#nrcindia

[nan-drw]

This is not the India Mahatma Gandhi dreamt of when he began his Satyagraha.

This is not the India Babasaheb Ambedkar envisioned when he drafted the constitution.

AND this is definitely NOT the India I was born in!

These people, who claim to be the leaders of this once thriving nation, have managed to systematically annihilate the very spirit of its existence and democracy.

It all started out very normal, in 2014, the year BJP came into power and Narendra Modi took centre stage as Prime Minister, with a promise of 'good days'.

I don't know if the 'good days' ever arrived, but I made several observations.

Modi (of course) dished out a few fancy schemes. Mob lynchings and minority persecution became common. About 20 billion dollars were spent on foreign visits. The economy dwindled. Random rants about Pakistan. Demonetisation. Women were (are) being brutally raped and murdered. Laws were arbitrarily amended for the worse. Filmmakers were accused of 'hurting the Hindu sentiments' when it was clearly not the case. History textbooks and names of cities were changed for no reason. Farmers commited suicide. An entire state was detained. More rants about Pakistan. Detention camps (!) were built. Peaceful protestors were beaten black and blue. Politicians who opposed the government were (are) trolled for no reason. Pushing for a One-Party system. And worst of all, the media either slept through all of it, or was busy putting the central government on a pedestal for no apparent reason or achievement. Journalists who tried questioning the government were shot.

Despite all this, they got re-elected in the centre once again in 2019 and this time all hell broke loose, for the public could now see them for who they were, anti-democratic, anti-secular, extremist, divisive, Islamophobic, fascist brats!

In December 2019, the Citizenship Amendment Bill (now law) was passed. This law provides citizenship to anyone identified as being in India illegally, if they are from a non-muslim community (Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Christians, Parsis, Buddhists) and originally from Pakistan, Bangladesh or Afghanistan. This act, clubbed with the National Register of Citizens is dangerous. Under NRC+CAA, millions of people have to present documents proving their Indian citizenship. If you're from a non muslim community and you do not have the required documents, then chill, you'll still be 'Indian'. But if you're a Muslim, you immediately lose your citizenship due to CAA and will be either deported or sent to detention camps. They carried out NRC in Assam and about 19 lakh people lost their Indian citizenship and were sent to concentration camps.

Also, it's not just about the Muslims. Think of the poor people. The illiterate people. The destitutes. The transgenders. The tribals. The people who DO NOT wish to be associated with any religion i.e. athiests. There are so many more.

Some of you might say, so what? Just show the documents and get it done, simple! NO. IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE. IT'S NOT SIMPLE WHEN YOU HAVE TO PRESENT 60-70 YEAR OLD DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO PROVE YOUR INDIANNESS. Also, do you REALLY think that every person carries the birth certificates, insurance policies and other documents of their ancestors? Think again.

I am a Muslim and I'm scared. For the first time in my life; I'm scared to be in my own skin, of my own identity. I'm afraid of calling myself an Indian. The possible outcomes of the implementation of NRC+CAA makes me shiver. Who knows, I'll be gone from the face of the earth. Or left to rot in a detention camp? Or something else?

Remember the last time concentration camps were built?I don't think I need to remind you of it.

BJP is a fascist part which rose to power largely because of its favour of 'Hindutva'  and follows the ideologies of the RSS. This includes the building of a Hindu state. A quick google search will tell you how impressed the RSS leaders and BJP fathers were with Hitler and supported his Nazi system.

These new laws are eerily similar to the Nuremberg laws and Reich Citizenship laws of Nazi Germany, which dictated who all were eligible to be Reich citizens. It excluded Jews, the same way the CAA excludes Muslims. All of it was done (is being done) legally following constitutional norms by those in power. The Nuremberg laws were, in many ways, the beginnings of Genocide against the Jews.

With the Citizenship Amendment Act, Modi and Co. Is trying to bring the system in India too. It's a step towards their dream of a 'Hindu state'. The act is fundamentally discriminatory in nature, undermines the constitutional right to equality and discriminates on the grounds of religion. Also, now that everyone is after NRC CAA, nobody is asking the real questions, about the state of the economy, the rising prices, the never ending crimes against women...the list goes on.

