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On 19th June 2020, Mr. P Jayaraj was arrested by the Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) police for violating lockdown rules by keeping their mobile accessories shop open till 8:15 pm when the curfew was of 8 pm. His son Bennix (who is mistakenly being called fenix) along with his friend went to the police station to see his dad where he found that the policemen were beating him. When he objected, he was brought inside for inquiry while his friend, a lawyer, was asked to stay outside.

Both Jayaraj and Bennix were beaten brutally at the police station for hours. His friend says that he heard nothing but their screams for three hours in the police station, he was not allowed to go inside. They were being thrashed and sexually assaulted. Their knees were smashed and their face was shoved into the wall as they were beaten. They were made to strip down and were hit by rods. Rods were inserted inside of them and their genitilia was subjected to torture. Advocate Manimaran, who moved their bail petition said that the father and son had been bleeding so profusely, that they had to change as many as six lungis as each one was drenched in blood. Both of them passed away in a hospital a couple of days later.

The officers claim that they arrested both of them together because they claimed they will “kill the police” when they were asked to shut down their shops, the eye witnesses disagree. They also said that they died due to “heart attack and fever”. The two police officers involved were suspended. Protests broke in Tamil Nadu by over a 1000 people demanding justice for Jayaraj and Bennix in which some TN politicians also participated, some of the protestors were arrested with the charge of violation of lockdown rules. The Madras High court has ordered an enquiry of the case and videographed postmortem of their bodies.The family of the victims are given Rs. 50 lakh and government jobs have been promised to the family members.

The worst part is that this case has not been given importance by the mainstream media all over the country. Suchitra, an RJ for mirchi tamil, made an IGTV video about this in english because of which the case came into the knowledge of most north indians. It was treated as just another running news in the mainstream hindi/english new channels. We need to talk about this, we need to bring justice to them and their family because this is not the first time this has happened and if we don’t speak up, this will not be the last time. None of us are strangers to the fact that this actually happens alot. In fact, it has been so normalized that we even see it in mainstream movies and tv shows. You can get tortured, rape and killed in police custody in india even if you are innocent. Things are worse if you are poor, dark skinned, trans, dalit, or a part of any other minority group. And honestly, there is no guarantee that you, the one reading this, will never fall victim to it if you live in india. So please, talk about this, sign petitions, organize protests, do whatever you can to help and bring justice to them and the thousand others who have faced this for we the people possess the capability to change the system, we just have to take the first step.

turing-tested

*touches the leafs of plants inside buildings to see if they're real or not*

lecha02

black friday really did say “capitalism bad”

yeehawladsssss-deactivated20211

So I saw Knives Out

stevenrogered

Taika Waititi has made Oscars history.

At the 92nd Academy Awards, the “Jojo Rabbit” writer-director-actor took the prize for adapted screenplay. This makes Waititi the first person of Māori descent to win an Oscar. He was the first ever indigenous person to be nominated in the category. (x)

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In case anyone hasn’t heard JRRT himself reading Theoden’s epic lines at the Battle of Pelennor Fields, here’s how it should be done :)

I always love how expressive he is when reading things aloud.

underlandwarrior

Practical, not sexist or supposed-to-look-hot female armor which actually protects you.

systlin

Look.

Look at the lack of tit cups.

mama-sass

Bonus:

roachpatrol

argument: captain phasma’s armor is supposed to look hot. but, this is the crucial thing, it looks hot from the point of view of the character herself, and makes perfect sense in the context of the story.

“Phasma had the armor polished in chromium, which had been salvaged from a Naboo yacht that had once belonged to Emperor Palpatine of the Galactic Empire, the First Order’s precursor.”

phasma has spent like all her life in the first order, as a storm trooper. you ask any storm trooper ‘what would be the sexiest possible modification to your armor’ and none of them are going to say ‘cut a boob window’ they’re gonna say ‘plate it with something HARDCORE’.

after they finish high-fiving, they will probably add, ‘AND STICK A CAPE ON.’

victoriancuddler

#other hot thing about phasma armour: #Gwendolyn Christie is inside (via @holdbeast)

chirrutbaze

a good thing has appeared on my dash!!!

sithrightsactivist

also, ask a stormtrooper what they really, really want, and they might glance around a bit before saying, “individuality”

no one else looks like phasma, and for a stormtrooper, that’s pretty amazing.

