He did this with one of the poorest countries in the world. We haven't been able to achieve as much being one of the richest. Also he did it all in just 4 years before he was assassinated with CIA and French govt backing
-He vaccinated 2.5 million children against meningitis, yellow fever and measles in a matter of weeks.
– He initiated a nation-wide literacy campaign, increasing the literacy rate from 13% in 1983 to 73% in 1987.
– He planted over 10 million trees to prevent desertification
Oct 18, 2019 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
In her book 'The Capacity Contract' scholar Stacy Clifford Simplican makes this really beautiful distinction that I keep thinking off.
She says there are two different kinds of political communities. The first is the kind manifested in the politics of liberalism and anything to
its right called 'Communities of Strength'. This is basically a form of politics where you are valued because of some ability.
Because you are rich, or hardworking or because we believe your skin colour or religion makes you better at representing our values etc.
Jun 3, 2019 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
It doesnt matter if they stop Hindi from being compulsory 3rd language.
We want the two language policy in our state.
We want every language in the 8th schedule to be given the same position as Hindi.
We want to be able to speak our language in Lok Sabha without permission.
We want more languages to be added to 8th schedule so everyone can learn in the mother tongue, including every Adivasi language.
We want the same amount of government funding to be given to the protection and propagation of every language.