A genocide against the Muslims is well underway in India.

Ever since the bill was passed by the parliament, students of the Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi have been actively involved in peacefully protesting against it. They've been joined by students from educational institutions all over India, plus the general public, who understand what this new law really is. The BJP has been trying hard to stop and discredit these protestors. The police, acting on Modi and Co's orders is resorting to extreme violence in order to stop the students and protestors. The police have open fired on the students, molested the female ones, sprayed tear gas and beaten students mercilessly(many have ended up in hospitals with broken bones, injuries, one guy lost an eye). They are provoking the peaceful protestors to resort to violence and then putting them in jail for crimes they did not commit. BJP, and their blind supporters (bhakts) are spreading fake news through their social media and labelling the protestors terrorists. The government has shut down internet and other modes of communication in several parts of the country, the whole state of Assam has blacked out. We don't know what's happening there.

Now we understand what Kashmiris have been going through. Cut out from the rest of the world (since almost 140 days, a record for any democracy), under constant watch of the military, stripped off their basic human rights and what not!? We are sorry Kashmir, we failed you.

I salute the protestor's spirits, they haven't lost hopes or taken backfoot because of the violence instigated against them by the police; they've stuck to their cause and are responding with almost superhuman strength! I pray for them all day.

If you are reading this, please spread this! Tell about the situation of India to everyone. Raise awareness. Be respectful in disagreements but demolish opposing arguments using pure logic. Stand united! If you can, participate in the protests. If you're already doing it, kudos to you! Remember, DO NOT RESORT TO VIOLENCE. If you're outside India, please help us and tell people about this state of affairs in India. Educate people about the ill effects of this law. Please! I request you please help us! We need to show these fascists the power of the people. We cannot just silently stand by as Modi and Co make a joke of our constitution and morals! This cannot, and should not continue!!! This is not about being a Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Sikh or Jain or Parsi, it's not even about being political, it's about being an Indian! It's about being a human.

....And now, coming to the Ostriches, those who have their heads buried in the ground, those who are pretending there's nothing wrong happening in the country right now, those who think that NRC+CAB are not anti-national, those who are still supporting the BJP, those who are silent because they don't want to make political statements, I have only one thing to say to you; when we are silenced, I hope you regret being silent.

From the Quran-

And never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them for a day when all the eyes will stare, in horror...

[rekhtaa]

Jo mujhko zinda jala rahe hain, wo bekhabar hain ke meri zanjeer, dheere dheere pighal rahi hai..

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Main qatl to ho gaya tumhari gali mein, lekin mere lahu se tumhari deewar gal rahi hai..

-Javed Akhtar.

I stand in full solidarity against CAA + NRC in India to protect the integrity, plurality and the secular values of my India🇮🇳

Inquilab zindabad.

Jai hind.

Posted : Dec 20, 2019. 10.24 pm.

[imaginatorically]

[quasixenoform]

okay fuck the pro-NRC&CAA/CAB demonstrators.

also, if you dont know whats going on, please educate yourself and form an opinion. remaining neutral is not a valid option. people's lives are at stake.

[critic-corner]

In these trying times for our country, there are very few writers and artists standing up for the rights of the people. And as much as it infuriates me to see that, it also fills me with pride to say that my mom is one of those very few Hindi writers who is whole-heartedly supporting the Anti-CAA protesters. The protests that has largely been led by students all over the country have been extremely inspiring and for that reason, she is dedicating her latest book (which is a self-help book) to the Youth of India.

Before this, she had only ever written literary novels, stories and poetries (wow I’m making it sound so easy when writing is legit one of the hardest things to do). This is her first motivational book and well, maybe this dedication only makes sense. This shift in her writing career is perfectly emblematic to the shift in our country's mood towards our government. Am I reading too much into it? Maybe. 🤷

Anyways, the book will be released at the World Book Fair next month in New Delhi, but you can pre-order it right now. Do show your support for the writers and artists who take a public stance because more often than not, it's a big risk they are taking.

PS - I’ll be back with red carpet reviews, soon. Stay tuned!

