सुप्रीम कोर्ट वकील ने स्मृति ईरानी पर जो बोला नहीं सुना तो जल्दी देख लो।

HNP NEWS explaining the issue of how violence on women are used in communal riots is used as an instrument of oppression, and that saying that people saying that they are saddened by the attack on women.. and not talk about the reason for the conflict in the first place, are diverting the issues! ? Shruti Devi

'Irony Of Kanhaiya Kumar Talking About Logic,' Anand Ranganathan Slams Congress Over Remarks On PM TIMES NOWs Jul 28, 2023

what he said.. कन्हैया कुमार ने गधे के नाम पर मोदी को ये क्या बोल दिया ? बवाल मच गया https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VHdRRb9prgonline news india

Bebaak Collective has submitted a letter to the Law Commission, urging them to reconsider the approach towards gender justice in our legal system. Excerpts:

We have experienced that all personal laws discriminate against women through the patriarchal institution
of family and heteronormativity. These laws do not sanction rights to those who challenge the institution
of family, religion, and customs. For instance, women in inter-caste or inter-religious marriages, persons
from marginalised genders and sexuality, and unmarried couples have compromised rights related to
adoption, property, or inheritance. Therefore, we speak from the standpoint of those who are directly
affected by the family laws that remain gender unjust...

Our Recommendations regarding Gender-just Laws
Marriage:
Marriage among Muslims is a contract between a woman and a man and hence cannot be dissolved
unilaterally. There can be no more injustice than constantly fearing being unilaterally divorced, with
no judicial recourse available.
Polygamy favours the masculinist’s sexuality that violates the fundamental rights of Muslim women
and it should be abolished. We demand that the rights (maintenance, custodial) of those women who
are already in polygamous marriages before this law is in effect should not be negated.
Marriage should be registered as well as the role and accountability of the Qazi should be registered
within a legal framework, and there should be legal guidance to conduct any marriage.
Mehr is a form of social security for married Muslim women. Muslim women should themselves
decide the calculation of Mehr at the time of marriage without any force. This should be in addition
to their right to residence in matrimonial home, other share in matrimonial property, and their
inheritance rights.
Matrimonial Property Rights: Muslim women should be given maintenance and matrimonial
property rights upon divorce and death of the husband. The matrimonial home as the residence of a
married woman has to be ensured in law, along with an equitable right of ownership and access to all
property belonging to the partners at the time of marriage and dissolution of marriage.
Divorce
We demand that all the forms of unilateral talaq (including talaq-ahsan and talaq-hasan) should be
invalidated as it vests power in the hands of the man and reinforces unequal relations within the
marriage. Accordingly, the matters related to talaq under the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat)
Application Act, 1937 should not be applicable.
Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 should be applicable to both spouses (gender neutral):
Muslim men shouldhave a law to approach the court for divorce under the Dissolution of Muslim
Marriages Act, 1939. There should be legal provisions to deal with the matters of dower and
maintenance of the wife, childcustody, the right of the wife to reside in the matrimonial home, and
other economic obligations.
The practice of Nikah-halala is a dehumanizing practice, and it should be abolished.
Repeal the criminalization of Triple Talaq: We do not support the criminalisation of triple talaq. Since
marriage is a civil contract between two adult persons, the procedures should also be civil after its
breakdown. Penal actions to discourage the practice of instant triple talaq are a myopic view. In our
present conjuncture, the move to imprison Muslim men will add to the prevailing insecurity and
alienation of the Muslim community. Family and community members create undue pressure on the
woman not to report against her husband.
There might be a need for criminal intervention if domestic violence is prevalent, along with the instance
of triple talaq. On such occasion, the aggrieved woman could use the existing provisions of the Protection
of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. These two
legal options are available for women encompassing criminal and civil provisions.
The Ministry of Minority Affairs should formulate a scheme to spread awareness about the Supreme
Court’s judgment, take cognizance of complaints of its violation and the issues arising out of such matters
with appropriate authorities, provide monetary relief and socio-legal aid to women who are affected by the
violation of this judgment.
Maintenance:
There should be entitlements for the women at the time of divorce. This financial responsibility
should be of the husband irrespective of who filed the divorce for any reason.
Single women, persons who are physically and psychosocially disabled, and outside of marriage or
dependent on their parents or natal family should also have a right to maintenance.
