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[fuckthisshit-ugh]

manipur is a northeastern state in india with two main communities in conflict, the meiteis (valley-dwelling majority, largely hindu) and the kuki-zo (hill-dwelling tribal communities, largely christian). conflict between them erupted in may 2023 over tribal status and land rights and has never really stopped.

on april 7 this year, a bomb went off at a civilian house in bishnupur district at 1am, killing two children: a five year old boy and a five month old infant girl, and critically injuring their mother. their father is a bsf (border security force) soldier. meitei groups blamed kuki fighters, kuki groups said they didn't do it. what followed was: around 500 angry protesters stormed a nearby crpf camp (central reserve police force, a paramilitary unit), and police open fired, killing two more protesters and injuring 31 others with gunshots. internet was shut down across five valley districts. curfew was imposed. and then, as it has happened so many times before with manipur, the news cycle moved on.

this conflict has been going on since may 2023. over 50,000 people remain displaced, living in relief camps with limited access to healthcare, sanitation, and food. the state has effectively been split in two, meiteis on one side, kuki-zo communities on the other, with no real dialogue between them and no resolution in sight. at least 44 people have been killed in armed clashes in manipur in 2026 alone. the government's response has consistently been internet shutdowns, curfews, and silence from the top. modi had very little to say about manipur throughout all of this.

isn't a government's most basic job to protect its people and resolve conflicts within its own borders? why has it continued to remain silent on this? they act as if they're not answerable to the people who elected them.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

tw // forced displacement, state violence, destruction of indigenous land

there is something happening in madhya pradesh (india) right now that not many people are talking about.

it's called the ken-betwa river linking project. ₹44,605 crore (40 million USD). india's first ever river interlinking project.

the project is being built inside the panna tiger reserve. to make way for the daudhan dam, over 6,000 hectares of protected forest land will be submerged. 12,000 trees have already been felled inside the reserve. estimates for the total number of trees that will be destroyed across the project range from 2.3 million to 6 million. the supreme court's own central empowered committee flagged this. the panna tiger reserve had tigers declared locally extinct in 2005. it took years of work to bring them back. the project will now drown the habitat that recovery was built on. it also threatens the ken gharial (crocodile) sanctuary and critical vulture nesting sites downstream.

22 villages are directly affected in the first phase alone. over 7,000 families. gond and kol adivasi (tribal) communities who have lived on this land for generations, whose entire existence — food, income, culture, identity — is tied to jal, jangal, zameen — water, forest, land. they are being told to leave.

most families have rejected the rehabilitation package. the compensation is below market rate, surveys have discrepancies, and many families have received nothing at all. homes have been demolished during the monsoon season. people are living in the open, in the rain. there are videos of a tribal family sitting among the rubble of their home circulating on social media. the administration says precautions were take but families say they were inside when the walls came down.

when they protested, the government of india filed false criminal cases against them. cut off electricity to villages. demolished schools. and then, on july 19 at 5am, police moved in and forcibly broke up a 17-day sit-in on the banks of the barana river. the protest leader amit bhatnagar, who had been on hunger strike for 11 days, was taken away. the police say he was hospitalised because his health "worsened." (exactly what happened with sonam wangchuk) the protesters say he was detained before he could speak to the media about alleged corruption of ₹400 crore (4 million USD) in the project. the protesters' slogan was: nyay do, ya maar do — give us justice, or kill us.

this is being done in the name of providing water to bundelkhand, a drought-prone region. that's a real problem that deserves a real solution. but the people being displaced are asking something reasonable: show us the surveys. pay us fair rates. give us land for land, not just cash. consult our gram sabhas the way the law requires.

india has some of the most biodiverse forests on earth. the adivasi communities who have protected that land for centuries are not obstacles to development. they are the reason any of it still exists. and they are being evicted, intimidated and arrested so a dam can be built inside a tiger reserve that the government's own courts said should not be touched.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

another good news, amit bhatnagar, who has led a six year campaign on behalf of families affected by the ken-betwa river linking project in bundelkhand, ended his 18 day hunger strike after the chhatarpur district administration agreed to order a fresh verification of affected families' rehabilitation and compensation. that said, stay vigilant. we'll still loose around 2.3-6 million trees amidst a climate crisis.

this government has a history of making just enough concessions to take the wind out of a movement and then going back to business as usual the moment the cameras look away. watch what they actually do, not what they promise. keep the pressure on. keep going.

[loveridden1999]

i need indian youth to remember this anger and hold on to it and make sure that this time you stand up for muslims, dalits, trans community, framers, manipur and student activists the same way next time. now that you've seen how barbaric our police is, always remember that its first victim is minorities & it is our responsibility to let them know that we will not let that happen. when they come for them you stop the ball there itself.

