also, if you dont know whats going on, please educate yourself and form an opinion. remaining neutral is not a valid option. people's lives are at stake.
In these trying times for our country, there are very few writers and artists standing up for the rights of the people. And as much as it infuriates me to see that, it also fills me with pride to say that my mom is one of those very few Hindi writers who is whole-heartedly supporting the Anti-CAA protesters.
The protests that has largely been led by students all over the country have been extremely inspiring and for that reason, she is dedicating her latest book (which is a self-help book) to the Youth of India.
Before this, she had only ever written literary novels, stories and poetries (wow I’m making it sound so easy when writing is legit one of the hardest things to do). This is her first motivational book and well, maybe this dedication only makes sense. This shift in her writing career is perfectly emblematic to the shift in our country's mood towards our government. Am I reading too much into it? Maybe. 🤷
Anyways, the book will be released at the World Book Fair next month in New Delhi, but you can pre-order it right now. Do show your support for the writers and artists who take a public stance because more often than not, it's a big risk they are taking.
PS - I’ll be back with red carpet reviews, soon. Stay tuned!
I know this because anyone who resists the Supreme Leader's instructions risks death and destruction. Doctors, (the same ones we applauded in the "bang your thalis, not your spouses" initiative) are being asked to keep their mouth shut when they try to raise concerns about PPE and testing. The masses have become unquestioning towards authority. To quote my hero, Ambedkar, "in politics, bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship."
The fight against discriminatory citizenship laws hasn't ended, although those days seem like a distant memory now. This government's prejudice against the so-called 'impure races' has never been more evident. And the economy? Hahahahahaha.
Incompetent governance is not Nazification. UPA-II displayed only incompetence. The Nazification comes from the ruler's explicit alienation and extermination of the 'impure races', while the 'pure races' indulge in it, or worse, look the other way. We have started looking the other way. Any Nazification is incomplete without the complicity of the majority. So when we take part in our prime minister's ridiculous team-building exercises, we make ourselves vulnerable to complicity because any criticism of the Supreme Leader becomes a criticism of ourselves.
Apart from politicians, the Nazification requires a couple of key figures. Arnab Goswami and Sudhir Choudhary do what Joseph Goebbels, head of Reich Ministry of Public "Enlightenment" and Propaganda, was brilliant at. The cops have started resembling the Schutzstaffel and the Gestapo. With a state machinery that is so large, influenceable and united, it is indeed becoming an unstoppable force.
And thus India gets Nazified into an Orwellian state. A couple of us are fighting back, it might not be enough. Hitler's own dissenters could not bring him down. So while Indian democracy looks at a grim future, the least some of us could do is fight back for our own conscience.
Shaheen Bagh is an Idea, and Ideas are Bulletproof
Darab Farooqui wrote;
Have you seen streets raise their heads?
Have you seen wounds break into a smile?
Have you seen freedom wrapped in dupattas?
Have you seen an eighty-year-old princess?
The lamp that lights the center of this storm,
The radiant flame is Shaheen Bagh.
If you want to see its insistence, come, see it.
Not the Jama masjid, see this masjid of truth.
Warm your hands with the warmth of their hearts,
Measure the heights of the mountain’s spirits.
Where you will find no stain in the hem,
The name of that cloth is Shaheen Bagh.
Come see Lakshmibai, see Razia Sultan,
See a new India emerge from the hijab,
Tearing the dark, hear the chorus of appeal.
Hear the nation of women, transform, rise
These women sacrificed their homes
Their new dwelling is Shaheen Bagh.
I read a pretty lit headline today morning while scrolling through my favorite newspaper, The Print. It read:
“Shaheen Bagh couldn’t get CAA revoked. But Gandhi’s satyagraha didn’t meet its goal either.”
But we all know that Gandhi’s satyagraha achieved something bigger, and so did Shaheen Bagh.
Gandhi’s satyagraha became a tale of unity, defiance and the relentless pursuit of freedom. The rest is history as we know it. Similarly, Shaheen Bagh, a Muslim dominated neighborhood in South Delhi, became the face of India’s rebellion against the discriminatory and dictatorial laws, passed by arguably the most authoritarian establishment India has seen since the Congress government of the 1970s, led by Indira Gandhi. Leading the nationwide fight against the CAA-NRC-NPR legislations, the Shaheen Bagh protest overpowered the communal poison that has slowly been creeping its way into homes, workplaces, even friendships, and familiar relations.
