https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7wuP3FLdeE "BBC Documentary is a hatchet job, Govt had to show anger" I BJP's Swapan Dasgupta I Barkha Dutt Jan 25, 2023 Senior leader of the BJP Swapan Dasgupta talks to Barkha Dutt on the BBC Documentary about PM Modi and why the government felt it essential to invoke emergency powers under IT rules to stop it from airing or being accessible on social media platforms.
'Hatchet job': Participant slams BBC documentary on PM Modi, says 'they had readymade conclusions' https://www.timesnownews.com/india/swapan-dasgupta-slams-bbc-documentary-india-the-modi-question-exclusive-article-97135685 Priya Pareek Jan 19, 2023
Swapan Dasgupta, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, who gave his views in BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke exclusively to Times Now amid the backlash and shared the inside details. He termed the documentary "a hatchet job."
He said that his interview for the documentary with the BCC went on for about an hour and covered various topics, including the CAA, Article 370 etc. He said that his views were incorporated with the views of other and added that "it was a hatched job that they were trying to do." He also revealed that he had questioned their assumptions on the European Union (EU) report and British HC sending junior staffers to Gujarat to access the situation, and claimed that they didn't incorporate that...He also said that the ethnic cleansing of the Kashmiri Hindus is completely ignored by them as it raises tough question. Dasgupta further said that the question of Hindus dying in the Gujarat riots needs to be looked at.
https://youtu.be/5mDRwyBYk5g?t=345 Siddharth Vardaranjan who is one of the interviewees in the Second Episode of the BBC Documentary: The Modi Question dismisses the argument on why the 2002 is being raked up when we have moved forward.. says that if that was so, why did the Home Minister at the time of the 2022 elections speak about it. The film he said is a necessary documentation of our history.. back story of current events....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lFpNp7ezHk "Rioters Taught Lesson In 2002, BJP Brought Peace": Amit Shah In Gujarat Nov 26, 2022 Those responsible for the communal riots in Gujarat were "taught such a lesson" that the state has been peaceful for 22 years, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday, at a rally ahead of next week's elections
Inviting you to a In Person Meeting of Prayer & Remembrance at CED, 4 to 6 pm, 30th Jan 2023
4 pm to 5:10 pm
We will share experiences and reflections on the striving for nonviolence.
From 5:10 to 5:25 we will observe meditative silence.
We will close with a multi-faith prayer and singing of Vaishnav Jan To.
The meeting with also be on Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88330433294?pwd=M0NoRmJJZTlteHoxUmMvWms0M21SUT09
Meeting ID: 883 3043 3294 Passcode: CED30
On Gandhiji's martyrdom day, 30th January, Ahimsa Conversations will complete three years.
https://www.youtube.com/@AhimsaConversations
* In March, 2022, the first series of 108 episodes was completed.
* The Conversations of this first series have been arranged into 12 playlists which reflect the broad themes that are emerging.
* Since then 23 Ahimsa Conversation Glimpses, videos of a minute or less, have been published.
* On October 2nd 2022, the second series of Ahimsa Conversations was launched.
* There are now 116 Ahimsa Conversations online and a total of over 250 videos -- including 'Snippets', 'Glimpses', recordings of Ahimsa Conversations Live sessions and even the occasional 'Curator's Blog'.
On Monday 30th January, let us gather both in person and online, to mark this crucial day in the recent memory of this sub-continent. We gather to reaffirm core values of truth, brotherhood, compassion and nonviolence and also to share notes on our collective efforts to live by these values.
We will start with a few songs, poems, bhajans.
Then we can share reflections on the on-going explorations of and striving for ahimsa.
I can review how and why I began Ahimsa Conversations and where the journey has taken me over these three years.
Let us have an open sharing of our nuanced understanding of multi dimensional forms of nonviolence and how we can better understand the striving for it and critique our efforts so far. Hope you can join us. Warm Regards: Rajni Bakshi
https://thewire.in/rights/banjara-kumbh-mela-rss
Since the early 17th century, members of the Banjara community from across India have been gathering every year at the Pohra Devi shrine in the Washim district of Maharashtra. But this year, attempts are being made to replace the Pohra Devi pilgrimage – considered to be a vital part of the community’s belief system – with a ‘Kumbh Mela’ at Godhri village in Jalgaon, which began on January 25 and will continue until January 30.
Many community members are unhappy about this development and allege that the intention behind the Banjara Kumbh Mela, organised under the patronage of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is to “Hinduise” the nomadic community and woo them into the Hindu fold.
