@thewire_in hve told the tale of the patient anguish of the family.scroll.in/article/964348… @cjpindia