My tweets are my thoughts, my opinions. I have a brain of my own, feelings of my own. And think we have freedom of speech/expression?
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Arjun Dev retweeted
Big 'well done' to everyone involved in the call to pick Naman out of nowhere. He's got all the goods for this role apart from whatever he gives otherwise in the field.
Arjun Dev retweeted
I mean absolutely no disrespect to any of the fine players performing in the Ranji Trophy but there really needs to be a qualification in statistics for India's pre-eminent domestic competition: Pre-Lodha and Post-Lodha.
Years from now when someone looks at just the numbers it will be almost impossible to discern their true value.
#cricket #Indiancricket #RanjiTrophy
Arjun Dev retweeted
“Lawrence Bishnoi Sahab”
The respect Delhi Police has for gangsters…
Wish they showed even 10% of this courtesy to students and activists who are doing nothing but protest.
Arjun Dev retweeted
The more I read about Dr. Manmohan's tenure, the more my mind blown.
Back then zero interest in politics except for occasional mocking Congress/MMS because of ignorance.
But now that I read about it, the man delivered "na bhuto na bhavishyati" (never before, never again) performance on economy, governance, job creation etc.
Not just good, exceptional. Not just w.r.t past Indian performance but the entire world.
PS: Average on national security, but that is because of world atmosphere as well, many terrorist attacks happened world wide in the first decade of this century. Not to mention half of those in India were done by Hindutva terrorists. Main national security mistake (crime) was not holding Ranga Billa accountable.
Just to give people some idea. Stock market grew 5x under Dr MMS. FIVE times. In 10 years.
1 Rs became 5 Rs. And Indian stock market outperformed almost the entire world.
Under Modi not even 3x returns in 12 years. And absolutely zero to negative returns last 3 years.
And worse anticipated in future.
This is not politically relevant because 90% Indians have NO savings.
Arjun Dev retweeted
What a country we have become!
A big shout-out to all the young lawyers who ensure the release of all detainees every evening!
This fight goes on because we do not fight it alone. Journalists reporting the truth despite unlawful repression, lawyers holding the police to the law, lakhs and lakhs of first-time protesters fighting tooth and nail, giving actual blood to keep democracy alive.
Arjun Dev retweeted
Yesterday, the nation's young came out in Delhi to peacefully protest. They came with love in their hearts, not hatred or anger. They were beaten, both by cops and BJP goons.
This is not the India we want.
Tomorrow, we will march to the Supreme Court as Indians, united beyond party, gender, caste, community and state.
Youth, all opposition parties, civil society groups, all those who believe in democracy and stand by the Constitution of India, will walk with us.
We will submit a memorandum to the Chief Justice on behalf of the nation, demanding an end to vote chori, halting of SIR and the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar.
Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Ajit Doval and Mohan Bhagwat cannot silence India's voice. These cowards cannot intimidate us. They will have to step aside.
We will march together, with love, brotherhood and patriotism.
Daro mat.
Tomorrow, all of India will march to the Supreme Court.
कल दिल्ली में देश का युवा शांतिपूर्ण विरोध के लिए सड़कों पर उतरा। उनके दिलों में नफ़रत या गुस्सा नहीं, मोहब्बत थी। लेकिन उन्हें पुलिस और BJP के गुंडों, दोनों ने पीटा।
ऐसा भारत हम नहीं चाहते।
कल, सोमवार 12 अक्टूबर को, हम भारतीय होने के नाते सुप्रीम कोर्ट तक मार्च करेंगे। पार्टी, महिला-पुरुष, जाति, समुदाय और राज्य की हर दीवार से ऊपर उठकर, हम सब एक साथ चलेंगे।
देश का युवा, तमाम विपक्षी दल, सिविल सोसाइटी और लोकतंत्र में विश्वास रखने वाले, भारत के संविधान के साथ खड़े सभी लोग हमारे साथ चलेंगे।
हम देश की ओर से मुख्य न्यायाधीश को एक ज्ञापन सौंपेंगे। हमारी माँग है - वोट चोरी बंद हो, SIR पर रोक लगे और ज्ञानेश कुमार इस्तीफ़ा दें।
नरेंद्र मोदी, अमित शाह, अजित डोभाल और मोहन भागवत भारत की आवाज़ को दबा नहीं सकते। ये कायर हमें डरा नहीं सकते। इन्हें पीछे हटना ही होगा।
हम सब साथ चलेंगे - मोहब्बत, भाईचारे और देशभक्ति के साथ।
डरो मत।
कल पूरा भारत सुप्रीम कोर्ट तक मार्च करेगा।
#ChaloDilli
Arjun Dev retweeted
#India: We are concerned by reports of mass detentions of demonstrators, protest leaders, members of civil society organisations, lawyers and journalists, before and during today’s large-scale demonstrations in Delhi.
We call on the authorities to ensure that the right to peaceful assembly is fully respected and fulfilled.
ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
ALT India: All those arbitrarily detained must be immediately and unconditionally released
Arjun Dev retweeted
To my generation,
There comes a moment in the life of every generation when it must choose between comfort and conscience. For us, that moment has come again.
In July, we stepped out onto the streets and a union minister resigned. We have done this before.