[tiredguyswag]

dont get me wrong, its great that pradhan resigned and all, but i cant help but think that the only reason that this protest reached its (toothless) goal is because of how a lot of the people involved in it and heading it were privileged UC/middle-class people who although politically opposed to BJP were ideologically aligned with it. thats the only reason their voices were heard, that it was so widely televised in comparison to the trans bill protests or ken-batwa etc. this protest was just a drop in the ocean compared to the CAA NRC protests and farmers protests and what have you. his resignation was dipke's only goal, and the only reason a lot of the involved students spoke up is to get the situation back to the status quo. i hope you all remember that the education system in india needs radical change. the entire system of neet and competitive exams is flawed. and the resignation of dharmendra pradhan is in the end simply to appease, it does not contribute much to any meaningful, necessary radical change.

dont stop fighting.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

mohammed junaid was feeding and distributing water to protesters at jantar mantar every day, abhijeet dipke touched his feet in gratitude on camera. and the government sent uttar pradesh police to raid his family home, detained his father, his minor brother, and relatives in meerut, and seized his family's aadhaar cards and bank passbooks. he did nothing but feed hungry students, and this is what happened to his family. this is not okay. this is not a democracy functioning as it should. this is a government using innocent families as a leverage to silence people.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

HE RESIGNED

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

there is still the matter of compensation for the families of the 20 students who died by suicide during this period left to be addressed. the government has yet to answer for the students and people who were beaten up very badly during the protest as well.

but a win is a win

tysm everyone who fought and i hope we'll continue fighting like so.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

HE RESIGNED

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

delhi police have set up checkpoints 5km from jantar mantar to stop people from reaching the protest. they are blocking food from getting through. people across india had been sending food to the protestors through online portals or in person and that has been shut down too now.

this is happening while protests are simultaneously erupting in pune, lucknow, amritsar, hyderabad, bangalore, jaipur, mumbai and dozens of districts across india. tens of thousands of people on the streets. france 24 and cnn have called this the biggest protest movement against this government in years.

the government itself has clarified that these protests have no outside forces or foreign interference involved, this is entirely student-led, entirely about exam paper leaks and a minister who refuses to resign. so if there are no outside forces, no foreign hand, no terrorist links, then why are students being treated like this? why is a sit-in being met with baton charges, tear gas, a 21 year old in the icu, internet shutdowns in a 1.5km radius, 17 metro stations closed, facial recognition running on crowds, food being blocked, and nsa powers, laws designed for national security threats, being activated against people, against students?

article 19 of the indian constitution guarantees every citizen the right to peaceful assembly. a government that starves protesters out, shuts their internet, tracks their faces, and threatens them is not protecting order. it is protecting itself.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

one thing these protest notions and news did in enlightening me is how a huge number of GenZ population is uncertain about thier future. we are scared of dreaming too big atp. we just want peace amongst people and a survivalble planet. it feels depressing because those were not the dreams people of older generations used to have at our age

idk how to feel about all these because as hopeful i feel for these movement and however fortunate i am to be a part of this (indirectly for now, I've not joined the protests physically yet), can we really expect these power and money greedy people currently handling our entire country, to change?

a prominent change in the whole industry and system is severely needed.

We need more educated and less criminal minded politicians and ministers. We need people who build companies to benefit the society and not to just be rich by unfair means like tax evasion. We need to be that generation that puts making things better before our own happiness and lives and however immense that pressure feels, if it's not now it's never.

The reason I'm writing this message is solely to ask for a few words of hope and assurance that things will be right and WE WILL make things right.

please give these (me included) cockroaches some pieces of hope.

of course we can.

i was 11 when modi came to power. at 14 i was already asking why we elected someone without a proper education over someone with a degree from cambridge. i kept asking questions. for years i watched things get ignored: farmers dying by suicide, manipur burning, unemployment hitting record highs, trans rights threatened, manipulated media, bulldozer politics, rupee falling, religious hate.

but look at right now.

this is the biggest youth protest india has seen in decades. and what's shifted isn't just the politics, it's the people around me. friends who were hardcore right leaning are commenting under modi's posts calling him out. people who bullied my friends in college for being left leaning are now standing on the same side.

about the dream gap, it is depressing but that's the hand we've been dealt, and that's what we have to work with. more and more problems have famously led to big big revolutions.

will this specific protest force pradhan to resign tomorrow? i don't know. but nobody who watched these last few weeks is going to forget it when they're standing in a voting booth. this protest has raised doubt and doubt leads to questions which this government is famous for avoiding. we've already seen the shift. it's shaky, yes. but it's real. we do need a lot of changes but changes only happen when people speak up.

keep talking. keep questioning. even when it feels pointless. i did it for years and i'm here watching the same people who once made fun of me start sharing the same opinions. if it happened once it'll happen again. and again. and again.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

please read this even if you're not indian. especially if you're not indian.