Custody and adoption of children
Custody of the child upon divorce should be given to the birth mother if she so desires. Thisshould
be done irrespective of her marital status (if she has married again) or other conditions put by the
father of the child pertaining to the mother’s economic status or otherwise. Women should have the
choice to withdraw their custody as well.
The right to adoption should be granted to any consenting adults, married couples, couples in a civil
partnership, orsingles, irrespective of their gender, and the adopted child should get all rights given
to the child born from the marriage/partnership.
Inheritance:
We appreciate the provision of assured property rights for all legal heirs and the restriction on willing
away the whole property to any heir/(s). This could be considered as a model for all other laws as well
so that women and others who may be in conflict with the family are assured rights of inheritance.
Women should inherit an equal share of property from their matrimonial and parental home.
Property rights should be based on equal rights for both sons and daughters.
All daughters (including single women who chose not to marry, women in civil partnerships and
chosen families, and divorced women)should have equal property rights in their parent’s property.
Under Muslim Personal Law, those who choose to undergo religious conversion and gender
reassignment (change their gender assigned at birth) have their property and inheritance rights
nullified. We demand that the property and inheritance rights of such individuals should not be
negated.
A few additional important points
Social Security for dependents and women: Our society does not provide any mechanisms for
providing social security. It should be provided and should consist of educational support, housing
and infrastructure, health facilities, working women hostels, and creche facilities. Women from
vulnerable groups suffer a lot in order to sustain their lives without such security. Thus, it is the state’s
responsibility to prioritize, allocate the funds from the budget, and recognized it as a separate
entitlement. The corporate sector shall also contribute more than 30 percent to the fund for social
security.
Special Marriage Act: We suggest that the 30 days’ notice period should be removed. The institution
of family and religious organizations through personal laws often opposes those who want to have
inter-faith or inter-caste violence. The 30 days’ notice periods tend to be arbitrary and discriminatory.
The notice is sent to the family of the inter-faith couple, and it poses a severe danger to the lives of
those inter-faith couples by their family members and the conservative forces in society.
Civil Partnership Rights: Broaden the scope of the discussion on women’s legal rights to include
partnerships and civil unions outside the institution of heterosexual marriage and live-in
relationships. Here, looking at and recognizing alternate forms of relationships and families are
imperative. Specific recommendations from those who are part of such living arrangements and face
issues due to the non-recognition of their form of relationship should be sought in this regard.
Chosen Family: Muslim community is in itself a diverse community that consists of persons who are
from marginalized gender and sexuality. All personal laws, including Muslim Personal Law, do not
recognize non-heteronormative partnerships, and many marginalized individuals are not able to get
married. Civil partnerships should be legally recognized with all the rights related to property,
inheritance, and social rights provided to individuals.
Abolish the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM): Abolish the practice of female genital
mutilation (FGM amongst the Bohra community and declare it punishable under the Protection of
Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 and Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Act, 2015. FGM is a cultural practice endorsed and promoted by the
religious body of the Dawoodi Bohra community, defiance of which may entail a social boycott for
community members. The control exercised by religious heads over women’s bodies and sexuality in
the name of religion requires special safeguards for children and women who are subjected to
inhuman practices, along with an increasing reduction in the hold and influence that such patriarchal
figures have over women’s bodies.
No Codification for Personal Law: We do not want the Codification of Muslim Personal Law as it
exists within the religious framework and seeks to reinforce the existing unequal laws on polygamy,
divorce, property, maintenance, adoption, legal heirs, and inheritance. Codification also excludes
diverse forms of relationships and civil partnerships. We want separate efforts to draft inclusive
gender-just laws that draw legitimacy from the Constitution.
Non-involvement of Khap Panchayat, Jamaat, or any religious institution: No recourse or redressal
mechanism should involve going to community Khap panchayats, jamaats, fatwa-judgments, Shariat
courts, or other alternative systems or bodies. There are court rulings that do not recognize shariat
courts as judicial bodies with arbitration powers, and our demand is in keeping with such orders.

