RT @SalmanSoz@twitter.activitypub.actor
Envoys representing several countries will visit J&K today. They should cancel their visit. When representatives of the people of India are not allowed to visit, is it appropriate for embassies to accept the government’s distasteful invitation to a stage-managed event?

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**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 18:41

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 18:41

Jan 08, 2020, 18:41

smeedha 🌱 @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im

@Priyodit@mstdn.social 😄

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 18:03

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 18:03

Jan 08, 2020, 18:03

smeedha 🌱 @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im

That Hinduism versus Hindutva forward that’s being shared, don’t understand why everyone is sharing it as a great progressive statement. It’s regressive and succeeds in painting an us versus them situation. Not to mention the nuances it misses. 🤦🏽‍♀️

**smeedha 🌱** · Jan 08, 2020, 16:07

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**Anivar Aravind** @anivar@chowchow.social · Jan 08, 2020, 16:07

Jan 08, 2020, 16:07

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RT @aryansrivastav_
One of the most striking photos of today's strike. From Shimla.
💓✊
#BharatBandh2020

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**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 04:43

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 04:43

Jan 08, 2020, 04:43

smeedha 🌱 @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im

@TheDonkeySays@mastodon.social oh wow.

**smeedha 🌱** · Jan 08, 2020, 04:06

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**Unnikrishnan** @unnikts@mastodon.social · Jan 08, 2020, 04:06

Jan 08, 2020, 04:06

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RT @RahulGandhi@twitter.activitypub.actor
The Modi-Shah Govt’s anti people, anti labour policies have created catastrophic unemployment & are weakening our PSUs to justify their sale to Modi’s crony capitalist friends.

Today, over 25 crore 🇮🇳workers have called for #BharatBandh2020 in protest.

I salute them.

**smeedha 🌱** · Jan 08, 2020, 03:44

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**Jayati Ghosh** @JayatiGhosh@mas.to · Jan 08, 2020, 03:44

Jan 08, 2020, 03:44

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RT @Ilhan
The blackout in Kashmir is now the longest internet shutdown ever imposed in a democracy.

It is part of a terrifying trend under the Modi government--including an anti-Muslim citizenship law and a purge of Muslim citizens in Assam.

All who value democracy should be speaking up. https://twitter.com/KhaledBeydoun/status/1214467171360923648

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 03:34

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 03:34

Jan 08, 2020, 03:34

smeedha 🌱 @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im

Love this. Hindustan se mera seedha rishta hai, tum kaun ho be? https://youtu.be/QPl2J3f8vAI

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 02:37

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 02:37

Jan 08, 2020, 02:37

smeedha 🌱 @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im

@musafir haha 😆

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 02:23

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 02:23

Jan 08, 2020, 02:23

smeedha 🌱 @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im

@musafir they truly are. I don’t know about innocent people though. I think they’re deliberately ignorant. Holding on to this idea of a savior, not realizing that the savior they think of is the result of a manufactured image, almost exclusively a result of a false narrative.

Btw, These videos as a sleep inducer? 😄how’s that coming along?

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 02:03

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 02:03

Jan 08, 2020, 02:03

smeedha 🌱 @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im

@musafir 🙄😐

**smeedha 🌱** · Jan 08, 2020, 01:09

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**James Wilson** @jamewils@mstdn.social · Jan 08, 2020, 01:09

Jan 08, 2020, 01:09

James Wilson @jamewils@mstdn.social

I am participating in this All India strike in solidarity with our students and women in their fight against the draconian #CAA_NRC_NPR

We will resist all efforts of this communal fascist Government to divide our society and subjugate us!

We shall overcome and we will win ✊

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**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 01:52

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 01:52

Jan 08, 2020, 01:52

smeedha 🌱 @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im

@musafir sach mein, and it transfers to junta also. my Uncles still believe the CIA called Modi incorruptible 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ so I am
Skeptical about how much people are making use of brains plus google.

**smeedha 🌱** · Jan 08, 2020, 01:46

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**Musafir** @musafir@mastodon.social · Jan 08, 2020, 01:46

Jan 08, 2020, 01:46

Musafir @musafir@mastodon.social

Let's remind Mr. BJP President, the Full time election campaigner and part time home minister of india that it's a democracy. And people decide their good. And public opinion matters.

Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday called Narendra Modi a decisive administrator and said the Prime Minister does not take decisions based on public perception or to please people. He said that Modi takes decisions for the people’s good.

https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-has-courage-to-take-tough-decisions-says-amit-shah/story-jzGdtNEGmLZEXZdDmC1UzN_amp.html

#India

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 01:47

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 01:47

Jan 08, 2020, 01:47

smeedha 🌱 @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im

@musafir The sheer arrogance.

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 01:21

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 08, 2020, 01:21

Jan 08, 2020, 01:21

smeedha 🌱 @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im

@docvatsa agreed. It’s great but we shouldn’t forget the bigger questions

**smeedha 🌱** · Jan 08, 2020, 01:11

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**DocVatsa** @docvatsa@mstdn.social · Jan 08, 2020, 01:11

Jan 08, 2020, 01:11

DocVatsa @docvatsa@mstdn.social

While I appreciate @deepikapadukone@twitter.com 's gesture, but I would urge people to expend their energies n resources in supporting the fight of students and anti CAA protesters. They need them the most.

I am sure Deepika can ensure success of #Chappak through her great acting skills.

**smeedha 🌱** · Jan 07, 2020, 23:45

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**The Ogier** @The_ogier@todon.nl · Jan 07, 2020, 23:45

Jan 07, 2020, 23:45

The Ogier @The_ogier@todon.nl

Australia bushfires in numbers

480 million animal deaths

45,000 years First Nations Australians went without so much of the country being razed

250 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted

12.35 million acres burned up

12 years this was unambiguously predicted

6 months of specific warnings

#climatechange #australia

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/01/australia-bushfires-the-numbers-telling-the-terrible-story.html

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 07, 2020, 20:09

**smeedha 🌱** @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im · Jan 07, 2020, 20:09

Jan 07, 2020, 20:09

smeedha 🌱 @smeedha@mastodon.bida.im

@Gargron no, cos don’t know about it and don’t immediately see a need for it.

**smeedha 🌱** · Jan 07, 2020, 19:42

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**Unnikrishnan** @unnikts@mastodon.social · Jan 07, 2020, 19:42

Jan 07, 2020, 19:42

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RT @jimmy9_girl@twitter.activitypub.actor
A thread on ALL INDIA GENERAL STRIKE on 8th JANUARY 2020.
via @cpimspeak@twitter.com

Demand 1 - Urgent measures for containing Price Rise through universalisation of Public Distribution System and Banning speculative trade in commodity market.

#IndiaStrikesAgainstModiGovt