[thedailyreportmedia]

February 17th, Gorakhpur: The suspended Dr. Kafeel Khan, as per the regulations of the NSA ( National Security Act), is hitting the news because of Khan’s hateful speech at Aligarh University on December 19th. Khan has been a convict before for the death of 60 children during the tenure of his lectureship at the BRD medical college hospital. Recently, the Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Police accused Khan of negligence and unscrupulous means. Khan was in a short period of bail and he expressed political opinions on CAA at Aligarh University, which reported him to suspension.

Khan was absolved of the charges against the death of 60 children at BRD medical college by the proceedings of the Government. However, the investigations regarding the medical practices with a private hospital are in progress, something which is prohibited by law and order. Presently, the U.P government has laid down 2 charges against Khan for which he was found guilty of misconduct.

History Of Kafeel Khan:  Dr. Kafeel Khan  Kafeel Khan is a detained lecturer at the Department of Paediatrics of Baba Raghav Das Medical College (BRD medical college), Gorakhpur. Khan has a strong academic history as he pursued his MBBS and an MD in pediatrics from Kasturba college of Karnataka.

Nearly, 60 children died at the BRD medical college, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh mainly due to alleged disruption in the oxygen supply. The hospital is trying to pinpoint the fact that Khan was responsible for the sheer negligence of the mishaps caused in 2017. However, resources bring a different picture of conflict as many people are supporting the former medical lecturer. Khan has spent on the oxygen cylinders from his own pocket and tried to meet the scarcity in the medical institution according to many resources.

The outrage:  On December 12th,2020 Dr. Khan dictated a speech in an anti-CAA rally at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). A Fir was lodged on the next day against Khan for creating religious disparity under section 153A and 295A IPC through the hate speech. His bail on February 10th by the Chief judicial magistrate was on a short tenure basis. However, he received a preventive detention order under the NSA (National Securities Act).

In his recent interviews, Dr. Khan said “ I was made a scapegoat by Adityanath Govt. To save the real culprits”.

 The resident doctors at the AMU’s JN Hospital staunchly demanded that the charges against Khan to be withdrawn under the NSA. The protest march of RDA has also witnessed statements like “ It is a direct assault on a member who is known for his upright behavior and a champion of free speech”. The two years old probe against Khan compelled him to seek an apology from the Aditynath Government.

For more controversies refer: https://thedailyreport.in/adnan-sami-padam-shri-congress-leaders-twitter-conversation-turned-into-a-controversy/

[auntynationalsblog]

On the Nazification of India

It is almost complete.

I know this because anyone who resists the Supreme Leader's instructions risks death and destruction. Doctors, (the same ones we applauded in the "bang your thalis, not your spouses" initiative) are being asked to keep their mouth shut when they try to raise concerns about PPE and testing. The masses have become unquestioning towards authority. To quote my hero, Ambedkar, "in politics, bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship."

The fight against discriminatory citizenship laws hasn't ended, although those days seem like a distant memory now. This government's prejudice against the so-called 'impure races' has never been more evident. And the economy? Hahahahahaha.

Incompetent governance is not Nazification. UPA-II displayed only incompetence. The Nazification comes from the ruler's explicit alienation and extermination of the 'impure races', while the 'pure races' indulge in it, or worse, look the other way. We have started looking the other way. Any Nazification is incomplete without the complicity of the majority. So when we take part in our prime minister's ridiculous team-building exercises, we make ourselves vulnerable to complicity because any criticism of the Supreme Leader becomes a criticism of ourselves.

Apart from politicians, the Nazification requires a couple of key figures. Arnab Goswami and Sudhir Choudhary do what Joseph Goebbels, head of Reich Ministry of Public "Enlightenment" and Propaganda, was brilliant at. The cops have started resembling the Schutzstaffel and the Gestapo. With a state machinery that is so large, influenceable and united, it is indeed becoming an unstoppable force.

And thus India gets Nazified into an Orwellian state. A couple of us are fighting back, it might not be enough. Hitler's own dissenters could not bring him down. So while Indian democracy looks at a grim future, the least some of us could do is fight back for our own conscience.