इस बार तो दिग्विजय सिंह ने पूरी BJP RSS की धोती खोल डाली! ये वीडियो नहीं देखा तो कुछ नहीं देखा।  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_jLMmktQnI HNP NEWS Jul 28, 2023

'I am your fan; May God give you good sense': Digvijaya Singh amid RSS tweet row https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/may-god-give-you-both-good-sense-digvijaya-singh-amid-row-over-rss-tweet-101688893577240.html By Poulomi Ghosh Jul 09, 2023 Senior Congress leader and Madhya Pradesh's former chief minister Digvijaya Singh on Sunday wished for good sense to prevail on PM Modi and Amit Shah amid a row over his controversial tweet on former RSS chief MS Golawalkar. The Indore Police registered a case against Digvijaya Singh for the tweet in question and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan accused him of "spreading misinformation" and creating social hatred against Golwalker.

In the controversial post shared by Digvijaya Singh, Golwalkar was attributed a quote in which he said he would rather live under British rule than have equal rights given to Dalits, Muslims and the backwards. RSS functionaries approached the police condemning the post and claimed that Golwalkar 'Guruji' never made those statements.

RSS Counters Digvijaya Singh's Comments Against Ex Chief MS Golwalkar https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rss-accuses-digivijay-singh-of-attributing-false-comments-to-its-ex-chief-4190090 The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh accused Digvijaya Singh of attributing "false" statements to Golwalkar through a "photoshopped" picture, saying it was aimed at creating social disharmony.sPress Trust of IndiaJuly 08, 2023

‘Photoshopped’: Digvijaya Singh’s Controversial Post On RSS Ideologue Golwalkar Angers Shivraj Singh  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVzl9efhO2k TIMES NOW Jul 9, 2023
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh created another controversy, this time by sharing an alleged photoshopped image of RSS ideologue MS Golwalkar. BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan accused the Congress leader of misinformation and spreading hatred.

हॉलीवुड में AI के ख़िलाफ़ हड़ताल | Hollywood protests against AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpWo_EwjFsM Jul 28, 2023 #hollywood #ai #protest
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Kuki Leader Who Once Backed Biren Manipur Govt Claims ‘200 Meiteis Killed’ in Khamenlok, June 13/14  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV2PpL8m2s4 The Wire Jul 27, 2023

The General Secretary of the Kuki People’s Alliance, a party with two MLAs in the Manipur Assembly and until the Manipur crisis started on 3rd May an ally of the BJP government in Imphal, has revealed that he “estimates” that 200 Meitei combatants were killed and up to 300 or more injured in the conflict between the Kuki and Meitei combatants that took place in Khamenlok on the 13th/14th of June. Mr. Wilson Lalam Hangshing said: “It was a massacre”.

Exerpts from Lette from Association of Meiteis in the Americasto  Ajay Bangs, President The World Bank,
July 22, 2023

violence in Manipur has set the economy back by decades...
Manipur has not only survived but also emerged stronger after numerous internecine clashes. The common factor in most of these clashes seems to be the aggression of the Kukis. Mention may be made here of the Kuki and Naga clash in the 90s. Kuki and Paite clash in 1997. Kuki and Karbi clash in 2009. Kuki and Dimasa clash in 2011, and the ongoing Kuki and Meitei clash of 2023. In the context of Manipur, we see a repetition of history - the aggression of the Kukis in the 1990s and 2023 is directly linked to the military coup in Myanmar in 1988 and the military coup of February 2021. The junta's brutal suppression of resistance displaced mom than a million Myanmar people, and there has been a massive influx of asylum seekers to India. Consequently, them has been a documented exponential growth of Kuki-Chins people from Myanmar. The economic, land, and political pressures leave poor migrants with minimal choices for employment. India's restrictive migration regime provides no protection for refugees and displaced people, leading to poppy cultivation in over 15000 acres of protected fore. in Manipur.
The World Bank projects like the P176733 will help uplift socio-economic conditions through economic impact initiatives, bringing Manipur digitally closer to the rest of the world. The social risk and impact am enormously positive for the World Bank to invest in these regions. The project is highly inclusive, with special attention to women and over 35 diverse tribal groups.

