The world is going to judge me, no matter what I do. So living my life the way I want to :)
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Jan 22 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Why did they murder the head
priest of Ram Janmbhoomi? 🧵
Lal Das was appointed by court as the head priest of disputed Ram Janmabhoomi in 1981.
He was a communist & a former CPIM local secretary who opposed VHP was shot dead two days prior to election in Uttar Pradesh, 1993
Baba Lal Das was born in Shringrishi, a village close to Ayodhya, after his religous education he became a pujari in a temple in Mehsana, Gujarat. After Lal Das came to Ayodhya, he served for a while as the secretary of the local Communist Party of India (Marxist) unit.
എല്ലാക്കൊല്ലവും അംബേദ്കർ ജയന്തി, ഫൂലെ ജയന്തി, ഒക്കെ പോലുള്ള വിശേഷദിവസങ്ങളിൽ ഹൈദരാബാദിൽ സെൻട്രൽ യൂണിവേഴ്സിറ്റി ക്യാമ്പസിൽ അംബേദ്കറൈറ്റ് സംഘടനകൾ, പ്രധാനമായും ASA, DSU തുടങ്ങിയവർ, ബീഫ് ഫെസ്റ്റിവൽ നടത്തുമായിരുന്നു. കൊറേ ചെമ്പുകൾ നിറച്ച് ഗംഭീര ബീഫും നെയ്ച്ചോറും 1/9
ഒക്കെ വച്ച് എല്ലാവർക്കും വിളമ്പും. കുറേ കലാപരിപാടികൾ ഒക്കെ ഉണ്ടാവും. ഗദ്ദർ ഒക്കെ കുറേ തവണ വന്നിട്ടുണ്ട്. ബീഫാണല്ലോ മെയിൻ ഐറ്റം, സ്വാഭാവികമായും മലയാളികൾ മുഴുവൻ കക്ഷി രാഷ്ട്രീയഭേദമന്യെ അവിടെ അടിഞ്ഞുകൂടി ബീഫ് തിന്നർമ്മാദിക്കും. SFIകാർ ഒന്നൊഴിയാതെ മുഴുവനും അവിടെ ക്യൂവിൽ കാണും. 2/9
Nov 14, 2020 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
(thread) #Kerala#Slavery
How Travancore government earned revenue from Slave Trade in Kerala.
1. It may be surprising to note that slaves formed a source of revenue for the Travancore govt nearly a century and a quarter ago.
2. The rate of hire of a govt slave varied from half a ‘parrah’ to six ‘parrahs’ of paddy depending on the physical ability of the slave.
Oct 16, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
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How BJP diverted public fund to corporate pockets & see how Kerala govt caught them red handed
Dec 2019
FM declared center will miss tax collection target & set 1.1 lakh crore as mop up target
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So center knows this tax crisis before the covid19 pandemic
August 2020
GST shortfall pegged at 2.35 lakh crore, of which 97,000 crore is due to GST implementation and remaining due to pandemic.
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Jul 2, 2020 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
SOPORE KILLINGS 1993 (thread)
We all saw yesterday the photo of a helpless child sitting on his dead grandfather’s chest in Sopore, North Kashmir. Yes it’s heart breaking, let us revisit the history of Sopore taking you 27 years back, please stay with me 1/13
On January 6, 1993 unidentified militants killed a BSF personnel at Sopore’s main market, snatched his service rifle & escaped. An hour later, a group of irate BSF personnel turned up in the market, firing indiscriminately & sprinkling kerosene & gun powder on shops & houses 2/13
Today is the birthday of Commander Ernesto de la Serna. All over the world knows him as Che Guevara. Let us go back to history and revisit some of his photos while he was in India, 1959
1/ Bhanumathy while interviewing Che. with All India Radio 2/ Prime Minister Mr Jawaharlal Nehru welcoming Che Guevara in his Teen Moorti residential office on July 1, 1959. Photo by Kundan Lal of Photo Division, Government of India.
May 5, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
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Marx's replies to a set of questions given to him by his daughters Jenny and Laura in 1865. First Published in International Review of Social History, 1956. Transcribed: by Andy Blunden.
Your favourite virtue … Simplicity
Your favourite virtue in man … Strength
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Your favourite virtue in woman … Weakness
Your chief characteristic … Singleness of purpose
Your idea of happiness … To fight
Your idea of misery … Submission
The vice you excuse most … Gullibility