KANPUR: RIGHT-WING GROUPS TARGET TWO CHURCHES; TWO MEN ARRESTED FOR 'ILLEGAL CONVERSION' [ https://thewire.in/communalism/kanpur-two-churches-targeted-right-wing ] A group of men, who were from
Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), interrupted the prayer claiming that Abhijeet, Rajat, Jeevan, Shivansh, Sheetal, and Rana were “converting people to Christianity”.
Six people were detained from the church on Saturday, out of which two are in judicial custody. The remaining four were allegedly “illegally detained” in the police station of Chakeri in Kanpur on Saturday and released on Monday night, according to advocate Chanchal, who is handling the matter
The attacks come at a time when civil society members have sounded the alarm over a “climate of fear” among the Christian community, which they said was being targeted by using the bogey of “forced conversion”.
Forum of Environmental Journalists https://youtu.be/QrCYFuD2oHM?t=402
Gurbir Singh, Secretary Bombay Press Club: https://youtube.com/embed/QrCYFuD2oHM?start=221&end=395
Keya Acharya, FEJI remembers Darryl: https://youtube.com/embed/QrCYFuD2oHM?start=562&end=685
https://youtu.be/QrCYFuD2oHM?t=868
Darryl D'Monte will be remembered for contributions to environmental movement, support to young journalists https://www.firstpost.com/india/darryl-dmonte-will-be-remembered-for-contributions-to-environmental-movement-support-to-young-journalists-6281921.html
Rajni Bakshi March 18, 2019
Soon after leaving The Indian Express, Darryl received the prestigious Homi Bhabha Fellowship, which allowed him to dedicate two years to intense research and the formulation of a critique of the development model that India was following. ‘Temples or Tombs’ went on to inform, inspire and influence a wide range of activist groups. This book nourished the political soil from which rose the slogan "vinash nahin vikas chahiye" (we want development, not destruction) — made famous by the Narmada Bachao Andolan in the late 1980s and mid 1990s...
In times of communal violence, be it in 1984 in Delhi or 1992-93 in Mumbai, Darryl insisted on viewing the violence only through the lens of human rights – never ever did he look through any political lens of making excuses for the violence, or even asking who threw the first stone.
In 1993, in the politically charged atmosphere, when the Indian middle classes first began to be polarised on communal lines, I went to him with a rather demanding proposal. By then, Darryl was resident editor of the Mumbai edition of The Times of India. That year was to mark the centenary of Swami Vivekananda’s famous address at the Congress of World Religions in Chicago....we agreed on a 6-part series which was published in the Sunday section of The Times of India accompanied by beautiful illustrations. Above all, I thank and honour Darryl for supporting and encouraging my curiosity and restless questioning as a fledgling journalist. It was Darryl who, all the way back in 1981, told me about an initiative called Lokayan – dialogue of the people.
विदेशी धरती पर भारत की बदनामी क्या तमाम Global पैमाने पर पिछड़ने से नहीं होती है? | Rahul Gandhi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=070u6LGUjYM Mar 7, 2023
W when the country gets defamed? Does the country's defamation happen when the country walks on the path of destruction due to the useless functioning of the government or when the flaws are presented as truth to save the country from the path of destruction. When Rahul Gandhi gave a speech at Cambridge University in the exact opposite style from Narendra Modi, that is, without false pride, highlighting the flaws of the present time, on the plight of the country's democracy in the era of Narendra Modi, Union Minister Anurag Thakur reacted to the BJP. That Rahul Gandhi has done the work of defaming the country by visiting foreign lands. Similarly, many leaders have also given statements on behalf of BJP, according to which Rahul Gandhi's speech has described populated India as ruined India. So let's make this a reference and see on all the global standards around the world that what has been the condition of India in the era of Narendra Modi?
Does nationalism stem from insecurity? https://www.youtube.com/embed/KcY_J15SQOY?start=1804&end=1989
Nationalism is not developing hate for the "foreigner" or the "other". It is about developing love and compassion for your compatriots. Nationalism is not an obstacle to coopoerate with the foreigner (or the Other)..
https://youtu.be/szt7f5NmE9E?t=158 People are going back to faith more than science.