[trendadda]

Is duniya mein aisa bhi hota hai bhai. Samjha kijiye... Har kisi ke abba harmonium nahi bajate

🤭😬😜

#CAA #CAB #NRC

#CAA_NRC_Protest

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[ahamayush]

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[theoptimisticentertainment]

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[thedailyreportmedia]

Large scale violent demonstrations have seen in Assam and other Northeastern states against the passing of the bill. In other parts, protesters demanded that Indian citizenship must be granted to Muslim refugees and immigrants.

The Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by Parliament of India in December and it amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 by providing a path to Indian citizenship for illegal migrants of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian religious minorities, who had been persecuted from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan before December 2014. Muslims from those countries were not given such eligibility. This act was the first time religion had been used as a benchmark for citizenship under Indian law.

Large scale violent demonstrations have seen in Assam and other Northeastern states against the passing of the bill. In other parts, protesters demanded that Indian citizenship must be granted to  Muslim refugees and immigrants.

Major protests against the CAA were held at universities in India. Students at Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Milia Islamia witnessed brutal suppression by the police force. The protests had led to several deaths, heavy damage was done to public and private property, and local internet mobile phone connectivity was suspended.

The CAA protests started in December, 2019 and it is continuing affecting the lives of people and creating a sense of disturbance in the country, especially in the National capital of India.

Now, around 500 people, mostly women rose in protest against the CAA, blocking a major road at the Jaffrabad Metro Station since Saturday night.

On Sunday afternoon, BJP leader Kapil Mishra tweeted and invited those who support the CAA to Maujpur Chowk at 3 pm which indirectly answered the hindrance at Jaffrabad. By 4:30 pm, violent large scale protests are being witnessed in Maujpur in northeast Delhi. The anti and pro- CAA law protesters started a fracas that got elevated into throwing stones at each other and then setting vehicles on fire. Police had to fire teargas shells to bring the situation under control.

 Also, within some hours, the nearby areas of Bhajanpura and Chand Bagh too witnessed violence. A petrol pump was ignited by the protesters in Bhajanpura.

In the evening, Mishra tweeted a video where he put forth a threat that his supporters are just waiting till US President Donald Trump’s visit and after that, they would not even listen to Delhi Police and will make sure that all roads which are blocked by anti-CAA protesters are cleared. Kapil Mishra had given a three-day ultimatum to the police or, he said, “we would have to take the streets”.

Protests at both Jaffrabad and Maujpur continued the following day. On Monday, pro-CAA protesters were seen in Maujpur Chowk playing songs on loudspeakers in the morning with lyrics saying, “Jo maange azaadi desh mein, bhejo Pakistan unhe” and “Bharat ka abhimaan hai Hindu bhagwadhaari aayega, Pukaarti Ma Bhaarti khoon se rang bharo goliyon ke naam ki”.

The police lineup was all around the Maujpur-Jaffrabad stretch, though they heard the songs near the chowk, they did not take any step towards that.

Again, two groups of pro and anti-CAA protesters escalated into stone-throwing outside the Maujpur Metro Station. The police had to fire tear gas shells and bring the situation under control. Just 2 hours later or so, around 2 pm, the anti-CAA protesters headed towards Maujpur Chowk and the pro-CAA protesters headed towards the Jaffrabad. Suspecting that the situation would soon turn violent, they reached the midpoint but by then, both the groups started throwing heavy stones at each other. The police again had to fire teargas shells when the situation was getting out of control. An autorickshaw was set on fire during the time of violence.

Till 5 pm, the attacks by throwing stones continued, after which the police could somehow bring the situation in control. Almost 800-900 police and paramilitary personnel that have been fanned out in the Jaffrabad-Maujpur stretch after the incident took place.

Five Delhi Metro stations in the North East district will remain closed on February 25 which includes Jaffrabad, Maujpur-Babarpur, Gokulpuri, Johri Enclave, and Shiv Vihar stations.

Ratan Lal (42), a head constable died after getting injured during the violent stone-pelting attacks along with five other people during the clashes and at least 105 others, including several paramilitary and at least 11 police personnel including Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Shahdara, Amit Sharma, and ACP Anuj Kumar were injured during the violent incidents which took place in Northeast Delhi. Two CRPF police personnel were also injured, PTI reported. Section 144 has been enforced in that area.

Violent throwing of stone attacks took place today morning in Maujpur and Brahampuri in the morning on February 25.