you've seen the jokes. india is "dirty", indians are "everywhere", why don't they fix their own country. ok. let me tell you why, and what's happening right now while nobody's watching.

first, the history you skipped: britain ruled india for two centuries and drained it. economist utsa patnaik's research estimates around $45 trillion in today's money was taken. the india that got independence in 1947 was one of the poorest countries on earth. every "why is india like this" question starts there. you don't get to profit off a robbery and then mock the crime scene.

now, what's happening RIGHT NOW:

in may the question paper for NEET leaked. that's the national medical entrance exam. over 2.2 million students took it. cancelled. years of studying, families' savings poured into coaching, gone overnight because someone sold the paper. students died by suicide after. these were kids who wanted to be doctors.

and out of that came a protest movement. a gen z group called the cockroach janta party, started by a 30 year old named abhijeet dipke, got 22 million instagram followers within DAYS. they've been doing a sit-in at jantar mantar in delhi demanding education minister dharmendra pradhan resign.

and then there's sonam wangchuk. if you've watched 3 idiots, he's the real engineer the character was based on. built solar schools in ladakh. invented ice stupas so himalayan villages have water. spent his whole life on education. he's 59 and he's been on hunger strike for 17+ days now. reporters went to see him this week and he was too weak to talk. and the troll armies are calling him "anti national" and "foreign funded". a man starving himself for other people's children. that's the thing here, anyone who asks a question is suddenly a traitor.

it's not one incident, it's everywhere you look:

• infrastructure worth thousands of crores failing within months of the ribbon cutting. tunnels collapsing in regions where heavy rain is a guarantee, not a surprise.

• youth unemployment near 10% for ages 15 to 29, 13.6% in cities. in a country of 1.42 billion where more than half the population is young.

• only about the top 3% of indians earn above 10 lakh a year. meanwhile billionaire wealth keeps ballooning and the headlines celebrate it.

• manipur burned for over two years. an ethnic conflict, tens of thousands displaced, and the prime minister barely said the word manipur while it happened.

• journalists raided. critics' houses bulldozed. activists sitting in jail for years without trial under laws like UAPA. our press freedom ranking has cratered.

• even the petrol is a fight now, ethanol blending pushed through while drivers complain about their engines and get no straight answers.

and through all of it, the PM, who came to power on religious polarisation (americans, sound familiar?), travels abroad for photo ops and has not held one single open press conference in over a decade. not one.

what i'm asking:

if you're not indian: share this. our media mostly won't cover any of it because the big outlets are owned by the same billionaires the government serves. the only reason wangchuk's fast is getting any coverage is people refusing to look away.

if you ARE indian: speak up even if you're comfortable. especially if you're comfortable. join the protests. add to this, correct me, translate it. staying quiet is a choice when nothing in this post touches your life.

india is not "dirty". india was robbed, and it's being robbed again, from the inside this time. but it's also the country where a 59 year old will starve for strangers' kids and 22 million young people will rally behind a party literally named after cockroaches, because cockroaches survive everything.

we can still save her. but only loudly.

reblog. share. don't scroll past.

[tomorrowwithme]

Aamir Khan has denied over the years that Sonam Wangchuk was the inspiration behind Phungsuk Wangdu character. Nadda feeding Mr. Wangchuk. Religious polarisation? What was Pakistan made for then? Shits and giggles? Really funny how Indian left twists history to make their claims palatable to the American audience.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

actors can say whatever they want years later, their word isn't absolute. 3 idiots literally ends at sonam wangchuk's school, with phunsukh wangdu revealed as a scientist and educator in ladakh. it's pretty obvious his work inspired parts of the character, even if he wasn't the only inspiration. i could make a film clearly inspired by someone and later deny it too, but people have eyes. and none of that changes what sonam wangchuk has actually done for education and science.

as for nadda "feeding" him... wangchuk ended his 26-day fast because the government agreed to key conditions, including that peaceful student protesters wouldn't face retaliation. he's 59. after nearly a month without food, i was relieved he finally broke his fast.

and pakistan being created in 1947 doesn't make religious polarisation in india any less of a problem. partition happened because british india was divided into india and pakistan after years of political conflict, communal violence, and the muslim league's demand for a separate state. india didn't become a hindu state, it adopted a secular constitution, and tens of millions of muslims remained in india as equal citizens. that's the country it chose to be.

which is exactly why it's worth pointing out when religion becomes a central part of electoral politics. the bjp has longstanding ideological ties to the rss, a hindu nationalist organisation, and over the last decade issues like the ram mandir, the caa/nrc debate, and repeated hindu-muslim rhetoric have become major political flashpoints. you don't have to agree with me on everything to acknowledge that religion plays a much bigger role in politics today than it should in a secular republic. i've seen the effects myself in udaipur, where even rumours involving religion can escalate into mobs and property being destroyed. pointing that out isn't rewriting history.

