Cultures which buried their dead with objects have an advantage in proving their cultural claim on their ancestral land: Hindus who cremated have only their temples and holy sites to prove their ownership to all invaders who seek to erase them as a culture in their own land.
https://twitter.com/dikgaj/status/1137147605488754688?s=19
Temples and sacred sites, must be freed from all occupants and controllers who dont share the primary Hindu cultural claims over the land: it doesnt matter even if u consider urself a Hindu who doesnt need rituals/idols - its a territorial issue that can never be compromised on.
It is so painful & repulsive to see the generation that taught me in school to spew vitriol on minorities, embrace brazen majoritarianism, trash secularism & rubbish reason over faith.
They shuffle away in sheepish embarrassment when questioned.
https://twitter.com/sonaliranade/status/1137172734683672576?s=19
The very society who seen communalism as a sign of philistinism, liability of
ignorance & antithesis of civilisation is now viewing it as an adornment.
When the argument turns into an altercation, we can witness a strange & wild beastlike inkling in even in best friend's eye! https://t.co/Yf2qjHTfiZ
https://twitter.com/jamewils/status/1137212281006174209?s=19
When that neutralises all the enlightenment humanity so far achieved, I witness that with deep grief!
- a rough translation of the quote captured my attention today, which reflect the very sight of Kerala's society
Unpopular opinion: I don’t really care what Pritish Nandy,Javed Ahkhtar or Bollywood starlets think. Their narratives bombed & it’s time to stop obsessing over have beens & wannabes. Focus on the path ahead. Put forth your expectations. Push for delivery.
https://twitter.com/smitabarooah/status/1136868551250272256?s=19
Popular opinion: Electoral victory is not ideological victory. The said gang is big, has immense resources, commands disproportionate media power, still. There is no sign of any part of them coming under strain. 16 people 'possibly' losing job at Scroll is nothing. https://t.co/2A2bgNXc7C
https://twitter.com/rahulroushan/status/1136869331290091521?s=19
see, I had muted you, but someone sent this (people love you, you know). So a few things:
1. You don't understand what's ecosystem (many who attack you don't either)
2. Narrative and ecosystem are different things, don't confuse the two, as you usually confuse issues.. (1/2)
3. "you do not create an ecosystem by constantly calling people out on what they are doing" - Exactly! This is what 'sensible RW' (like you) need to realize. Stop calling other RWs stupid, garbage or whatever. Let them do whatever they want to. Focus on what you can do. (2/2)
toh kar na (Kejriwal style).. why are you asking me? Ecosystem (even literally) means there are lions, sheep, dogs, rats, everyone.. you be the lion, let me be the dog.. if everyone starts becoming similar, it won't be exosystem, it will be zoo cage.
To be honest : you do not create an ecosystem by constantly calling people out on what they are doing. You put your idea against their idea and let people decide which model is working better. Strengthen your idea and show that to people as an alternative !
https://twitter.com/VishakhaJ18/status/1136922269794611200?s=19
I am not calling you out on anything. I am just agreeing to Smita's point that we are not doing ourselves any favour by constantly giving attention to Sonam,Swara etc.We must question the media, UP police... these actresses are irrelevant.
The most important use of social media has been to humanize the opinion makers in front of audiences who earlier took their views as some gold standard.
For old SM people, this task has been completed and it may be grating to see repetitive taunts on omniscient experts. (1/n) https://t.co/BdFsjd8r10
https://twitter.com/c_aashish/status/1137054242773094401?s=19
India is a big country with multiple speed information flows. What was obvious to those active on Twitter in 2014 is becoming obvious to many people in 2019 (eg several pollsters suck, Bollywood is hypocritical). (2/n)
A peek into school / college WhatsApp groups can easily corroborate this. Extremely educated anti-BJP people in my circle were shocked to know that PM @narendramodi wasn't losing in Varanasi and did not contest a second seat (this was reported in ET in Jan). (3/n)
Another generally aware, well read BJP *supporting* friend was shocked to know the names who camped in Begusarai.
SM is still expanding. About a billion Indians still do not have smartphones today! Many will discover the inherent biases of people they adore much later. (4/n)
Twitter can definitely be used to demand government accountability. But governments don't work on Twitter (unlike what many people believe). So by all accounts questions should be asked but quite likely, complex problems won't get solved here. (5/n)
As the medium expands on the margin - new users join, screenshots go to Facebook or WhatsApp, old users deep dive into new interest areas- no harm in demanding consistency from opinion makers too.