“Am v worried abt prevailing situation in certain parts of Del. All of us together shud make all efforts to restore peace in our city. I again urge everyone to shun violence.

Am meeting all MLAs (of all parties) of affected areas along wid senior officials in a while.”, Kejriwal tweeted.

According to the sources, the meeting will take place at the chief minister’s residence at 10:30 am.

[auntynationalsblog]

Shaheen Bagh is an Idea, and Ideas are Bulletproof

Darab Farooqui wrote; 

Have you seen streets raise their heads? Have you seen wounds break into a smile? Have you seen freedom wrapped in dupattas? Have you seen an eighty-year-old princess?

The lamp that lights the center of this storm, The radiant flame is Shaheen Bagh. If you want to see its insistence, come, see it. Not the Jama masjid, see this masjid of truth.

Warm your hands with the warmth of their hearts, Measure the heights of the mountain’s spirits. Where you will find no stain in the hem, The name of that cloth is Shaheen Bagh.

Come see Lakshmibai, see Razia Sultan, See a new India emerge from the hijab, Tearing the dark, hear the chorus of appeal. Hear the nation of women, transform, rise These women sacrificed their homes Their new dwelling is Shaheen Bagh.

I read a pretty lit headline today morning while scrolling through my favorite newspaper, The Print. It read:

“Shaheen Bagh couldn’t get CAA revoked. But Gandhi’s satyagraha didn’t meet its goal either.” 

But we all know that Gandhi’s satyagraha achieved something bigger, and so did Shaheen Bagh. 

Gandhi’s satyagraha became a tale of unity, defiance and the relentless pursuit of freedom. The rest is history as we know it. Similarly, Shaheen Bagh, a Muslim dominated neighborhood in South Delhi, became the face of India’s rebellion against the discriminatory and dictatorial laws, passed by arguably the most authoritarian establishment India has seen since the Congress government of the 1970s, led by Indira Gandhi. Leading the nationwide fight against the CAA-NRC-NPR legislations, the Shaheen Bagh protest overpowered the communal poison that has slowly been creeping its way into homes, workplaces, even friendships, and familiar relations. 

Muslim women led the rebellion. Sikh farmers came from Punjab to aid their “Muslim sisters”. Christians came out in support with their crosses and their Bibles, accusing the government of blatantly discriminating against Indian Muslims. Dalit participation was thriving, led by their charismatic chief, Chandrashekhar Azad, and believe it or not, a lot of Hindus stepped out of their homes to join the revolution that was Shaheen Bagh. Despite my description of the multi-religious protest site, my point is mere this; 

Shaheen Bagh has no religion. It only has Indians, out to save their fellow Indians. 

In Hong Kong, initial protests against an anti-extradition bill turned into a large-scale violent rebellion against the puppet regime of China led by Carrie Lam. Similarly, Shaheen Bagh is no longer limited to CAA-NRC-NPR, it is about saving the constitution, and saving the largest democracy of the world. It is about Kashmir. It is about the detentions of Muslims and Dalits across the country. It is about calling out police brutality. It is about saving the idea of India. 

The uniqueness of Shaheen Bagh comes from its unity in diversity, and its ability to push the dystopian truth into the minds of those who have some kind of conscience remaining. It is this unity that is intolerable to an establishment that thrives on division, hate, and fear. It cannot risk its people defying its strategy of “keep them stupid, silly”, and Shaheen Bagh, through art, music, books, speeches, and interactions, does exactly that. 

I shall be posting another blog with pictures of the variety of modes of rebellion at Shaheen Bagh, which won both the heart and the mind. One final note. A lot of you will be engaging in some kind of sadistic celebration today. You might even go on to make yourself look like a total psychopath when you tweet, “virus has triumphed over bacteria.” That demonstrates the success of this government in poisoning our minds, in convincing us that dissent is equivalent to treachery by labeling every dissenter with the infamous tag of ‘anti-national’. To you, I quote Tocqueville, 

“A nation that asks nothing of government but the maintenance of order is already a slave in the depths of its heart; it is a slave of its well-being, ready for the man who will put it in chains.”

We are anti-establishment, not anti-India. Know the difference. 

Made by my friend Akshaj.