[tomorrowwithme]

The counter argument to your last paragraph is that the Muslim League very much saw the secular Indian National Congress as the "Hindu nationalist" party. Tens of millions of Hindus also remained in Pakistan and Bangladesh, yet look at the radically different trajectories of both countries. Since before Indian independence, RSS was in the margins, Hindu Mahasabha was nearly irrelevant. After independence, Jana Sangh founded by Syamaprasad Mukherjee was a "rebellion party" with little national relevance. BJP was born after the 1970s. Opposition to Babur's mausoleum has been centuries old, predating Indian independence too by decades. CAA is a law that fast-tracks the citizenship process of people who fled from Pakistan and Bangladesh before 2014 and still haven't got Indian citizenship. The fast-tracking cuts the process to five years, for everyone else seeking Indian citizenship, it's ten years. NRC is a registry of citizens. You can oppose biometric screening if you're fundamentally against government and fear surveillance, but Bangladesh, believe it or not, also has an equivalent of NRC. They've had their system for years. Why do you oppose the same for India? Why do you, in fact, think that it's completely okay for Pakistan snd Bangladesh to be constitutionally Islamic states which relegate non-Muslims into second class citizens, barring them equal citizenship status, yet India, that hasn't even remotely done half as bad things, is uniquely "religiously polarised"? What you have is a confirmation bias. You have no other point of reference, so you simplify these big, structural, historical issues by reducing them to your anecdotal experiences.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

you're arguing against positions i never took.

i never said pakistan or bangladesh are models to follow. they're both deeply flawed, and discrimination against religious minorities there is wrong. criticising religious majoritarianism in those countries doesn't stop me from criticising it in india too.

and yes, the muslim league viewed congress as a "hindu" party. that doesn't change the fact that independent india consciously chose to be a secular republic rather than define citizenship by religion. that's the standard i'm holding it to. our constitution is the standard im holding on to.

i also never said the rss created partition. i said the bjp has longstanding ideological ties to the rss, and that religion has become increasingly central to electoral politics in recent years. whether it's speeches invoking hindu-muslim divisions, the political symbolism around the ram mandir, or debates surrounding the caa and nrc, religion is undeniably a major part of political mobilisation today. you can argue that's justified or necessary, but it's hard to argue it isn't happening.

and no, i'm not saying "india is uniquely religiously polarised." i'm saying it's becoming more religiously polarised than it should be for a secular republic. those are two completely different claims. pointing out problems in pakistan or bangladesh doesn't make problems in india disappear. we should be able to expect better from all three.

you're just getting angry at things i never said?

[tomorrowwithme]

I'm not angry at all? I don't perceive any anger in my tone. In fact, I even understand where you're coming from. And yes, your feelings are valid in this regard. I just found it amusing how you're trying to frame your post to an international audience, who probably have no idea of the history in the Indian subcontinent, simplified terms that erase critical context. If you were trying to imply that "Hindu nationalism" is comparable to the Mike Pence type of Christian evangelical nationalism, that, by the way, has historically reduced women's rights and other civil liberties, conjured biblical justifications to the bombing of Iraq, siphoned millions of dollars into destroying Latin America etc., because to you religious nationalism in U.S and India are similar enough, then I implore you to start reading books.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

i wasn't trying to erase context. obviously i couldn't fit the entire political history of the subcontinent into a tumblr post. my goal was to generate an interest in the history itself so they could go look it up. and many people did tell me they're interested in knowing more.

my goal wasn't to say "india = america" or that hindu nationalism is identical to american evangelical nationalism. they're different movements with different histories. the comparison was about the political use of religion as a tool for mobilisation, not that they're literally the same phenomenon with the same outcomes.

the reason i wrote the post at all is because i felt like hardly anyone outside india was talking about what was happening. indian media coverage of issues like the neet paper leak protests, sonam wangchuk's fast, and student demonstrations was far more limited than the attention given to many other stories, and i wanted people who don't follow indian politics to know these things were happening.

you're free to disagree with my conclusions, but i don't think it's fair to say i was deliberately erasing history or misleading people. i was trying to explain current events to an audience that otherwise wouldn't hear about them at all.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

please read this even if you're not indian. especially if you're not indian.

you've seen the jokes. india is "dirty", indians are "everywhere", why don't they fix their own country. ok. let me tell you why, and what's happening right now while nobody's watching.

first, the history you skipped: britain ruled india for two centuries and drained it. economist utsa patnaik's research estimates around $45 trillion in today's money was taken. the india that got independence in 1947 was one of the poorest countries on earth. every "why is india like this" question starts there. you don't get to profit off a robbery and then mock the crime scene.

