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Storyteller. Screenwriter. Freeborn.
Sep 24, 2023 6 tweets 1 min read
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I'll keep reminding you that India has only one problem: communalism.

Communalism allows a rapist to get away with rape.
A murderer can get away with murder by hiding behind communalism.
A deeply corrupt person can use communalism to further their corruption. They can get away with giving you no jobs, no medical facilities, no education because your hate needs immediate quenching. They will fan your hate to turn you blind.

You can be tuned into a slave if they control your hate.
Jun 18, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
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This is not mediaeval times. This is the year 2023.

According to the Archbishop of Imphal, 249 churches in Manipur, India's Secular Democratic Republic, have been burned down.

Not 1, not 2, not 10, not 50, not 100, not 200, but 249 churches.
+++ Image 1. How can 249 churches burn down without mass planning?
2. In a place where 41% of the population is Christian?
3. Because 249 is such a large number, it requires the participation of thousands of people. It does not appear possible without state support. ++
Jun 17, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
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Manoj Muntashir and Om Raut are a miniature BJP.

Please allow me to explain:
1. They promised the moon and delivered a pile of sand.
2. They exploited people's communal feelings to gain power.
3. They strike a powerful pose. Image 4. They attempted to sell hatred by vilifying and demonising Muslims. They did their best to make Ravan appear Muslim.
5. They are conmen who have no actual skill but act as if they do.
6. They are C-level people and D-level artists, but they have fantastic PR.
Jun 17, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
In Junagadh, Gujarat Police are publicly flogging Muslims.

I simply require clarification.

1. Which section of the IPC permits public flogging?
2. Do these videos ever make it to the Supreme Court of India's judges? I can't believe they don't watch these videos. +++ 3. Who decided these men deserved to be punished? Where is the due process? Have India's courts abandoned their objective?
4. Aren't these cops committing a crime in front of the camera?
5. Why haven't these cops been arrested yet?
Jun 16, 2023 27 tweets 5 min read
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संघियों की दुनिया के 101 झूठे सच:

1. जैक डोरसी झूठ बोल रहा है.
2. चीन ने भारत के किसी भूभाग पर कब्जा नहीं किया.
3. अडानी पाक साफ है.
4. मणिपुर शांतिपूर्ण है.
5. उत्तराखंड शांतिपूर्ण है.
6. कोविड में ऑक्सीजन की कमी से किसी की मौत नहीं हुई.
7. सीएए/एनआरसी भेदभावपूर्ण नहीं है. 8. निर्दोष उमर खालिद को जेल होना चाहिए क्योंकि...
9. भीमा कोरेगांव मामले में किसी ने नकली सबूत प्लांट नहीं किए!
10. ढाबोलकर, पंसारे, कलबुर्गी और गौरी लंकेश को किसी ने नहीं मारा.
11. भारत में कोई भी बेरोजगार नहीं है.
12. मुसलमान जिहादी होते हैं.
Jun 15, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
On the morning of June 13, Mohammad Ashraf, a 41-year-old trader who has not been able to open his garment shop for over two weeks, because of an intimidating campaign by groups of Hindus to evict Muslims from their homes and trades in this town in Uttarkashi. Image Muslim families have reportedly fled the town in fear, since May 28, soon after Hindutva groups started taking out processions demanding the town be cleared of Muslims and eviction notices were pasted on shops.
Jun 14, 2023 24 tweets 4 min read
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The world according to Sanghis:

1. Jack Dorsey is lying.
2. China didn't occupy any territory of
India.
3. Adani is clean.
4. Manipur is peaceful.
5. Uttrakhad is peaceful.
6. Nobody died due to the lack of oxygen in Covid.
7. CAA/NRC is not discriminatory. 8. Umar Khalid should be jail because...
9. Nobody planted evidence in Bheema Koregaon case.
10. Nobody killed Dhabolkar, Pansare, Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh.
11. Nobody is unemployed in India.
12. Muslims are Jihadis.
13. Sikhs are Khalistanis.
Jun 13, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
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Dear @INCIndia,
Uttarakhand gives you the option. It is now up to you to decide what you stand for.

Do you support an India that is pluralistic, diverse, secular, tolerant, and democratic?

And

Do you oppose a hateful, divisive, and homogeneous India? You may:

1. Organise meetings throughout the state to mobilise your cadre.
2. Talk to the people in the majority who are filled with hatred and try to fix them.
3. Hold road shows across the state with Muslim participation to demonstrate unity in diversity.
Jun 13, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
"What is happening in Uttarakhand is akin to Nazi Germany."

"No, it is similar to what happened to Kashmiri Pandits."

"Just like what happened to Sikhs in 1984 and Muslims in 2002."

"So you deny Kashmir?"

Nobody denies Kashmiri Pandits. The Sanghis are the worst...+++ Sanghis want the world to accept only their truth while rejecting everything else. Using Kashmiri Pandits as an excuse to commit atrocities and oppression against every minority, Dalit and Adivasi.
Kashmiri Pandits are merely a shield used to justify their sadism and bloodlust.
Jun 12, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
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What is happening to Muslims in Uttarakhand is no different than what happened to Jews in Nazi Germany.

1. The Muslim traders are given a deadline of 15th June to leave the state.

2. Rampant fear and hate mongering accompanied by Hate Speeches by Right Wing groups. 3. Right-wing organisations, which are scheduled to hold a mahapanchayat on June 15, said they will not allow the Muslims to hold their meeting on June 18.

4. On May 29, the Right Wingers attacked shops and establishments belonging to the Muslims.
Jun 11, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
Isn't this a humiliation of the entire Dalit community? Why is it still a thing to eat at a Dalit home, why shouldn't it be normal? It shows deeply ingrained casteism.

