#Introduction #India I'm a poet and I also write books for children.
Former and intermittent film buff, former book reviewer, former everything.
I read, watch TV shows and lurk on AO3.
Will toot about my garden and anything that's likely to distract me.
"With Tales of Magical Girlhood, New Kenyan Fiction Enchants."
https://www.vogue.com/article/magical-girlhood-new-kenyan-fiction
by Nanjala Nyabola.
I have an alt here @sridala@wandering.shop which will be more specifically #cdrama, #danmei, #mandarin and related stuff, if y'all feel like seeing that kind of stuff.
Usha Ramanathan writing in the Statesman in August 2013 - about NPR and UID.
Refers to an answer to a question in parliament that clarifies that Aadhaar would be the deduplication method for NPR.
https://www.thestatesman.com/latest/a-tale-of-two-turfs-npr-and-uid-10497.html
@h_tejas I don't see enough ppl talking about how NRC affects the Rights of Adivasis. If they are declared refugees for their lack of documentation, this gives the govt the power to contend that they aren't the original inhabitants and moved only a while ago. Their rights under FRA and 6th schedule go for a toss. Their rightful land will go to cronies of Shah and Modi. This government is anti Dalit and anti Adivasis. Fuck them!
What can employees of the government do during protests? And employees of private enterprises compelled by the government (like Airtel, etc)? #IndiaAgainstCAA #CAAProtests
Learn from these factory workers in 70s Scotland:
In Hyderabad, students from the HCU who were going to the #CAAProtests at the Exhibition Grounds, have been detained aren't being told where they're being taken.
In Bangalore, where #Sec144 has been imposed, they've detained people who are protesting singly or in pairs (technically this should be allowed, even under #Sec144).
They don't want any kind of protest. If you're thinking of stickers and buttons, be sure they'll come for that next.
Song for the last few days of the year. #Sec144 #CAAProtests #AlsoBowie #JustWatchNo
Today is the day. #CAAProtests
If you're joining or organising a protest assembly or march, read this excellent primer on protecting yourself and your comrades. https://right-to-protest.org/protect-your-protest/
Some of us are worrying about which crisis to prioritise: the resurgence of the far-right/ fascism, India's failing economy, women's safety, climate change upending our lives in the 2020 decade, et al. This is a good time to remember George Carlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c
Deeply committed to doing nothing.