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It was a very painful piece to write, because it meant acknowledging that the idea of a life of an equal citizenship for Indian Muslims, is over in Modi’s India.
I’m an Indian Muslim, and I’m scared to say so. Read: nyti.ms/4bwg7xH
Mohammad Ali
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- It took me an year investigating Bajrang Dal’s role in radicalizing the majority & pushing India to a brink of Genocide.After long, depressing days, nights & therapy sessions, the story is out @WIRED Something essential inside me got broken during this.
- Let’s not romanticize Uttar Pradesh as some of its upper caste, privileged residents & journalists are doing. Let’s be clear. The poorest of the poor, lower caste, Dalits and Muslims have fought back, and rejected Modi’s bigotry. UP remains the cow belt it has always been.
- The slogans which were raised there, “Munh me gilori bagal me paan, Mullon Tum jao Pakistan”, is provocative when Muslims were celebrating Republic Day! Pls come out of the studio & social media journalism. Reality is not as catchy as your Twitter one liners! 😀अब ‘वन्दे मातरम’ और ‘भारत माता की जय’ “भड़काऊ नारे” हो गए....!!!!!
- Modi government’s assault on media continues with ED raid on @newsclickin office, homes of owner Prabir Purkayastha and editor Pranjal, in Delhi. NewsClick was one of the last bastions of critical reporting on the government’s policies.
- The radicalization of India’s majority has been quietly going on for quite some time. I spent few months embedded with Bajrang Dal, and wrote about how it happens. #JaipurExpressTerrorAttack
- Modi has reduced us to our immediate identities. As Muslims, we experience an existential threat that overrides all other aspirations. We once felt entitled to an honest life of dignity in India. That dream is over. I write on sense of loss @thebafflermag
- It seems like the WIRED piece on Bajrang Dal was the best thing I did in 2020. The magazine featured the story as the top culture story of the year. 😊
- On #KasganjViolence Kasganj administrative officers are on record saying that it was unscheduled, unauthorised & illegal bike rally of ABVP cadres and their subsequent provocative slogans which led to the clashes and stone pelting.
- Yogi ji promised 1 lakh in farm loan waiver but he sent 1 paisa in my account, Chhiddi Sharma tells me @the_hindu thehindu.com/news/national/…
- BJP lost #Kairana despite the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigning hours before the bypoll. Opposition won the seat when even Akhilesh Yadav had not campaigned in Kairana.
- So that we don’t forget, On this day two years ago Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched in Dadri. All the accused are out on bail!
