23-9-1947
MKG:
I am told there are still left 18,000 Hindus n Sikhs in Rawalpindi, n 30,000 in Wah Camp. I w/repeat my advice that they should all be prepared to die rather than leave their homes...Then there will be no abductions and no forcible conversions.
Gandhiji's Advice to Sind Hindus:
..you s/suffer bravely, but non-violently unto death.
But if u can't...only safe course is migration..(for) all Hindus n other non-Muslims.
Harijan: 25-5-1947
Mar 6, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
6 Mar 2017
Joyeeta Basu:
The “liberal” angst abt debate being stifled w/hv been credible if they were not:
- speaking from every platform possible that they were not being allowed to speak
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as intolerant of dissent as they say their opponents are;
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Joyeeta Basu:
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much more contemptuous of their opponents..in firm belief they are superior n are entitled to “their” turf... There is no room for disagreement there...(their) hypocrisy is so stark n examples of selective outrage are so many..
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Mar 5, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
MJA (5 Mar 2016):
When free India’s first Constitution became the law of the land in 1950, it included an article treating freedom of speech and of expression as a basic right.
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The very first amendment to that text, passed by the republic’s founding fathers in 1951, added “reasonable restrictions” to the free-speech clause, partly in order to protect the “security of the state.”
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by govt of JL Nehru - THE LeLi Godfather!
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विश्वनाथ सचदेव:
हमारे नेताओं को अच्छी तरह समझ लेनी चाहिए कि सरकार राष्ट्र का पर्याय नहीं होती। जनतंत्र में जनता सरकार चुनती है कामकाज चलाने के लिए। और चुनी हुई सरकार को यह भी मानना चाहिए कि जिस जनता ने उसे चुना है, वह अपना भला-बुरा समझने में समर्थ है।
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देश को तोड़ने-बांटने की आज़ादी किसी को नहीं दी जा सकती, लेकिन असहमति जताने का अधिकार सबको है। विद्यार्थियों को अपनी बात कहने और दूसरे की बात को सुनने की आवश्यकता भी महसूस करनी होगी और इसकी आदत भी डालनी होगी।
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Mar 4, 2023 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Supreme Court of India thru its judgment dated March 2, 2023, adopted mantle of Constituent Assembly, n effectively re-wrote certain provisions of Constitution. SC ordered that new rules be followed pertaining to appointment of ECs. indianexpress.com/article/opinio…
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Justifying it, Court stated that such rules are required to tackle “lacuna” in regulations pertaining to this subject. However, if we take a closer look at the reasoning of SC vs law, it is evident Court has acted in blatant disregard of doctrine of separation of powers.
Mar 4, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
While formation of expert committee..may assuage the concerns of some, it also raises troubling questions. indianexpress.com/article/opinio…
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If SC has in the past said that it does not want to cast any doubt on SEBI, why, then, did it go ahead and constitute an expert committee? Doesn’t its very formation cast aspersions on SEBI’s investigation and invite doubts about its ability?
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