now, what's happening RIGHT NOW:

in may the question paper for NEET leaked. that's the national medical entrance exam. over 2.2 million students took it. cancelled. years of studying, families' savings poured into coaching, gone overnight because someone sold the paper. students died by suicide after. these were kids who wanted to be doctors.

and out of that came a protest movement. a gen z group called the cockroach janta party, started by a 30 year old named abhijeet dipke, got 22 million instagram followers within DAYS. they've been doing a sit-in at jantar mantar in delhi demanding education minister dharmendra pradhan resign.

and then there's sonam wangchuk. if you've watched 3 idiots, he's the real engineer the character was based on. built solar schools in ladakh. invented ice stupas so himalayan villages have water. spent his whole life on education. he's 59 and he's been on hunger strike for 17+ days now. reporters went to see him this week and he was too weak to talk. and the troll armies are calling him "anti national" and "foreign funded". a man starving himself for other people's children. that's the thing here, anyone who asks a question is suddenly a traitor.

it's not one incident, it's everywhere you look:

• infrastructure worth thousands of crores failing within months of the ribbon cutting. tunnels collapsing in regions where heavy rain is a guarantee, not a surprise.

• youth unemployment near 10% for ages 15 to 29, 13.6% in cities. in a country of 1.42 billion where more than half the population is young.

• only about the top 3% of indians earn above 10 lakh a year. meanwhile billionaire wealth keeps ballooning and the headlines celebrate it.

• manipur burned for over two years. an ethnic conflict, tens of thousands displaced, and the prime minister barely said the word manipur while it happened.

• journalists raided. critics' houses bulldozed. activists sitting in jail for years without trial under laws like UAPA. our press freedom ranking has cratered.

• even the petrol is a fight now, ethanol blending pushed through while drivers complain about their engines and get no straight answers.

and through all of it, the PM, who came to power on religious polarisation (americans, sound familiar?), travels abroad for photo ops and has not held one single open press conference in over a decade. not one.

what i'm asking:

if you're not indian: share this. our media mostly won't cover any of it because the big outlets are owned by the same billionaires the government serves. the only reason wangchuk's fast is getting any coverage is people refusing to look away.

if you ARE indian: speak up even if you're comfortable. especially if you're comfortable. join the protests. add to this, correct me, translate it. staying quiet is a choice when nothing in this post touches your life.

india is not "dirty". india was robbed, and it's being robbed again, from the inside this time. but it's also the country where a 59 year old will starve for strangers' kids and 22 million young people will rally behind a party literally named after cockroaches, because cockroaches survive everything.

we can still save her. but only loudly.

reblog. share. don't scroll past.

[tomorrowwithme]

Aamir Khan has denied over the years that Sonam Wangchuk was the inspiration behind Phungsuk Wangdu character. Nadda feeding Mr. Wangchuk. Religious polarisation? What was Pakistan made for then? Shits and giggles? Really funny how Indian left twists history to make their claims palatable to the American audience.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

actors can say whatever they want years later, their word isn't absolute. 3 idiots literally ends at sonam wangchuk's school, with phunsukh wangdu revealed as a scientist and educator in ladakh. it's pretty obvious his work inspired parts of the character, even if he wasn't the only inspiration. i could make a film clearly inspired by someone and later deny it too, but people have eyes. and none of that changes what sonam wangchuk has actually done for education and science.

as for nadda "feeding" him... wangchuk ended his 26-day fast because the government agreed to key conditions, including that peaceful student protesters wouldn't face retaliation. he's 59. after nearly a month without food, i was relieved he finally broke his fast.

and pakistan being created in 1947 doesn't make religious polarisation in india any less of a problem. partition happened because british india was divided into india and pakistan after years of political conflict, communal violence, and the muslim league's demand for a separate state. india didn't become a hindu state, it adopted a secular constitution, and tens of millions of muslims remained in india as equal citizens. that's the country it chose to be.

which is exactly why it's worth pointing out when religion becomes a central part of electoral politics. the bjp has longstanding ideological ties to the rss, a hindu nationalist organisation, and over the last decade issues like the ram mandir, the caa/nrc debate, and repeated hindu-muslim rhetoric have become major political flashpoints. you don't have to agree with me on everything to acknowledge that religion plays a much bigger role in politics today than it should in a secular republic. i've seen the effects myself in udaipur, where even rumours involving religion can escalate into mobs and property being destroyed. pointing that out isn't rewriting history.

