Great thread with a last post that hits home.

The world's largest democracy. Or should I just say, a parody account of democracy.

Location: Ghughuli, Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh
Date: May 25

A group of villagers assaulted a Christian pastor, suspecting him of engaging in religious conversion. Police detained the pastor, alleging that he was promoting Christianity without prior administrative approval.

The minions of the Divider-in-Chief decided to boycott Turkish products—a country with which we have a trade surplus. They can't vent their anger on China as they're far superior, so they decided to channel all the energy to Turkey, with whom we have a flourishing trade.

So the disease reached Andhra Pradesh as well. This would be the third state in the South where hindutva started growing.

not one single Indian news channel was reliable last night. We are basically in an info blackout despite having 24/7 media

Ambedkar was right about them, wherever they go they'll take the caste system with them.

#TamiNadu | A video recorded by the mother of the 13-year-old girl was widely shared on social media. The video showed the girl, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste, writing the examination on the staircase.

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#periods

Some Hindutva regimes are running their own little extreme versions of it apart from the large one we see through Union government.

It is increasingly clear that the university administrators growing fat upon our schools are going to devour higher education whole.

a man in a black shirt stands in front of a crowd of people in a park . ALT: a man in a black shirt stands in front of a crowd of people in a park .

is it possible that mf doesn’t like protestors who want universities to divest from genocidal weapons because his daddy makes those weapons

Although the malpractice mentioned here is of a different kind but the very first such instance was reported in the Bihar 2020 assembly election. If all the parties had been steadfast in their demand at that time, it would've been easier to fight it now when the malpractice is rampant.

Wait, Primo Levi isn't the name of the first person who flew? Dang. That's almost as bad as wasting a name like Gene Hackman on a non-biologist.

Poster of the marathi film Fandry

Poster of the marathi film Sthal (meaning a marriage proposal for arranged marriage)

Fandry (2013) and Sthal (2025) are the real faces of 'progressive' Maharashtra. Everything else is daydreaming.

Members of #RaghvendraBajpai’s family said that they suspect the journalist was killed due to his reporting on irregularities in paddy procurement and stamp duty evasion in land purchases.

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#UttarPradesh

Unlike a lot of people, I don't think these comments are signs of one being senile; rather, it's a corporate push to relax labour laws in favor of corporations and increase working hours altogether.

The Jewish influence in the entertainment industry? No, I’m more interested in the Parsi influence in the showbiz community: Cedric the Entertainer; Tyler, the Creator; Larry the Cable Guy.

To an asshole, all virtue is "virtue signaling."

Creative Nonfiction: Her Universe by Sudha Balagopal She’s the satellite that cannot be pulled out of her family’s orbit for without them, she’ll float unmoored, unidentified.

Gorgeous CNF by @sudhab.bsky.social that brought back so many beloved memories of my own Grandmother. Check it out today! #writingcommunity
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Little Drummer Boy (feat. Mzansi Youth Choir) Leslie Odom Jr., Mzansi Youth Choir · The Christmas Album · Song · 2020

i'm a week late, but here goes one Christmas carol a day

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ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (Meditations series) (Note: Contains vague descriptions of some scenes from the movie)

A deeply personal essay about some feelings evoked by Payal Kapadia's brilliant film, All We Imagine As Light #AWIAL

Read! #NotAReview
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National Film Board of Canada Discover our collection of films by Indigenous filmmakers, from Alanis Obomsawin to Gil Cardinal.

Hey! Did you all know that you can watch tons of indigenous cinema here on the National Film Board of Canada's website? Well, you can, and I thought I'd share just a few of my favorites today for... reasons.

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Brown and white indian dog Mira sits on a bed among crumpled floral sheets and a navy blue comforter. Her face is bright, ears cocked, mouth open in a smile with tongue hanging out.

Twitter banned me permanently without any explanation so here I am with Mira in tow 🫰🏻

icymi, here’s a horror story i wrote about a couple facing religious discrimination surrounding food and housing

The Mask at 30: How Jim Carrey Became More than a Cartoon Jim Carrey had three massive hits in 1994, but only one allowed him to stretch his range beyond the silly faces: The Mask.

Happy to share my first piece for Paste, especially as someone who worshipped Jim Carrey when I was a kid.

Hitchbot in happier times

Hitchbot, his body destroyed

I think the last good tech story was the people of Philadelphia murdering Hitchbot and leaving his body as a warning for other robots

Just reread The Picture of Dorian Gray. It hasn't aged well.

July 1. Too tired.

From Franz Kafka's diaries.

Jai Samvidhan, Stop Spreading Fear: Rahul Gandhi Tears Into Modi Govt in Lok Sabha | Full Speech YouTube video by The Wire

Rahul Gandhi calling BJ Party purveyors of Hatred in the Parliament and BJ Party taking offense at the truth :D

(and obviously trying to mince the context -- sooo many fake edited videos will come out from IT cell soon)