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Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (dir. Hitesh Kewalya, 2020)

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fully forgot that frodo is the one who calls boromir out for throwing the stone into the lake outside moria tho. frodo’s like WHY would you do that! quit it!! & then like 5 minutes later the tentacle beast tries to eat him. boromir’s just there, sweating

linguisticparadox

Borimir: I hate this place! Fuck that water! It makes me nervous! *throws rock*

Frodo: DO YOU WANT SOMETHING TO COME KILL US? IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?? YOU WANT A WATERY GRAVE?

*later*

Frodo, scrabbling at the ground as the tentacles pull him in: BOROMIR YOU BETTER PRAY THIS THING KILLS ME

pippinstook

Little Women (2019) has the same emotional vibes as Pride and Prejudice (2005) and that’s the facts.

comradekatara

okay but imagine you’ve just tentatively made some new friends, but not everyone in that friend group likes you. one of them has made it pretty clear that they don’t trust you as far as they could throw you, and does nothing but mock you viciously. another is treating you a bit more like a human being, but he still takes it upon himself to constantly tease and provoke you because he knows that you have no right to retaliate. you’re hardly friends, but it’s not, like, on sight beef either. uncomfortable acquantances. then, for some convoluted reason, suddenly you’re on a road trip together. just the two of you. it’s suuuuuper awkward, because are you just supposed to not talk for hours?? you make some small talk about the weather, and you’re both painfully aware of how uncomfortable and stilted the conversation is. eventually, the conversation gets a bit more personal, and you tell him about your family. it’s clear he’s actually listening, and being really nice, actually, all things considered. and then he tells you his first girlfriend turned into the moon. quick—what do you say?

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-Always carry a scarf/handkerchief with you. In case of tear gas, cover your mouth and nose with it, tying it behind your head.

-Lemon and water with sodium bicarbonate do wonders helping with tear gas, when its only tear gas. Bite the lemon and sprinkle your face with the water with sodium bicarbonate(the proportion is about 1 lt with 10 tbsps, tho it can change).

- They may/probably may start adding shit to make it more dangerous. In that case, milk of magnesia with water will work instead of the sodium bicarbonate.

-If you get gassed, dont rub your eyes. It gets worse.

-The water spray thing hurts like heck. Stay away from it.

-They may start mixing the water of those spray cars with irritating, toxic shit. Dont touch it.

-When protesting, NEVER GO ALONE.

-CHECK YOUR SURROUNDINGS FOR COPS AND EMERGENCY EXITS.

-Dont ever trust cops.

-Keep yourselves as informed as posible. Take everything you see on tv with a grain of salt.

-Dont forget selfcare. This is crucial. If its bothering you, talk about it. If you need a break, take it. Its draining.

-If you cant go to protest because anxiety/health problems/family situations/etc, dont feel bad. Situation must be pretty darn stressful as it is.

Atte, a fellow chilean whos standing with you.

nan-drw

This is not the India Mahatma Gandhi dreamt of when he began his Satyagraha.

This is not the India Babasaheb Ambedkar envisioned when he drafted the constitution.

AND this is definitely NOT the India I was born in!

These people, who claim to be the leaders of this once thriving nation, have managed to systematically annihilate the very spirit of its existence and democracy.

It all started out very normal, in 2014, the year BJP came into power and Narendra Modi took centre stage as Prime Minister, with a promise of 'good days'.

I don't know if the 'good days' ever arrived, but I made several observations.

Modi (of course) dished out a few fancy schemes. Mob lynchings and minority persecution became common. About 20 billion dollars were spent on foreign visits. The economy dwindled. Random rants about Pakistan. Demonetisation. Women were (are) being brutally raped and murdered. Laws were arbitrarily amended for the worse. Filmmakers were accused of 'hurting the Hindu sentiments' when it was clearly not the case. History textbooks and names of cities were changed for no reason. Farmers commited suicide. An entire state was detained. More rants about Pakistan. Detention camps (!) were built. Peaceful protestors were beaten black and blue. Politicians who opposed the government were (are) trolled for no reason. Pushing for a One-Party system. And worst of all, the media either slept through all of it, or was busy putting the central government on a pedestal for no apparent reason or achievement. Journalists who tried questioning the government were shot.

Despite all this, they got re-elected in the centre once again in 2019 and this time all hell broke loose, for the public could now see them for who they were, anti-democratic, anti-secular, extremist, divisive, Islamophobic, fascist brats!

In December 2019, the Citizenship Amendment Bill (now law) was passed. This law provides citizenship to anyone identified as being in India illegally, if they are from a non-muslim community (Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Christians, Parsis, Buddhists) and originally from Pakistan, Bangladesh or Afghanistan. This act, clubbed with the National Register of Citizens is dangerous. Under NRC+CAA, millions of people have to present documents proving their Indian citizenship. If you're from a non muslim community and you do not have the required documents, then chill, you'll still be 'Indian'. But if you're a Muslim, you immediately lose your citizenship due to CAA and will be either deported or sent to detention camps. They carried out NRC in Assam and about 19 lakh people lost their Indian citizenship and were sent to concentration camps.