[tomorrowwithme]

The counter argument to your last paragraph is that the Muslim League very much saw the secular Indian National Congress as the "Hindu nationalist" party. Tens of millions of Hindus also remained in Pakistan and Bangladesh, yet look at the radically different trajectories of both countries. Since before Indian independence, RSS was in the margins, Hindu Mahasabha was nearly irrelevant. After independence, Jana Sangh founded by Syamaprasad Mukherjee was a "rebellion party" with little national relevance. BJP was born after the 1970s. Opposition to Babur's mausoleum has been centuries old, predating Indian independence too by decades. CAA is a law that fast-tracks the citizenship process of people who fled from Pakistan and Bangladesh before 2014 and still haven't got Indian citizenship. The fast-tracking cuts the process to five years, for everyone else seeking Indian citizenship, it's ten years. NRC is a registry of citizens. You can oppose biometric screening if you're fundamentally against government and fear surveillance, but Bangladesh, believe it or not, also has an equivalent of NRC. They've had their system for years. Why do you oppose the same for India? Why do you, in fact, think that it's completely okay for Pakistan snd Bangladesh to be constitutionally Islamic states which relegate non-Muslims into second class citizens, barring them equal citizenship status, yet India, that hasn't even remotely done half as bad things, is uniquely "religiously polarised"? What you have is a confirmation bias. You have no other point of reference, so you simplify these big, structural, historical issues by reducing them to your anecdotal experiences.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

you're arguing against positions i never took.

i never said pakistan or bangladesh are models to follow. they're both deeply flawed, and discrimination against religious minorities there is wrong. criticising religious majoritarianism in those countries doesn't stop me from criticising it in india too.

and yes, the muslim league viewed congress as a "hindu" party. that doesn't change the fact that independent india consciously chose to be a secular republic rather than define citizenship by religion. that's the standard i'm holding it to. our constitution is the standard im holding on to.

i also never said the rss created partition. i said the bjp has longstanding ideological ties to the rss, and that religion has become increasingly central to electoral politics in recent years. whether it's speeches invoking hindu-muslim divisions, the political symbolism around the ram mandir, or debates surrounding the caa and nrc, religion is undeniably a major part of political mobilisation today. you can argue that's justified or necessary, but it's hard to argue it isn't happening.

and no, i'm not saying "india is uniquely religiously polarised." i'm saying it's becoming more religiously polarised than it should be for a secular republic. those are two completely different claims. pointing out problems in pakistan or bangladesh doesn't make problems in india disappear. we should be able to expect better from all three.

you're just getting angry at things i never said?

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

//tw extreme profanity in the below screenshot, don't read if you're triggered.

you can't deny what i said or argue against it, so the only thing you have left is to resort to disgusting personal insults.

why is this an insult it's an honor that im not attractive to you. tysm really.

homophobia in 2026, on tumblr of all places. you see something new everyday

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

please read this even if you're not indian. especially if you're not indian.

you've seen the jokes. india is "dirty", indians are "everywhere", why don't they fix their own country. ok. let me tell you why, and what's happening right now while nobody's watching.

first, the history you skipped: britain ruled india for two centuries and drained it. economist utsa patnaik's research estimates around $45 trillion in today's money was taken. the india that got independence in 1947 was one of the poorest countries on earth. every "why is india like this" question starts there. you don't get to profit off a robbery and then mock the crime scene.

now, what's happening RIGHT NOW:

in may the question paper for NEET leaked. that's the national medical entrance exam. over 2.2 million students took it. cancelled. years of studying, families' savings poured into coaching, gone overnight because someone sold the paper. students died by suicide after. these were kids who wanted to be doctors.

and out of that came a protest movement. a gen z group called the cockroach janta party, started by a 30 year old named abhijeet dipke, got 22 million instagram followers within DAYS. they've been doing a sit-in at jantar mantar in delhi demanding education minister dharmendra pradhan resign.

and then there's sonam wangchuk. if you've watched 3 idiots, he's the real engineer the character was based on. built solar schools in ladakh. invented ice stupas so himalayan villages have water. spent his whole life on education. he's 59 and he's been on hunger strike for 17+ days now. reporters went to see him this week and he was too weak to talk. and the troll armies are calling him "anti national" and "foreign funded". a man starving himself for other people's children. that's the thing here, anyone who asks a question is suddenly a traitor.

it's not one incident, it's everywhere you look:

• infrastructure worth thousands of crores failing within months of the ribbon cutting. tunnels collapsing in regions where heavy rain is a guarantee, not a surprise.

• youth unemployment near 10% for ages 15 to 29, 13.6% in cities. in a country of 1.42 billion where more than half the population is young.

• only about the top 3% of indians earn above 10 lakh a year. meanwhile billionaire wealth keeps ballooning and the headlines celebrate it.

• manipur burned for over two years. an ethnic conflict, tens of thousands displaced, and the prime minister barely said the word manipur while it happened.

• journalists raided. critics' houses bulldozed. activists sitting in jail for years without trial under laws like UAPA. our press freedom ranking has cratered.