Muslim women led the rebellion. Sikh farmers came from Punjab to aid their “Muslim sisters”. Christians came out in support with their crosses and their Bibles, accusing the government of blatantly discriminating against Indian Muslims. Dalit participation was thriving, led by their charismatic chief, Chandrashekhar Azad, and believe it or not, a lot of Hindus stepped out of their homes to join the revolution that was Shaheen Bagh. Despite my description of the multi-religious protest site, my point is mere this;
Shaheen Bagh has no religion. It only has Indians, out to save their fellow Indians.
In Hong Kong, initial protests against an anti-extradition bill turned into a large-scale violent rebellion against the puppet regime of China led by Carrie Lam. Similarly, Shaheen Bagh is no longer limited to CAA-NRC-NPR, it is about saving the constitution, and saving the largest democracy of the world. It is about Kashmir. It is about the detentions of Muslims and Dalits across the country. It is about calling out police brutality. It is about saving the idea of India.
The uniqueness of Shaheen Bagh comes from its unity in diversity, and its ability to push the dystopian truth into the minds of those who have some kind of conscience remaining. It is this unity that is intolerable to an establishment that thrives on division, hate, and fear. It cannot risk its people defying its strategy of “keep them stupid, silly”, and Shaheen Bagh, through art, music, books, speeches, and interactions, does exactly that.
I shall be posting another blog with pictures of the variety of modes of rebellion at Shaheen Bagh, which won both the heart and the mind. One final note. A lot of you will be engaging in some kind of sadistic celebration today. You might even go on to make yourself look like a total psychopath when you tweet, “virus has triumphed over bacteria.” That demonstrates the success of this government in poisoning our minds, in convincing us that dissent is equivalent to treachery by labeling every dissenter with the infamous tag of ‘anti-national’. To you, I quote Tocqueville,
“A nation that asks nothing of government but the maintenance of order is already a slave in the depths of its heart; it is a slave of its well-being, ready for the man who will put it in chains.”
We are anti-establishment, not anti-India. Know the difference.
Rupsa Das The Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by Parliament of India in December and it amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 by providin
Large scale violent demonstrations have seen in Assam and other Northeastern states against the passing of the bill. In other parts, protesters demanded that Indian citizenship must be granted to Muslim refugees and immigrants.
The Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by Parliament of India in December and it amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 by providing a path to Indian citizenship for illegal migrants of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian religious minorities, who had been persecuted from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan before December 2014. Muslims from those countries were not given such eligibility. This act was the first time religion had been used as a benchmark for citizenship under Indian law.
Large scale violent demonstrations have seen in Assam and other Northeastern states against the passing of the bill. In other parts, protesters demanded that Indian citizenship must be granted to Muslim refugees and immigrants.
Major protests against the CAA were held at universities in India. Students at Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Milia Islamia witnessed brutal suppression by the police force. The protests had led to several deaths, heavy damage was done to public and private property, and local internet mobile phone connectivity was suspended.
The CAA protests started in December, 2019 and it is continuing affecting the lives of people and creating a sense of disturbance in the country, especially in the National capital of India.
Now, around 500 people, mostly women rose in protest against the CAA, blocking a major road at the Jaffrabad Metro Station since Saturday night.
On Sunday afternoon, BJP leader Kapil Mishra tweeted and invited those who support the CAA to Maujpur Chowk at 3 pm which indirectly answered the hindrance at Jaffrabad. By 4:30 pm, violent large scale protests are being witnessed in Maujpur in northeast Delhi. The anti and pro- CAA law protesters started a fracas that got elevated into throwing stones at each other and then setting vehicles on fire. Police had to fire teargas shells to bring the situation under control.
Also, within some hours, the nearby areas of Bhajanpura and Chand Bagh too witnessed violence. A petrol pump was ignited by the protesters in Bhajanpura.
In the evening, Mishra tweeted a video where he put forth a threat that his supporters are just waiting till US President Donald Trump’s visit and after that, they would not even listen to Delhi Police and will make sure that all roads which are blocked by anti-CAA protesters are cleared. Kapil Mishra had given a three-day ultimatum to the police or, he said, “we would have to take the streets”.
Protests at both Jaffrabad and Maujpur continued the following day. On Monday, pro-CAA protesters were seen in Maujpur Chowk playing songs on loudspeakers in the morning with lyrics saying, “Jo maange azaadi desh mein, bhejo Pakistan unhe” and “Bharat ka abhimaan hai Hindu bhagwadhaari aayega, Pukaarti Ma Bhaarti khoon se rang bharo goliyon ke naam ki”.