The Maharashtra state government has funded a large part of the six-day festival, spending close to Rs 2 crore just on sanitation for the event organised over 500 acres of land in Jalgaon district. Over 10-12 lakh people from the Banjara community from across India are expected to attend the mela. Senior RSS member Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis are also expected to attend.
Several rights activists and academics from the community have questioned the state government’s decision to spend the exchequer money on a private event organised for one caste. “Focusing on one community and spending government funds on it is plainly unconstitutional,” alleges Arjun Rathod, a community activist who has been campaigning against the state government and the RSS for attempting to impose “Brahminical practices” on the nomadic community.
27/01/2023
Prakash Ambedkar PC 27-2-2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUQc56UDT3k
: जुने वाद काही असतील तर ते सोडावे लागतील, प्रकाश आंबेडकर अनकट
Sanjay Raut | 'पवार भाजपचे म्हणणं चुकीचं, शब्द जपून वापरा': संजय राऊत https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EYvHKzu6RM TV9 Marathi 27.2.2023
Censorship, arrests, power cuts. India scrambles to block BBC documentary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/25/india-bbc-narendra-modi-documentary/ By Gerry Shih, Karishma Mehrotra and Anant Gupta January 25, 2023
US-based civil rights group, the Ambedkar International Center, Inc (AIC) , and other rights groups had asked the Seattle City Council to ban caste-based discrimination and worked closely with Sawant, the Coalition of Seattle Indian-Americans (CSAI), Equality Labs, and the Ambedkar Association of North America to help draft the proposed ordinance.
The proposed ordinance would officially add caste to its civil rights laws, prohibit discrimination on the basis of caste and also include protection against discriminatory practices in public spaces, places of employment, housing and contracting, a press release from the AIC said.
Council member Sawant proposes legislation against caste discrimination in Seattle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3moyjRURvU First in the US: Legislation in Seattle City Council To Ban Caste Discrimination
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant introduced a "first-in-the-nation" legislation to ban caste discrimination.
https://youtu.be/D2NmNlt40qo?t=70 सीतारमण ने मोदी - सुप्रीम कोर्ट के बीच के राज़ खोले, SUPREME COURT , Niramala Sitaraman, PM Modi, Desh Neethi channel
Opposition’s negative campaign to damage PM Modi personally negated: BJP resolution https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/bjp-political-resolution-nirmala-sitharaman-narendra-modi-national-executive-meeting/2950691/ PM Modi is seen as an “incorruptible leader” and the nation’s image under his leadership has also been enhanced, the BJP’s political resolution said January 17, 2023
Finance Minister Sitharaman Attacks Opposition For Their ‘Negative Campaign’ Against BJP And The PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2NmNlt40qo Speaking to reporters amid the session, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched an attack on the opposition, saying their allegations on various issues have drawn a blank. "Pegasus, Rafale, ED, Central Vista, Reservation and Demonetisation, these were the topics on which the opposition accused the Prime Minister through baseless claims but he had to face the court," Ms. Sitharaman said
JNU Authority Has Disgraced Themselves': Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor On Incidents At JNU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Aklp1Lda0 Jan 25, 2023
Speaking about the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Gujarat riots in 2002, Congress Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor said that the argument that it would affect India’s sovereignty was not convincing. He added that India's national security and sovereignty weren’t fragile.
Ep. 2 of BBC Modi Documentary Holds up a Mirror to Indian People; Govt Should Let it be Seen: N. Ram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2OhFUYrJ8s In an interview done literally hours after links to episode 2 of the BBC’s two-part documentary series called ‘India: The Modi Question’ became available to people in India, one of the country’s most highly regarded journalists and a former Editor-in-Chief and publisher of The Hindu says episode 2 is “an excellently conceived, excellently produced episode. It’s got a mix of people arguing both sides … there is nothing exaggerated here … nothing is overstated”. N. Ram believes that this episode holds up a mirror to the Indian people, reflecting the sort of country India is becoming and this is something that the Indian media and, perhaps, Indian news television channels in particular have signally failed to do. Mr. Ram says that unlike the government’s response to episode 1, which they tried to block on YouTube and Twitter, the government should allow episode 2 to be seen freely and widely.
राहुल गांधी ने प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस में BBC Documentary film के सवाल पर जो जवाब दिया वायरल हो गया। https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxAA-cfhF1U
https://youtu.be/P_50eQUtgFM?t=96 BBC की India - The Modi Question डॉक्यूमेंट्री का ये सच जानते हैं? The Lallantop Show
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