• even the petrol is a fight now, ethanol blending pushed through while drivers complain about their engines and get no straight answers.

and through all of it, the PM, who came to power on religious polarisation (americans, sound familiar?), travels abroad for photo ops and has not held one single open press conference in over a decade. not one.

what i'm asking:

if you're not indian: share this. our media mostly won't cover any of it because the big outlets are owned by the same billionaires the government serves. the only reason wangchuk's fast is getting any coverage is people refusing to look away.

if you ARE indian: speak up even if you're comfortable. especially if you're comfortable. join the protests. add to this, correct me, translate it. staying quiet is a choice when nothing in this post touches your life.

india is not "dirty". india was robbed, and it's being robbed again, from the inside this time. but it's also the country where a 59 year old will starve for strangers' kids and 22 million young people will rally behind a party literally named after cockroaches, because cockroaches survive everything.

we can still save her. but only loudly.

reblog. share. don't scroll past.

[tomorrowwithme]

Aamir Khan has denied over the years that Sonam Wangchuk was the inspiration behind Phungsuk Wangdu character. Nadda feeding Mr. Wangchuk. Religious polarisation? What was Pakistan made for then? Shits and giggles? Really funny how Indian left twists history to make their claims palatable to the American audience.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

actors can say whatever they want years later, their word isn't absolute. 3 idiots literally ends at sonam wangchuk's school, with phunsukh wangdu revealed as a scientist and educator in ladakh. it's pretty obvious his work inspired parts of the character, even if he wasn't the only inspiration. i could make a film clearly inspired by someone and later deny it too, but people have eyes. and none of that changes what sonam wangchuk has actually done for education and science.

as for nadda "feeding" him... wangchuk ended his 26-day fast because the government agreed to key conditions, including that peaceful student protesters wouldn't face retaliation. he's 59. after nearly a month without food, i was relieved he finally broke his fast.

and pakistan being created in 1947 doesn't make religious polarisation in india any less of a problem. partition happened because british india was divided into india and pakistan after years of political conflict, communal violence, and the muslim league's demand for a separate state. india didn't become a hindu state, it adopted a secular constitution, and tens of millions of muslims remained in india as equal citizens. that's the country it chose to be.

which is exactly why it's worth pointing out when religion becomes a central part of electoral politics. the bjp has longstanding ideological ties to the rss, a hindu nationalist organisation, and over the last decade issues like the ram mandir, the caa/nrc debate, and repeated hindu-muslim rhetoric have become major political flashpoints. you don't have to agree with me on everything to acknowledge that religion plays a much bigger role in politics today than it should in a secular republic. i've seen the effects myself in udaipur, where even rumours involving religion can escalate into mobs and property being destroyed. pointing that out isn't rewriting history.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

Thank you for talking about the protests in India. This is so criminally unreported on and the way things are being handled by the government are outrageous. I'm Indian and I'm definitely going to use the resources you've added to your pinned post. My brother is talking about joining protests that are happening in Chennai. The TN government has never liked the NEET exam and we have protested about this so many times. I don't know the current CM's stance on it now (I have to read the latest news), but I can only hope that we don't lose hope.

Thank you, and stay safe 🫂

let's all fight together to make our voices heard. ty!! you too please stay safe <3

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

Hello I saw and reblogged your post about what's going on in India and as fate would have it this short popped onto my feed on youtube. The creator is British but it felt like a quick but thorough explanation of what's going on and might help spread the word. https://youtube.com/shorts/nSPzkm1vs6Q?si=4J91sA_FtjXnzNP2

yea it's a pretty good video, ty!!

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

please read this even if you're not indian. especially if you're not indian.

you've seen the jokes. india is "dirty", indians are "everywhere", why don't they fix their own country. ok. let me tell you why, and what's happening right now while nobody's watching.

first, the history you skipped: britain ruled india for two centuries and drained it. economist utsa patnaik's research estimates around $45 trillion in today's money was taken. the india that got independence in 1947 was one of the poorest countries on earth. every "why is india like this" question starts there. you don't get to profit off a robbery and then mock the crime scene.

now, what's happening RIGHT NOW:

in may the question paper for NEET leaked. that's the national medical entrance exam. over 2.2 million students took it. cancelled. years of studying, families' savings poured into coaching, gone overnight because someone sold the paper. students died by suicide after. these were kids who wanted to be doctors.

and out of that came a protest movement. a gen z group called the cockroach janta party, started by a 30 year old named abhijeet dipke, got 22 million instagram followers within DAYS. they've been doing a sit-in at jantar mantar in delhi demanding education minister dharmendra pradhan resign.

and then there's sonam wangchuk. if you've watched 3 idiots, he's the real engineer the character was based on. built solar schools in ladakh. invented ice stupas so himalayan villages have water. spent his whole life on education. he's 59 and he's been on hunger strike for 17+ days now. reporters went to see him this week and he was too weak to talk. and the troll armies are calling him "anti national" and "foreign funded". a man starving himself for other people's children. that's the thing here, anyone who asks a question is suddenly a traitor.

it's not one incident, it's everywhere you look:

• infrastructure worth thousands of crores failing within months of the ribbon cutting. tunnels collapsing in regions where heavy rain is a guarantee, not a surprise.

