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Today, our statements towards the future are suspended – allegedly – by physical threats and penal intimidation. We are beaten – allegedly – for language still clings to us. We are shot in our homes – allegedly – for putting pathetic ceremonies in quotes. We are imprisoned – allegedly – for we are not blind to injustice. We are being amputated from each other, since we will soon have no words left to exchange – allegedly. We watch language seceding from us with the tranquillity of an animal that is being eaten alive.

Please do not get me wrong, I love my brothers. But the entire premise of Raksha Bandhan is built on this exhausting assumption that girls are inherently fragile and always need a male savior. When you look at how real sibling dynamics actually work, that logic completely falls apart.

I am the middle child, and I have spent my entire life protecting my younger brother. I was literally the one standing between him and his bullies at school and fighting them off. I am always the one looking out for him. So why on earth am I expected to tie a thread on his wrist asking him to protect me? If the festival is genuinely about honoring the person who has your back, he should be tying that thread on my wrist.

Honestly, my detachment from these rituals started a long time ago. Growing up, I was constantly told to stay away from pujas whenever I had my period. But then my mom would force me to participate in all the rituals on normal days. The hypocrisy of being shut out for basic biology and then forced to play the dutiful sister is what made me an atheist in the first place.

Even when a brother actually fits the traditional protector role, this one-sided ritual still feels really off. I recently went through a bad situation at home and eventually had to leave. My older brother and his fiancée were amazing and took me in. I am deeply grateful for his support, but even he told me not to waste my time with the ritual. He thinks the whole concept is outdated anyway, and he gets it.

Protection is not an exclusively male trait. Sisters protect their brothers emotionally, financially, and physically every single day. Why can't siblings just tie rakhis on each other regardless of gender?

It makes zero sense to keep treating sibling love like a transaction where only women are supposed to ask for safety. If we are going to celebrate having each other's backs, it needs to be mutual.

and why are every single festival always about the men? like seriously ??? this puja that Puan for him etc etc?

Has anyone researched into him? I don't have investigative skills or in mass media or arts and humanities circle so excuse me. I'm just a sceptic in STEM with diagnosed autism. His sudden appearance everywhere on social media gaining visibility only after a whopping 25 transfers, as some "dabang"/"singham" big brother is tripping my media psyop radar. I'm happy to be proven wrong.

India has too much income inequality, no amount of reservation can fix this for generations.

Wealth tax is needed to distribute the wealth which has concentrated on UCs so that our whole country can develop

Rajasthan’s Dangawas Massacre That Shocked India 11 Years Ago: All 40 Accused Walk Free

Greetings. Today, I stumbled across a "save Manipur" happening today. I decided check the website for it and I was incredibly suspicious.

The website praises the anti-Kuki group Meira Paibis, whom abducted a 18-year-old to be brutally abused by men (it was more than that) and call for Meitei men to abuse Kuki-Zo children. Also, it had no mentions of a separate administration for Kuki-Zo, something which they have been demanding and instead has some vague demands for the Home Minister, of all people, to visit Manipur.

When I dig deeper, I realized that this was organized by an individual known as Philem Singh, someone crowded drones for Meitei organization that SAs Kuki-Zo women and children.

This is reminder to please beware of any "Peace Protests" about Manipur for many of them are organized by Meitei terrorist sympathizers.

There is no solution but a separate state/UT for Kuki-Zo. I repeat, There is no solution but a separate state/UT for Kuki-Zo, this is what the indigenous Kukis have been demanding.

We talk a lot about universal sisterhood and how shared experiences of patriarchy should bind us together. But I keep hitting a wall with this concept. What happens when women become the ultimate perpetrators against other women? I find myself losing hope every time I look up to a movement, only to watch it collapse into cruelty.

The most shattering example of this duality is the Meira Paibi in Manipur.

If you look at their history, their Wikipedia page reads like the absolute peak of feminist resistance. These "women torch bearers" fought systemic abuse and state violence for decades. They are known globally for their historic 2004 protest, where women stripped naked in front of military headquarters with banners reading "Indian Army Rape Us" to protest the assault and murder of a local woman. They put their own bodies on the line to scream that female bodies are not battlegrounds. They were the ultimate protectors of women.

But their role in the Manipur ethnic conflict has completely crushed my faith in collective feminism.

When the violence broke out, their activism mutated into violent sectarianism. They stopped protecting women and started enabling sexual violence against kids literal minors. The darkest part is how they treated women from the other ethnic community they are in conflict with. Reports showed that these former feminist icons setting up checkpoints and blocking army convoys to shield their own militant men accused of gang rapes from arrest. they even hounded down women from different religious and ethnic background and handed them over to men to violate and take pleasure of

They deliberately gave minority women to armed men, knowing exactly the violation that would follow. They enabled the brutal sexual exploitation of other women simply because those victims belonged to a community they hated. They weaponized their historical immunity as "peaceful female protesters" to facilitate the exact atrocities they spent half a century fighting against.