S Jaishankar should invite Dalits to his house for dinner and use his kitchen and utensils the next time. ++ Image + Even tweets and news articles like these should be punished severely by the law and classified as discrimination.

Why does it not bother people to read such news? This is both infuriating and perplexing.
Jun 9, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
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5 Irritating things about Umar Khalid:

1. "Hmm hmm" If he is listening to you, he will say "hmm hmm" at least 20-30 times per minute.
2. He has a habit of standing with one hand on his back, pressing down hard as if trying to straighten his back.
#1000DaysOfInjustice Image 3. Scholars cite sources in their books; he cites sources in casual conversations. Even if the subject is as stupid as Farts.
4. "However". Even when Umar agrees with you, he always manages to bring the conversation back to "However." (Those who know him understand what I mean.)
Jun 8, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
1. Manoj Sahni (53), the accused's name, is cleverly missing.

2. Saraswati Vaidya, his 36-year-old live-in partner, was murdered.

3. He dismembered her body with tree cutters in order to destroy evidence.+++ ImageImage 4. Police discovered three buckets filled with chopped body parts and blood inside the flat's kitchen.

5. The accused boiled her body parts in a pressure cooker before putting them in plastic bags to dispose of them.
May 9, 2023 10 tweets 2 min read
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Here's a question I'd ask if I were making Kerala Story. If you have an answer, please let me know.

Assuming I'm a recruiter for ISIS. Why would I want to recruit a Hindu girl into ISIS when there are millions of Muslim girls and boys to choose from? Shouldn't Muslims be the ideal candidate for any ISIS recruiter, and in 20 crore India Muslims, they couldn't find not more than 100? And then they thought If indoctrination isn't working on Indian Muslims, why not try it on Hindu girls? Do you see where I'm going with this?
May 7, 2023 13 tweets 3 min read
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The Kerala Story will almost certainly be a hit. However, it is not an organic hit, and neither was Kashmir Files. The PM is pushing this propaganda piece.

It will be a success if your marketer is the PM. And this is where Mr @IAmSudhirMishra assessment falls short.+++ While I initially agreed with Sudhir bhai that Liberals don't come to watch films made for them. I realised it was a shallow assessment.

We must recognise that we are up against a well-oiled behemoth known as Sangh Parivar. There are millions of moving parts in this machine.
Apr 24, 2023 28 tweets 6 min read
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This is the Jaipur-Delhi National Highway. And because Jaipur is my hometown and I grew up there, I must have performed Eid Namaz on this very road for at least 20 years.

A thread about how wonderful growing up was. LOCATION

This is the location on Google Maps; the entire area is known as Eidgah locally; as you can see in the right corner, there is an Idgah van vihar colony, and just above it is an Idgah Kachchi Basti.

The yellow road on the map is the national highway. Image
Apr 20, 2023 12 tweets 2 min read
Here is a timeline of the Naroda Gam riot case:

February 28, 2002: Eleven persons from Muslim community killed in violence in Naroda Gam area of Ahmedabad during the bandh call given by right-wing organisations a day after the Godhra train burning incident May 2009: Gujarat High Court designates S H Vora as judge for the Naroda Gam case trial.

May 2009: The Supreme Court-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) files a charge sheet against BJP leader Maya Kodnani, VHP leader Jaideep Patel, Babu Bajrangi and others.
Apr 19, 2023 12 tweets 3 min read
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A simple question: Have you ever seen such reporting in the case of a Savarna criminal/Mafia?

Never, is the answer. While we are aware of the Savarna mafia, thousands of them have committed heinous r@pes, murders, and extortions that are worse or equal to these criminals! ImageImage The issue can be divided into 4 parts.

Let us begin with the first section. Godi media reporters followed Atique's transfer from Gujarat to UP before he was murdered. In national media, jokes about "Kab Gaadi paltegi" were made. People were glued to their televisions.
Apr 11, 2023 29 tweets 6 min read
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It is time to remind the world about the heinous and barbaric Kathua rape case and these five -
1. Madhu Kishwar
2 G D Bakshi
3. Sonal Mansingh
4. Nupur Sharma
5. Sankrant Sanu
are the worst human specimens.

They are attempting to whitewash the rape and murder of Asifa.
Lets start with 6 names who are convicted in the case:
1. Sanji Ram
2. Deepak Khajuria
3. Surender Verma
4. Tilak Raj
5. Anand Dutta
6. Parvesh Kumar

Let me remind you, these people are not accused but rather convicted criminals.

Take a look at these animals.
Nov 15, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
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A Tale of Two Appalling Murders -

Aftab Poonawala K!lled Shraddha and cut her body into 35 pieces.

Shilpa Jhariya was K!llled by Abhijeet Patidar, who played it live on Instagram.

I shouldn't be writing this thread in a moral society, but I have to in India. +++ In both of these cases, men brutally murdered their girl friends.

In one case, the man attempted to avoid prosecution by concealing the truth from the public.

In the other case, the man brazenly announced the murder on social media and is still on the run from authorities.
Nov 4, 2022 9 tweets 3 min read
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According to the teaser for the film #TheKeralaStory, 32000 Hindu girls were converted to Islam and sold to ISIS.

And one wonders how to even begin to counter such obvious propaganda delivered by the most sophisticated propaganda delivery machine? ImageImageImageImage 1. The first obvious question is how they arrived at the figure 32,000. What is their source?

Journalists in any other democracy would be debunking these lies, but not in India. This claim would not be challenged by the lazy and sold-out media.