Also, it's not just about the Muslims. Think of the poor people. The illiterate people. The destitutes. The transgenders. The tribals. The people who DO NOT wish to be associated with any religion i.e. athiests. There are so many more.

Some of you might say, so what? Just show the documents and get it done, simple! NO. IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE. IT'S NOT SIMPLE WHEN YOU HAVE TO PRESENT 60-70 YEAR OLD DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO PROVE YOUR INDIANNESS. Also, do you REALLY think that every person carries the birth certificates, insurance policies and other documents of their ancestors? Think again.

I am a Muslim and I'm scared. For the first time in my life; I'm scared to be in my own skin, of my own identity. I'm afraid of calling myself an Indian. The possible outcomes of the implementation of NRC+CAA makes me shiver. Who knows, I'll be gone from the face of the earth. Or left to rot in a detention camp? Or something else?

Remember the last time concentration camps were built?I don't think I need to remind you of it.

BJP is a fascist part which rose to power largely because of its favour of 'Hindutva' and follows the ideologies of the RSS. This includes the building of a Hindu state. A quick google search will tell you how impressed the RSS leaders and BJP fathers were with Hitler and supported his Nazi system.

These new laws are eerily similar to the Nuremberg laws and Reich Citizenship laws of Nazi Germany, which dictated who all were eligible to be Reich citizens. It excluded Jews, the same way the CAA excludes Muslims. All of it was done (is being done) legally following constitutional norms by those in power. The Nuremberg laws were, in many ways, the beginnings of Genocide against the Jews.

With the Citizenship Amendment Act, Modi and Co. Is trying to bring the system in India too. It's a step towards their dream of a 'Hindu state'. The act is fundamentally discriminatory in nature, undermines the constitutional right to equality and discriminates on the grounds of religion. Also, now that everyone is after NRC CAA, nobody is asking the real questions, about the state of the economy, the rising prices, the never ending crimes against women...the list goes on.

A genocide against the Muslims is well underway in India.

Ever since the bill was passed by the parliament, students of the Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi have been actively involved in peacefully protesting against it. They've been joined by students from educational institutions all over India, plus the general public, who understand what this new law really is. The BJP has been trying hard to stop and discredit these protestors. The police, acting on Modi and Co's orders is resorting to extreme violence in order to stop the students and protestors. The police have open fired on the students, molested the female ones, sprayed tear gas and beaten students mercilessly(many have ended up in hospitals with broken bones, injuries, one guy lost an eye). They are provoking the peaceful protestors to resort to violence and then putting them in jail for crimes they did not commit. BJP, and their blind supporters (bhakts) are spreading fake news through their social media and labelling the protestors terrorists. The government has shut down internet and other modes of communication in several parts of the country, the whole state of Assam has blacked out. We don't know what's happening there.

Now we understand what Kashmiris have been going through. Cut out from the rest of the world (since almost 140 days, a record for any democracy), under constant watch of the military, stripped off their basic human rights and what not!? We are sorry Kashmir, we failed you.

I salute the protestor's spirits, they haven't lost hopes or taken backfoot because of the violence instigated against them by the police; they've stuck to their cause and are responding with almost superhuman strength! I pray for them all day.

If you are reading this, please spread this! Tell about the situation of India to everyone. Raise awareness. Be respectful in disagreements but demolish opposing arguments using pure logic. Stand united! If you can, participate in the protests. If you're already doing it, kudos to you! Remember, DO NOT RESORT TO VIOLENCE. If you're outside India, please help us and tell people about this state of affairs in India. Educate people about the ill effects of this law. Please! I request you please help us! We need to show these fascists the power of the people. We cannot just silently stand by as Modi and Co make a joke of our constitution and morals! This cannot, and should not continue!!! This is not about being a Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Sikh or Jain or Parsi, it's not even about being political, it's about being an Indian! It's about being a human.

....And now, coming to the Ostriches, those who have their heads buried in the ground, those who are pretending there's nothing wrong happening in the country right now, those who think that NRC+CAB are not anti-national, those who are still supporting the BJP, those who are silent because they don't want to make political statements, I have only one thing to say to you; when we are silenced, I hope you regret being silent.

From the Quran-

And never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them for a day when all the eyes will stare, in horror...