Many of us know they won't respond or change. But the message may percolate. (6/n)
Especially because the media stars consider themselves fourth pillar of the democracy and hence indispensable, scrutiny of their opinions should be at the same level as that of the politicians. Power should come with inherent responsibility. (7/n)
Holding governments and those with institutional control over narrative accountable are two different Twitter use cases. Doing one doesn't preclude the other. Some Twitter users may be good at or interested in one or the other. IMO, let them be. (n/n)
Well, that's exactly what I said. With the additional opinion that some of the stuff won't be solved on Twitter because Twitter isn't real life.
Of course - solutions don't lie on Twitter. Asking the right questions is also important. Twitter questions are almost always addressing the event or the symptoms, not the root causes. But that's a different problem.
What I see is now information flow is more democratized; It brings with own set of problems but the level of empowerment is a sight to see as usual ivory towers are forced to respond. And now more than ever, it's clash of 1000 propagandas.
https://twitter.com/aravi2dharma/status/1137070948992004096?s=19
Just a very humble suggestion: Every Hindutvaite should familiarize oneself with
a) works of Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, Savarkar, Gandhi and Ambedkar
b) works of Carl Sagan, Fritjof Capra (not just 'Tao of Physics'), Michael Shermer and James Randi -particularly ministers.
https://twitter.com/arvindneela/status/1135729657301495808?s=19
Terrible that I missed them. Thank you for pointing out. Ram Swarup, Dharampal and Sitaram Goel. Yes.
Carl Sagan and Michael Shermer and Randi for immunizing themselves against pseudo-science peddlers and also to save us from getting embarrassed by our leaders talking 'ancient-alien' type nonsense.
Bulls eye !
Rupert Sheldrake, Bruce Lipton and Richard Dawkins.
These men have dared to take us to the notional boundary where matter and consciousness intersect.
https://twitter.com/DTudekar/status/1135906923382022144?s=19
12 Questions For Arun Shourie That We Wish He Answers: But I have a strange feeling that he may give one single answer to all the questions: 'all that + a cow' and would wave his hands like Zubin Mehta . https://t.co/kgAKnliQ9Y via @swarajyamag
https://twitter.com/arvindneela/status/1135803939108999168?s=19
Irrationality is very much part of the uniqueness of our inner cosmos, as is our rationality. Instead of playing one against the other our irrationality can be managed and rituals play an important role in it. https://t.co/wT939wJUao via @swarajyamag
https://twitter.com/arvindneela/status/1136506585491001344?s=19
Fiction says nothing concrete about improving relationships, establishing financial security, or controlling the breath for greater calm and energy. It seems ambiguous: it does not even deliver clear judgements on the characters it has itself presented... https://t.co/708EEPOmJx
https://twitter.com/Hashestweets/status/1136147270418739201?s=19
The first attack on Sri Aurobindo's poetry was seen in an issue of Illustrated Weekly of India(1949). CRM was the sign at the end of the article. Then there was a steady movement against the master culminating in Indian Poetry in English: An Anthology n a Credo.(1969, P.Lal)
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1137051369527865345?s=19
The leading defender was K.D. Sethna.He was supported by V.K. Gokak, Karan Singh, Sisirkumar Ghose n K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar. But the new poets formed a large army against Sri Aurobindo, the poet. Obviously they had to remove the giant from the limelight to establish themselves!
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1137052999585374209?s=19
The question is "Akhirma hoga kya?" The minor poets are melting away in the waters of d Arabian Sea! And every year Sri Aurobindo is growing in stature!
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1137059676825067521?s=19
Sri Aurobindo disclaimed the title "philosopher" n preferred the labels "Poet" n a "Politician". Obviously because he saw n wrote. As a politician he was labouring hard to tame the enemies of his beloved earth.
https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1137177026626899969?s=19
Democracy has no perfect past model but relies on people's spontaneity and creativity. Agile representatives and not robots or puppets are crucial for its success or quality. So, multiplicity of voices are in a sense essential. Geography and nature teach the primacy of diversity.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1135070889639174144?s=19
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