In 1942, the British arrested the leaders before dawn, believing a movement dies when its leaders are taken. It did not. The young carried it forward and ended the Raj.
Today, Modi-Shah's playbook is the same: close the roads, call it illegal, detain people before they speak.
So our answer will be the same as the young of 1942. If any of us is stopped tomorrow, the one standing beside us carries it on. If that one is stopped, the next does. This movement belongs to every one of us.
Years from now, someone will ask what we did on the 10th of October, when the trains stopped, the roads were sealed and a nation was told to stay silent.
Let our answer be one we are proud to give.
See you tomorrow.
Jantar Mantar 2.0 continues.
Arjun Dev retweeted
Do you laugh? Applaud? Both?
Imagine arresting a protestor and having her patiently explain to the arresting cops just what she is protesting about!
👏👏👏
कुछ नहीं गाइज, क्लासेज चल रही हैं।😅👇
डिटेन हुई @neha_aisa SIR पढ़ा रही हैं।
स्टूडेंट हैं पुलिस वाले, अनुशासित लग रहे हैं।
मास्टरनी भी मानो मधुर कविता सुना रही हैं।
Arjun Dev retweeted
Saara naatak cricket wale nautanki fans ke liye hi karta BJP.
At the India Panama football game, Vande Mataram didn't play.
So when we say BJP has weaponised the sport don't come crying kaise bola JeSa ke baare mein.
Handshakes between Pakistan and India’s squash teams after Ashab Irfan beats Veer Chotrani.
#AsianGames
Arjun Dev retweeted
If you are Indian Muslim, JAIL is the punishment. If you are a FOREIGNER working against INDIA, law will find a way to send you home.
"One Country, Two Separate Laws"
An Indian citizen languishes in jail for years. No chargesheet in time. No trial. No bail. His crime might be a Facebook post or a protest. The system forgets him inside Tihar and UAPA becomes a tool to keep him inside without proof.
And then look at the Myanmar Drone Case.
US national Matthew VanDyke and 6 Ukrainian nationals - Petro Hurba, Taras Slyviak and others - arrested by NIA in March for illegally entering Mizoram, crossing into Myanmar, supplying drones, weapons and training ethnic armed groups for drone warfare. NIA itself said they were operating as mercenaries, booked under UAPA.
What happened?
Chargesheet filed with only Immigration and Foreigners Act, no UAPA. Granted default bail in 6 months. Fine of 5.5 lakhs to FRRO and they are discharged. And yesterday, Rouse Avenue Court allows all seven to fly back to US and Ukraine for a month to meet their families, passports returned. Constitutional liberty to travel abroad, the court said.
So an Indian without a chargesheet can't get bail for years, but foreign nationals accused of running a drone-training camp against India's security interests get bail, discharge, and a paid vacation home in 6 months.
Arjun Dev retweeted
The video from Jamui, Bihar is deeply disturbing.
Two Class 10 students were stopped on a road. Harassed. Humiliated. Molested. A young girl, hands folded, begged to be let go while goons groped her and dragged her away.
Who gave these men the right to behave like this? This is not "culture." It is patriarchy: the belief that any man can police a girl's body, her movement, her choices.
When control is mistaken for culture, and such attitudes are normalised by Andhbhakts, mobs start believing they are the law.
Every individual in that video must be identified and prosecuted under POCSO, and justice must be swift. And if the incident happened on September 19th, why are the culprits not behind bars yet?
And the Bihar government must answer why a girl is not safe on a public road at 7 pm?
बिहार के जमुई का एक वीडियो बहुत बेचैन करने वाला है।
10वीं क्लास के एक छात्र और छात्रा को रास्ते में जबरदस्ती रोक लिया गया। उन्हें प्रताड़ित किया गया, अपमानित किया गया और छात्रा के साथ उत्पीड़न किया गया। बच्ची हाथ जोड़कर उसे जाने देने की विनती करती रही, मगर गुंडे उसे गलत तरीके से छूते और खींचतान करते रहे।
इन लोगों को ऐसी बदतमीज़ी करने का हक किसने दिया? यह "संस्कृति" नहीं है, यह patriarchy है: ये सोच कि किसी भी पुरुष का किसी लड़की के शरीर, उसके आने-जाने और उसकी पसंद-नापसंद पर नियंत्रण है।
जब नियंत्रण को ही संस्कृति मान कर 'अंधभक्त' ऐसी सोच को सामान्य ठहराते हैं, तो भीड़ को लगने लगता है कि वही कानून है।
उस वीडियो में दिख रहे हर व्यक्ति की पहचान होनी चाहिए और उन अपराधियों पर POCSO के तहत मुकदमा चलाकर उन्हें जल्द से जल्द सजा मिलनी चाहिए। और अगर ये घटना 19 सितंबर की है तो गुनहगार अब तक सलाखों के पीछे क्यों नहीं हैं?
और बिहार सरकार जवाब दे कि शाम 7 बजे कोई लड़की राज्य की सड़कों पर सुरक्षित क्यों नहीं है?
Arjun Dev retweeted
It’s not a discussion worth having, to be honest.
Unless your idea of evaluation is your personal memories and vague phrases like “clutch player”.
Arjun Dev retweeted
Never celebrated my birthday. This is a day I do not take any calls or meet any person. I try to avoid programes: Narendra Modi
