We will need to define a Torino scale for the catastrophe that is/will be caused by Aadhaar. #DestroyTheAadhaar Here a person tried to register a complaint for gas leakage and the gas company asks for Aadhaar to register the complaint! https://social.systemreboot.net/attachment/72641
" Terrorism has never been about absolute body counts. It has always been about creating shock and awe to accentuate the helplessness of the state. That is how a nation one-sixth of our economy can engage with us in conflict over decades. And while the principles of this instrument have remained unchanged over centuries, its execution has evolved too rapidly for the state machinery, creating a paradox wherein large nations end up losing small wars." "Secondly, while we may be obsessed with preventing another 26/11 type of attack, from the ISI’s perspective, there is no need for a second attack. This is not an annual exercise, it’s a single ‘dose’ which ensures the wastage of scarce resources by India for decades to come." https://thewire.in/199627/terrorism-large-nations-india-security-apparatus/
Received a "DMCA Takedown Notice" from Twitter. One of my tweets has been removed, apparently due to a copyright violation. Copyright owner: Board of Control for !Cricket in !India. From what I see, all I did was posting a link to a website that had a live streaming video of a certain cricket tournament. //
In defense of Central Board of film certification, who recently refused to award certification for the film 'lipstick under my burkha' https://social.systemreboot.net/url/43451 Quote: "Despite rumors to the contrary, Indians know that women don't masturbate. There are no women who want to have sex just for the sake of sex. No women who want to pick up men, have sex and say thank you, goodbye. (Men do this but women don't.) Everything that women wear each day of their lives is to either please men or provoke them. Women don't have a body independent of how it exists in the minds of men. Every aspect of a woman's life exists for consumption by men. Coming to the board's beef with women using abuses/expletives, I can't believe that experienced filmmakers can be this naive." ;) !India #women #freedom #sex
Microsoft, the depicable corporation that doesn't think twice about bowing down to dictatorships is now making Skype Aadhaar (an national identity project) enabled. The slope down this lane is orwellian - Indian government can start demanding Aadhaar card for social media accounts in areas of unrest like Kashmir thereby quelling dissent. https://social.systemreboot.net/url/43035 !India #foe #censorship
This disgusts me on so many levels. That men think that friendship can be demanded from women. Also that assholes who sell women's number as a commodity. Also the lack of respect for privacy. https://social.systemreboot.net/url/40090 !India !privacy #privacy
I just heard of the #PinjraTod (break the cage) movement -- https://social.systemreboot.net/url/20223 We need a lot more of these to overthrow the draconian rules imposed by many colleges (especially private colleges) in !india.
Ha ha ha ha! Laughed out loud at this one. The sycophancy and leader workship in AIADMK often amuses everyone. Most probably Hillary has never heard of Jayalalitha. However, what India can be proud of is having had an woman for a Prime minister (Indira Gandhi) before USA, even though it is a misogynistic country. https://social.systemreboot.net/url/19926
The battle for decriminalizing homosexuality goes on.. for a brief period homosexuality was decriminalized by Delhi high court, only to be struck down by the Supreme court saying that a High court does not have the authority on that matters. Meanwhile, bigots from Christianity(and probably other religions too) are waving the Bible (which supports slavery) to support continued repression of homosexual people. https://social.systemreboot.net/url/16790 #homosexuality #section377
When ever the issue of rape comes up, people here express their longing for Saudi Arabia style punishment for rapists (which can be upto execution). Today I gently reminded one person that SA also punishes the victim in most of the cases for adultry and extra martial sex. #crime #rape !India
Studentenunruhen in Indien: Die Bastion der linken Studenten - taz.dehttp://taz.de/!5279005/ „Wir wollen eine Nation der Vielfalt, der verschiedenen Religionen und Ethnien“, sagt er. „Also das Gegenteil von dem, was die BJP will.“ !India
"In just the last 3 months, 5 churches were attacked in Delhi; Hindu nationalists reportedly forcibly converted Christians and Muslims; and a mob of more than 5,000 people attacked the majority-Muslim village of Azizpur, Bihar, killing 3 Muslims and setting about 25 houses on fire. In addition, on February 5, police detained hundreds of Christians demonstrating against attacks on churches in New Delhi" cc !india @question
India is country that has unity in diversity. You will become confused if it is a country of same kind of people with different cultures or different kinds of people sharing the same culture.