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The one thing they really don’t prepare you for in your 20’s is how good playing house feels with your romantic partners feels and how it’s VERY DANGEROUS
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The Union government has told the Delhi High Court that the century-old Qadeemi Masjid, located within the Krishi Bhawan compound in New Delhi, must be removed to make way for the redevelopment of Common Central Secretariat (CCS) under the Central Vista project. The government argues that the Masjid is “impermissible and incompatible with the secular character of government property”.
The Modi government inaugurated the Central Vista project with a Bhoomi Pooja. Apparently, secularism is not offended by the use of one faith’s rituals for a public project, but is allergic to a masjid that has stood there even before 1912, long before Krishi Bhawan was even built.
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"Workers of the World, Unite!" - A portrait of Karl Marx, surrounded by verses from the Koran supporting the oppressed. Artist: Hassan Musa. Sudan, 2012.
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the trinity syndrome: a film trope where a female character spends her life mastering her skills, is portrayed as exceptionally capable, only for “the chosen one” to be some guy
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Sharjeel Imam’s argument is basically this: Indian Muslims don’t necessarily need a separate country, but they need a constitutional system that actually guarantees them political power, representation and equality.
He revisits Jinnah, but revisiting Jinnah doesn’t automatically mean demanding Pakistan. There’s a difference between asking for a separate country and asking for constitutional reforms within the country you already live in.
The real question he raises is: Does India’s current constitutional framework give Muslims genuine political representation and a fair share in power, or is secularism just a promise on paper?
You can disagree with his argument. But first, understand what he’s actually proposing instead of blindly equating every criticism of the Constitution with separatism.
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Do read this achingly beautiful essay, a memoir of coming of age as a Muslim in a country that lost its way
I teared up often while reading of the daily humiliations that are now so routine
I hope one day we are able to rebuild an India that Asad deserves
thequint.com/news/politics/j…
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Aristotle says that arguing with random people is a waste of time because the average person doesn't know how to argue and therefore will not help you become better at it (let alone help you clarify a point). A nice thought to post on the "argue with random people" app.
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He was in Denmark, and his time at IIT Bombay might have been for an internship or a student exchange. Had he continued on that path, by now he could easily have been a millionaire, living in a multimillion-dollar home somewhere in San Francisco, enjoying the life that so many of us dream of.
But you know what made him leave all of that behind and choose a Master's at JNU? His love for the people. His people. The people of India. His countrymen.
He radicalised himself from a point where no one from the comfort would look back once, not even me!
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Disenfranchisement is real - Jean Dreze and Yogendra Yadav respond to Surjit Bhalla and set the facts straight on SIR.
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People don’t take into account that Umar-Sharjeel-Kanhaiya et al took on this Govt. when it was at its strongest (2 yrs. into power & the entire country drunk on faux nationalism).
Not taking anything away from Neha, Dipke etc. but they fight a stale Govt. losing trust rapidly.






































