Mitali Saran @MitaliSaran@mastodon.social

Well, he obviously hasn't connected the dots between "women, sex, love, and lust", and "future generation".

RT @MetaCulture2@twitter.com

@SonaliRanade@twitter.com @MitaliSaran@twitter.com @Yascha_Mounk@twitter.com @irfannooruddin@twitter.com Khushwant Singh recommended the banning of Rushdie's Satanic Verses. Karma is now coming back to bite him posthumously. Liberals who accommodated Muslim 'feelings' of offense helped create the majoritarian monster. https://twitter.com/nistula/status/1197180916843479040

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MetaCulture2/status/1197184024386641921

Sentinels on the quiver

Justice (Retd) Lokur's plea to new CJI, SA Bobde, to "restore the credibility and stature" of the SC, to prevent "the death knell of the independence of the judiciary."

Strong words that sound a lot as if it's the last chance to do this.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/restoring-the-stature-of-the-supreme-court/story-5S5wTlwg9yo2hxWetboa1M.html

Do read this story from democratic India, where 10,000 people in Jharkhand are charged with sedition for asking to either be given their constitutional rights, or be corrected on what their rights are. That's right, 10,000 people. That's right, sedition. https://scroll.in/article/944116/10000-people-charged-with-sedition-in-one-jharkhand-district-what-does-democracy-mean-here?fbclid=IwAR0ybEwxYkPDcHupTYmnwj8MiBz51IWcqOZGCIZWjKWNNqiHf9bFSin8X_E

Today, part 3/5 in the #PaisaPolitics series by @nit_set@twitter.com:

The #PMO broke its own rules to sell #ElectoralBonds before crucial state elections--first as an exception, then by treating a "'special' but illegal window as a precedent to be followed."

https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/electoral-bonds-modi-illegal-sale-state-elections_in_5dce6b7ee4b01f982effa205

But...but...the trains are running full

RT @srinathraghava3@twitter.com

Easy money is papering over big cracks in India https://www.ft.com/content/b620795c-0a53-11ea-b2d6-9bf4d1957a67?shareType=nongift

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/srinathraghava3/status/1196973846198288385

From #HongKongProtesters to #JNU, young people bear the brunt of authoritarianism because they have the courage to stand up to it, and authoritarians haaaate people who stand up to them. Rooting for you, students! Be safe and good luck. https://scroll.in/latest/944093/jnu-fee-protests-centre-forms-3-member-panel-to-resolve-crisis-students-march-towards-parliament

Yesterday the first of the #PaisaPolitics series showed how the government steamrolled the #RBI to create #ElectoralBonds.

Today, Part 2 shows how it steamrolled the #ElectionCommission, then lied and obfuscated about it in Parliament.

Great job, @nit_set@twitter.com and @HuffPostIndia@twitter.com.

RT @nit_set@twitter.com

#ElectoralBonds Investigations 2: Modi govt lobbied secretly and mislead the Election Commissioners, hoping they would drop opposition to the bonds. When it failed, it lied to the Parliament. Caught doing so once, it lied again, and again. https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/electoral-bonds-narendra-modi-election-commission-opposition-arun-jaitley_in_5dce3cd1e4b01f982eff5c62

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/nit_set/status/1196617071376748544

A six-state survey shows that restricted entitlements, a cumbersome application process, and unreliable payments undermine social support for pregnant and nursing women in India. Important thread 👇

RT @roadscholarz@twitter.com

There is an urgent need for better social support of pregnant and nursing women. Here are a few steps that would go a long way. [16/16]

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/roadscholarz/status/1196359586640347136

In his latest jhadoo-pochha of #Modi, @rammadhavbjp@twitter.com goes for 1) liberals=Islamists, 2) human rights=bogey, and, er, 3) Modi=Lincoln. Doesn't clarify whether Lincoln threw kids in jail. Loud, busy scraping coming from the bottom of the barrel. #Article370 https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-abraham-lincoln-moment-narendra-modi-6124545/

Stunning story by @nit_set@twitter.com of how the #Modi govt stepped over the #RBI's stiff opposition and warning about money laundering, to launch the #ElectoralBonds that have flooded 6,000+ crores (so far) into political parties--the lion's share to @BJP4India@twitter.com.
https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/rbi-warned-electoral-bonds-arun-jaitley-black-money-modi-government_in_5dcbde68e4b0d43931ccd200

#MustRead ⁦@gautambhatia88@twitter.com⁩ on the ex-CJI’s impact on the court. “A little brief authority”: Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and the Rise of the Executive Court – Indian Constitutional Law and Philosophy https://indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2019/11/17/a-little-brief-authority-chief-justice-ranjan-gogoi-and-the-rise-of-the-executive-court/

.@jacindaardern@twitter.com for President of the World.

Reminder that the term #UrbanNaxals was made up by a third-rate filmmaker frightened by free-thinking academia, media & individuals. The HM, frightened by the same things, turns an anti-intellectual smear campaign into national/internal security policy. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/amit-shah-asks-crpf-to-go-after-urban-naxals/article29990585.ece

What will CJI Gogoi be remembered for? #MustRead https://www.thequint.com/news/law/cji-ranjan-gogoi-retires-legacy-remembered-for-ayodhya-nrc-harassment

Why do we have such third-rate representation? #pollution https://theprint.in/india/25-of-29-mps-skip-parliament-meeting-on-delhi-pollution-crisis-as-city-chokes/321527/?fbclid=IwAR1cfyJJM6sA_cvJvKbwbT12SFtWQlSB9LKfR3tLIa2g1onzax_cG6PBSXw

India is facing rising poverty and growing malnutrition; but don’t worry, the government is working tirelessly to pretend it’s not.

RT @someshjha7@twitter.com

Another day, another hidden NSO (earlier known as NSSO) survey, another scoop.

Consumer spending fell for the first time in more than four decades in 2017-18.

Consumer spending had last declined during extraordinary events in India's history.

https://mybs.in/2XAfeWt

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/someshjha7/status/1195147866559385600