The police lineup was all around the Maujpur-Jaffrabad stretch, though they heard the songs near the chowk, they did not take any step towards that.
Again, two groups of pro and anti-CAA protesters escalated into stone-throwing outside the Maujpur Metro Station. The police had to fire tear gas shells and bring the situation under control. Just 2 hours later or so, around 2 pm, the anti-CAA protesters headed towards Maujpur Chowk and the pro-CAA protesters headed towards the Jaffrabad. Suspecting that the situation would soon turn violent, they reached the midpoint but by then, both the groups started throwing heavy stones at each other. The police again had to fire teargas shells when the situation was getting out of control. An autorickshaw was set on fire during the time of violence.
Till 5 pm, the attacks by throwing stones continued, after which the police could somehow bring the situation in control. Almost 800-900 police and paramilitary personnel that have been fanned out in the Jaffrabad-Maujpur stretch after the incident took place.
Five Delhi Metro stations in the North East district will remain closed on February 25 which includes Jaffrabad, Maujpur-Babarpur, Gokulpuri, Johri Enclave, and Shiv Vihar stations.
Ratan Lal (42), a head constable died after getting injured during the violent stone-pelting attacks along with five other people during the clashes and at least 105 others, including several paramilitary and at least 11 police personnel including Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Shahdara, Amit Sharma, and ACP Anuj Kumar were injured during the violent incidents which took place in Northeast Delhi. Two CRPF police personnel were also injured, PTI reported. Section 144 has been enforced in that area.
Violent throwing of stone attacks took place today morning in Maujpur and Brahampuri in the morning on February 25.
“Am v worried abt prevailing situation in certain parts of Del. All of us together shud make all efforts to restore peace in our city. I again urge everyone to shun violence.
Am meeting all MLAs (of all parties) of affected areas along wid senior officials in a while.”, Kejriwal tweeted.
According to the sources, the meeting will take place at the chief minister’s residence at 10:30 am.
February 17th, Gorakhpur: The suspended Dr. Kafeel Khan, as per the regulations of the NSA ( National Security Act), is hitting the news because of Khan’s hateful speech at Aligarh University on December 19th. Khan has been a convict before for the death of 60 children during the tenure of his lectureship at the BRD medical college hospital. Recently, the Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Police accused Khan of negligence and unscrupulous means. Khan was in a short period of bail and he expressed political opinions on CAA at Aligarh University, which reported him to suspension.
Khan was absolved of the charges against the death of 60 children at BRD medical college by the proceedings of the Government. However, the investigations regarding the medical practices with a private hospital are in progress, something which is prohibited by law and order. Presently, the U.P government has laid down 2 charges against Khan for which he was found guilty of misconduct.
History Of Kafeel Khan: Dr. Kafeel Khan Kafeel Khan is a detained lecturer at the Department of Paediatrics of Baba Raghav Das Medical College (BRD medical college), Gorakhpur. Khan has a strong academic history as he pursued his MBBS and an MD in pediatrics from Kasturba college of Karnataka.
Nearly, 60 children died at the BRD medical college, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh mainly due to alleged disruption in the oxygen supply. The hospital is trying to pinpoint the fact that Khan was responsible for the sheer negligence of the mishaps caused in 2017. However, resources bring a different picture of conflict as many people are supporting the former medical lecturer. Khan has spent on the oxygen cylinders from his own pocket and tried to meet the scarcity in the medical institution according to many resources.
The outrage: On December 12th,2020 Dr. Khan dictated a speech in an anti-CAA rally at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). A Fir was lodged on the next day against Khan for creating religious disparity under section 153A and 295A IPC through the hate speech. His bail on February 10th by the Chief judicial magistrate was on a short tenure basis. However, he received a preventive detention order under the NSA (National Securities Act).
In his recent interviews, Dr. Khan said “ I was made a scapegoat by Adityanath Govt. To save the real culprits”.
The resident doctors at the AMU’s JN Hospital staunchly demanded that the charges against Khan to be withdrawn under the NSA. The protest march of RDA has also witnessed statements like “ It is a direct assault on a member who is known for his upright behavior and a champion of free speech”. The two years old probe against Khan compelled him to seek an apology from the Aditynath Government.
For more controversies refer: https://thedailyreport.in/adnan-sami-padam-shri-congress-leaders-twitter-conversation-turned-into-a-controversy/