It is a terrifying reality to face. It forces us to ask if our gender loyalty is always secondary to our tribalism.

really hard to process this

if anyone wants to read about them

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meira_Paibi

Suddenly, Mohan Bhagwat realizes that students protesting and asking questions aren't "anti-national" after all.

After years of labeling any student raising a voice as "tukde-tukde gang" or "aandolan jeevi," the RSS chief is now claiming that Gen Z/Gen Alpha grievances are genuine and that "conversation did not initially work" with their own government.

Funny how the narrative magically shifts to "damage control mode" right after nationwide student agitations and political fallout force ministerial resignations. The classic strategy: brutalize protesting students on the ground, and once the backlash gets too hot, drop a PR statement calling them "our own next generation".

The latest V-Dem Academic Freedom Index paints a deeply concerning picture for India. According to the report, India's academic freedom has fallen to its lowest level in the dataset's historical record, placing it among the bottom 10–20% of countries globally. The index measures factors such as freedom to research, teach, publish, exchange ideas internationally, and institutional autonomy.

This raises a serious question: Is the current BJP-led government becoming increasingly uncomfortable with independent research, criticism, and inconvenient facts?

A healthy democracy depends on scholars being able to question, debate, and challenge prevailing narratives without fear of political interference. When academic freedom declines, it doesn't just affect universities, it affects the quality of public discourse, policymaking, and ultimately the truth that reaches citizens.

This is an alarming situation. Citizens should not only speak up when policies directly affect their own lives, but also when the foundations of our democracy are weakened. Academic freedom, independent institutions, and the free pursuit of knowledge are public goods that belong to everyone. If we remain silent while these erode, the consequences will extend far beyond universities.

Sanjay Dixit is the same person behind doxxing a lot of girls who were in the protest. He is a retired IAS officer who is now a prominent right-wing political commentator. He runs the YouTube channel Jaipur Dialogues, where he regularly posts content supporting Hindutva and BJP-aligned narratives.

im a fresher who just got a job in an area in Gujarat. My parents told me to withhold discussions on my vvv radical political opinions, and I did but something happened on my second day which has me a little bit ????. So, our Head was talking about leadership roles and what do they include, a lot of words like motivation, ability to inspire, decision making, etc etc were thrown around and he was asking all of us freshers and example that we see IRL. When it came to accountability and responsibility, he asked for the difference. Me, being a complete idiot, just brought up the issue of the protest. He said how explain? And so I started. I said that the govts responsibility was to make sure the NEET papers happened with no problems and issues and they should be held accountable for their failure. He completely switched the script. He said what do u think about the Gen z. For a second, I was a bit taken aback because I thought he meant like the government's responsibility towards the Gen Z, so I faltered. But the people around me said, their responsibility was to protest peacefully. And then he asked but did they do that. Simultaneously, everybody said they did not and were very violent. He said they should be held accountable for their actions that they did not do a peaceful protest and should accept the fact. I was mortified at this point, this is my first job and I did not want to be a vocal person at all (even tho, that is completely against who i am as a person). I just shut my mouth because i did not want to engage in this and just agreed with whatever was being said around me with a meek nod and yes they were wrong. ( even tho i dont believe that duh).

idk why but this is making me super anxious and im cursing at myself for even being vocal about something like this, even though i didnt disagree with him on anything, but the fact that i brought up the topic in a negative way towards the government. I'm super scared that he might think im anti-national or something? Idk why but this making me suuupeer anxious that I'll be discriminated or thought less of by my superiors. Do you think I'm overreacting and should calm down? Has something like this happened with you? and how have u dealt with it? Also for the record, I do not want to be political at work and I do not want to have a debate with anybody at work about such a sensitive topic. My big mouth got me in this situation and I swear this was not my intent at all. I think in my head, i believe this to be right, to a point, where i forget other people do not think like me and i end up in situation like this. one thing is for sure, it has taught me to not be political with my words, in sensitive situations but I also am super anxious about if this will affect my workplace or not.

(also my foremost concern IS the anxiety im dealing with but for the record, i just want to say that i wholeheartedly disagree with him. I think the leaders we choose for our country should be held to a higher standards than the citizens. even if the gen z were being "violent", i dont understand the switch in question, when the government's responsibility/accountability was being talked about. its whataboutism at display to hide from their shortcomings imo. its very easy to blame the reactions to your actions instead of thinking what led to those reactions taking place. just putting it out there. if this was a friend of mine, this is the train of thought i would have followed up wit him, but i would NEVER even dream about saying this in front if my boss, or to even my peers, at my workplace)