Prof. Yuval Noah Harari full conversation with Faye D'Souza he speaks about Artificial Intelligence, Nationalism, Politics and much more. https://www.youtube.com/KcY_J15SQOY talking about artificial Intelligence..
Yuval Noah Harari on Nationalism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVG0SEyylso good side and bad side of nationalism. Ultra natinalism becomes fascism which leads to wars and genocide... Without nationalism we could be living in tribl chaos. Nationalism makes it possible for me to care about the millions of compatriots.
Yuval Noah Harari on 'The Bright Side of Nationalism', at the Central European University https://youtu.be/2jz7hsqsObU?t=374
Can human brains be hacked? | Yuval Noah Harari | The Faye D'Souza Show Feb 27 20023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcY_J15SQOY&t=1989s We need to develop ourselves to be able to take decisions about each algorithym that we are subject to.The problem is not with the algorithym, but with our decisions about the algorithym. All the decisions of society are not being taken by society but an algorithym and your fate is in the hands of the corporations. This is acceptable only when all decisions and data of the corporation is also available to Society - that there is a two way data and decision system.
Can corporations use our data to manipulate us politically? https://www.youtube.com/embed/KcY_J15SQOY?start=1097&end=1290
What kind of education or learning that we must have to be able to deal with AI https://www.youtube.com/embed/KcY_J15SQOY?start=1290&end=1567 What we need to teach our children.. since humans impact the world more.. you need to have an education that gives us the ability to question assumptions of the .. to tell teh different between reliable and unreliable information or fake news and post truth...
Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari https://youtu.be/szt7f5NmE9E?t=158 Feb 22, 2017
How do we make sense of today's political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yuval Harari places our current turmoil in a broader context, against the ongoing disruption of our technology, climate, media -- even our notion of what humanity is for. This is the first of a series of TED Dialogues, seeking a thoughtful response to escalating political divisiveness.
Thane Municipal Corp warns against feeding pigeons: How living near the birds can lead to diseases in humans Rupsa Chakraborty March 7, 2023 https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-health/thane-warning-feeding-pigeons-disease-humans-8481304/
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in Maharashtra has aimed to spread public awareness about hypersensitive pneumonia, a lung disease which is contracted by living in close proximity to pigeons.
They have put up several posters that pigeon-associated hypersensitive pneumonia is on the rise in Mumbai and Pune and people with a pre-existing lung condition are 60-65 per cent more likely to fall prey to the disease. No such posters have been put up in Mumbai so far.
Poat from Let India Breathe: Didn't Goa recently win big against coal?
Then why are Goans fighting to save Mollem again?
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India’s changing role in the World | Interaction at the Chatham House Rahul Gandhi 3/7/2023 #rahulgandhi https://youtu.be/Vtt_uJG1qPw?t=130
Proactive civil society vital for healthy democracy Neera Chandhoke https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/proactive-civil-society-vital-for-healthy-democracy-485565/
G20 looks after an unequal monetary system that serves the interests of the global capital and political elite. It represents powerful interests, but disdains standing up for the powerless. Civil societies flourish in nations that cherish constitutional democracy. Even democratic govts have a tendency to augment power at the expense of people’s rights. This propensity has to be controlled by civil society.
Given that the state is a condensate of power, it is even more important that civil society protects the Constitution. In this context, the statement issued by people’s movements, trade unions and social associations on the eve of the meeting of the G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi is laudable. The statement points out that G20, which includes some of the most powerful governments in the world, fails to note the extent of poverty, ill-health and want in the Global South.
The Indian government, instead of banishing the poor and their hovels from public view to beautify cities, should use the forum to raise issues of injustice done to the disadvantaged people of the Global South.
There was a time when India led the Global South to challenge the agenda of powerful nations. Today, we are overexcited by the fact that it is India’s turn to take over a rotational presidency. The cost of the show that is planned to impress representatives of other countries is borne by those who, already wracked by want, have been deprived of shelter.
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