Caste—one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world—is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 billion people in the world. Every 15 minutes, a crime is perpetrated against a Dalit person.
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@dalitdiva.bsky.social

COMPLICIT: Corporate Media's Capitulation to Trump's Attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion This comprehensive report sheds new light on the ongoing capitulation of major media, tech and telecom companies to the dictates of a bigoted and corrupt administration.

Today @rlivier.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social releases new research showing that every major U.S. media and tech company (except one) has eliminated or backpedaled on commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion in the face of Trump administration threats. www.freepress.net/policy-libra...

Donate to Support for Retired Teacher's Cancer Battle, organized by Praveen Sinha My mom is a retired school teacher. She worked in the nuclear industry for t… Praveen Sinha needs your support for Support for Retired Teacher's Cancer Battle

Please consider donating and also forwarding this request for support the mother of our dear friend Praveen Sinha. His Mother has one of the rarest of cancers and they are having to pay for medication out of pocket. Any amount will be so appreciated: www.gofundme.com/f/2z3um-supp...

Donate to Support for Retired Teacher's Cancer Battle, organized by Praveen Sinha My mom is a retired school teacher. She worked in the nuclear industry for t… Praveen Sinha needs your support for Support for Retired Teacher's Cancer Battle

Please consider donating and also forwarding this request for support the mother of our dear friend Praveen Sinha. His Mother has one of the rarest of cancers and they are having to pay for medication out of pocket. Any amount will be so appreciated: www.gofundme.com/f/2z3um-supp...

"there's a new serif in town"

Two quote-tweets of BJP propaganda chief Amit Malviya, who's attempting to explain Hardeep Singh Puri's inclusion in a 2014 Epstein email. The first, from journalist Anisha Dutta, points out that Puri was not a U.N. ambassador at the time of that message. The other, from "shivambanga," rhetorically asks whether Epstein was indeed referring to Puri.

I see the BJP propaganda chief is already in damage-control mode, not sure how successfully

wait I'm sorry I know this isn't the point but did Narendra Modi's oil-and-gas minister—Hardeep Singh Puri, whose name is misspelled here as "puree"—meet with Epstein during that year's U.N. climate conference???

‘Aligning Caste Interests With Extremists Has Not Worked In The US’: Winner Of 2025 Vaikom Award Vaikom awardee and executive director of Equality Labs, a US Dalit civil rights advocacy, Thenmozhi Soundararajan talked to us on identifying a “different orientation” for hope in the US at a time whe...

“There is always an attempt to diminish, undermine, or say caste does not exist…”

@equalitylabs.bsky.social co-founder & winner of 2025 Vaikom Award from TN @dalitdiva.bsky.social says anti-caste movement in the US is being eclipsed by the collapse of democracy

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What an honor to receive the 2025 Vaikom Award for Social Justice from the Government of Tamil Nadu—in the name and spirit of Periyar.

His legacy calls us to action: end discrimination in all its forms—caste, gender, sexual orientation, religion—and make self-respect a lived reality for everyone.

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Hunger is unacceptable. On Nov 1, SNAP benefits will be cut for 40 M children, elderly, and those with disabilities. Food banks are already stretched thin due to funding cuts. Please donate AND share your local food banks links to #writingcommunity #writersagainsthunger
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So proud of you!!! Congratulations!!!!

I know me too in a poignant way right now

Thanks Will I appreciate the compliment so much! Let's get this!!!

Good luck want to see how you explore your delicious theme

A 85K #SpaceOpera ✨WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE✨
Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers & choose between revolution or redemption.
#WOC #SouthAsian #Asian #A #SFF #DVpit !

A 85K #SpaceOpera ✨WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE✨
Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers & choose between revolution or redemption.
#WOC #SouthAsian #Asian #A #SFF #DVpit !

Hi Krystal! Thank you I had been adding them to everything but I think Bsky did not register the ones I put in for this one. This is so important and I will continue to keep adding them. Thank you for flagging this for me!

LOVE THIS! I want Thali now!

You had me at grey gardens and the once-opulent space station. We need this published NOW!

Awwww thank you!!

WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE 85,000 Word #Spaceopera
🛸 Nesamma Abbas, a washed-up alien musician,
🎸 joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire
✨with a martial art of sound ⚡🎶
.😢She must confront her pain,
🧘‍♀️ Master her powers
⚔️ & choose: revolution
❤️ or redemption
#WOC #Asian #SFF #DVpit

This is happening for me to is tho the technical glitch?

I want this now!!!

The hijinks in the zeppelin really get me

#DVPit: ✨Welcome to WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE✨ Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers and choose between revolution or redemption.
#WOC #SouthAsian #Asian #A #SF #SFF #POC

A Speculative Fiction Space Opera 85,000 Words Freeing the Galaxy Begins with Healing Yourself

This features an ethereal image from Joshua Mays with a woman holding a globe of sound magic. The pitch is: Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band plotting a galaxy-wide uprising against the Human Empire. As the rebellion hurtles toward its final battle, she must confront her past, master the ancient martial art of sound, and choose between revolution and healing the galaxy.

This is the comparisons page showcasing books with similar themes to WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE The First Book is Rebecca Roanhorse's Black Sun with this text: Epic in scale Explores generational trauma Dazzling System of Magic The next book is Space Oddity by Catherynne Valente with this text: Distinctive Worldbuilding And Marvelous Alien Races The Last book is A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers with this text: Soothing Narrative Philosophical and Poignant Exploration of Healing

This is just an excerpt of WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE: Everyone can recall the first time they heard or saw Nesamma. Mine was outside a café in New Jerusalem. Her wide eyes, rimmed with golden kohl, her bronzed java skin, lean, quick frame, and her hair that cascaded like liquid onyx past her hips—I remember it all. I never knew what I was missing until I heard the longing in hers. Raw and husky, with the timbre of truth, such a voice comes once in a generation, once in a galaxy. Even now, in certain alien districts on Earth, they whisper her name like that of a prophet who offers mystical proofs. Was she not trained by Oopan Brass, the last singing-warrior monk of Lethaa? A genius in his own right, blending the arts of war and song. The monks of Lethaa stood at the forefront of each battle, their fierce drums and songs the single force capable of turning the tide in their favor. Before her final performance, Nesamma began with a quote from their holy book: “A song is a thing of both physics and psyche, for the right song can slice glass as easily as it can open an opponent’s heart.”

Dear #litagents, I'm happy to present an #agentsguide for a revised version of WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE an 85K word Adult #SPACEOPERA. This will be pitched for #DVpit!

#WOC #SouthAsian #Asian #A #SF #SFF #POC
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ohhhh! the yearning here really gets to me! I hope you finish this soon

So important there is so much trauma, loss, and grief that does not get discussed. I hope the writing for it is healing for you and the future readers.

This is so cute and so needed. It really is so poignant

#MG #HF set in the shadow of the Akron rubber strikes & featuring Victor Lustig's infamous prison escape. This is so different and unexpected!