• youth unemployment near 10% for ages 15 to 29, 13.6% in cities. in a country of 1.42 billion where more than half the population is young.

• only about the top 3% of indians earn above 10 lakh a year. meanwhile billionaire wealth keeps ballooning and the headlines celebrate it.

• manipur burned for over two years. an ethnic conflict, tens of thousands displaced, and the prime minister barely said the word manipur while it happened.

• journalists raided. critics' houses bulldozed. activists sitting in jail for years without trial under laws like UAPA. our press freedom ranking has cratered.

• even the petrol is a fight now, ethanol blending pushed through while drivers complain about their engines and get no straight answers.

and through all of it, the PM, who came to power on religious polarisation (americans, sound familiar?), travels abroad for photo ops and has not held one single open press conference in over a decade. not one.

what i'm asking:

if you're not indian: share this. our media mostly won't cover any of it because the big outlets are owned by the same billionaires the government serves. the only reason wangchuk's fast is getting any coverage is people refusing to look away.

if you ARE indian: speak up even if you're comfortable. especially if you're comfortable. join the protests. add to this, correct me, translate it. staying quiet is a choice when nothing in this post touches your life.

india is not "dirty". india was robbed, and it's being robbed again, from the inside this time. but it's also the country where a 59 year old will starve for strangers' kids and 22 million young people will rally behind a party literally named after cockroaches, because cockroaches survive everything.

we can still save her. but only loudly.

reblog. share. don't scroll past.

[imfacepalming]

as a student, as a medical NEET aspirant who has given this exam not once, not twice, but three fucking times, trust me when I say this : I have had my literal soul sucked out of me because of this fucking exam.

this isn't the first time a paper leak happened in my country, and i cant stress how damaging this is for our youth and the thousands of families dependent on them.

truthfully, Tumblr has been the only place left for me to escape to and cope reading fanfiction and posting memes because in reality life is exhausting. spent years going to school every single day, got no holidays at all, not weekdays, not Sundays, spent 12-14 hours in school every single day mental health is not an option even when there was a fucking heatwave destroying the economy and killing people I went to school, and now?

studying again to write the medical exam next year is like torture because there's student protests, ongoing investigations about the paper leaks, politics and whatnot I have depression anxiety fucking PTSD from this I cant sleep I cant eat I keep getting panic attacks and nightmares I do not remember anything other than books and exam papers because this has been my whole identity I'm so tired so angry so scared of a future I'm not even sure might exist.

the country is burning please talk about this don't be silent cause the last thing we need right now is more racism from the world about how "stinky" or "dirty" India is when people are literally dying from racism and corruption in their own country.

I don't care if it "ruins" your aesthetic blog. if you have an opportunity to speak out, then fucking speak out. had enough of this corrupt government playing with the lives of millions of young people. I am one of them. because cockroaches do survive anything. and we refuse to be supressed.

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

if you're going to jantar mantar today, stay safe.

stone-filled trucks are being brought in late at night. they're covering janpath metro's windows with newspapers. cars not registered in delhi are being stopped at the border. there's heavy barricading. they've dug a literal hole in the ground there. shops are closed. water is cut off. food delivery has been suspended to the area. the mandir nearby has shut its doors on protesters. and the delhi police commissioner has been quietly granted nsa powers from july 19 to october 18, which means they can detain you for up to a year without telling you why. they are also running facial recognition on the crowd; cover your face.

modi tweeted about fast track courts for paper leaks. 150+ leaks in ten years, zero convictions, and the solution is courts. dharmendra pradhan is still in office with no apology from him in sight. students were not heard. and now suddenly modi is tweeting concern for sonam wangchuk's health after days of baton charges and tear gas. his it cell seems to have finally figured out the narrative. wangchuk broke his fast, so now they'll say the government listened, the reasonable people accepted, and whoever is still on the street is just a violent anti-national terrorist who can be picked up under the nsa with no questions asked.

on top of this expect goons planted inside the crowd. people specifically sent to escalate, shout inflammatory slogans, start something ugly on camera. the cjp founder already warned about this. if someone near you is trying to provoke or derail, don't engage, move away, and tell the people around you.

this isn't only about neet. the nift 2026 exam (results declared recently) under nta had students who were present marked as absent, absent students marked as present, wrong marks given.

seventy plus scandals in seven years. an entire generation of students failed by the same agency, the same ministry, the same government.

they're trying to build a narrative. please don't give them what they need.

stay in groups. cover your face. wear protective gear. keep recording. if you need anything food, supplies, a few apps like flipkart minutes are still working, reach out and we'll figure it out.

stay safe, stay vigilant

(and I'd suggest don't even go today for your own safety)