Comment by BD : Othering the Kukis and labelling them as aggressors against other tribals groups like Nagas and Paites and other ethnic groups

Excerpts from Letter 
NORTH AMERICAN MANIPUR TRIBAL ASSOCIATION July 19, 2023

This conflict violet. your own 'Environmental and Social Framework' policy document Section 4(b) since the Kuki-Zomi have borne the brunt of the impact from this conflict, not only the potential risk. 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/now-manipur-diaspora-groups-fight-over-world-bank-project/articleshow/102185678.cms?from=mdr

A World Bank-supported project to promote digital skills and entrepreneurship and secure the foundation of digital governance in Manipur, and approved by the World Bank three weeks ago, has now become the bone of contention between Manipuri tribal and non-tribal diaspora groups.

Project , or the Manipur Infotech eNabled Development Project, which was conceptualised in 2022 at a cost of $57.5 million ($46 million to come from the World Bank and rest to be borne by the local government), is to be implemented by Cyber Corporation of Manipur Ltd.
Scheduled to start in the current financial year, when the state is engulfed by violence for nearly three months now, the project has sparked off a row between the Canada-based North American Tribal Association (NAMTA) and the Houston-based Association of Meiteis in the Americas (AMA).

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Facing the Atom Bomb: Gandhi, Oppenheimer and the quest for Nonviolence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iTnknFMC1U Indian Academy of Sciences Jun 11, 2021 IASc-DBT Gandhi Science lecture series Talk by Rajni Bakshi. 12 April 2021

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राहुल गांधी ने मोदी को दिया 440 वाल्ट का झटका, Rahul Gandhi accuses Modi on Monipur, Smriti Irani, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIGNU-7C--0 DESH NEETI Jul 27, 2023 

बस करो Smriti Irani ।Rajyasbha yelling video | Rahul gandhi | Manipur | Narendra Modi Sakshi Joshi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B485hNlOII 

बीजेपी - RSS पर राहुल गांधी का सबसे बड़ा कटाक्ष | Rahul gandhi | NDA Vs INDIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUBU7ESEwSc  Abhisar Sharma

Modi and India’s Diaspora: A Complex Love Affair Making Global Waves https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/world/asia/india-diaspora.html

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tried to fuse his image to the economic and political power of Indians abroad. They voice both pride and worry in return...

“The B.J.P. leadership wants to show its strength abroad, to create strength at home,” said Sameer Lalwani, a senior expert on South Asia at the U.S. Institute of Peace.

But in some corners of the diaspora, strains are emerging. Many Indian professionals who cheer when Mr. Modi boasts that India has become the world’s fifth-largest economy — who gush about new infrastructure and more modern cities — also fear that his government’s Hindu-supremacist policies and growing intolerance of scrutiny will keep India from truly standing as a superpower and democratic alternative to China.

Some business leaders say that Mr. Modi deserves their unflagging support. “What’s important to me is, has he been able to put India on a trajectory of growth and global leadership?” said Mr. Sachdev of Uniphore. ..Others have started mixing praise with pragmatic concern. Mr. Khosla, the prominent investor, said it was time to recognize that the government’s favoring of Hindus “can take attention off the principal path of economic progress, and set it back, and set back global relationships.”

NYT की मोदी पर विस्फोटक रिपोर्ट , Modi and India’s Diaspora, Modi's America-Australia Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJgrb6plGbU DESH NEETI  Jul 27, 2023