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Joined October 2009
Harohalli Srinivasaiah Doreswamy was 23-years-old when he was jailed for organizing strikes against the British and his second visit to the prison was at the age of 57 when he took on Indira Gandhi. I was 21 and knew nothing about his history when I asked him who he was.
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Where are the "only freedom park", "traffic jam", "public inconvenience" warriors now? The @PoliceBangalore and @CPBlr must make public the application for permissions and the permission letters.
#WATCH | Bengaluru, Karnataka: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) conducted route marches (path sanchalan) in various parts of Bengaluru.
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Arun Dev retweeted
Not a single doctor's lobby is speaking up for Dr Randall. Every pressure group in medicine is corrupt & self serving. This poor man should not be in prison. What a shame.
Doctor moved to Odisha to treat Adivasis, now behind bars for anti-mining protests indianexpress.com/article/in…
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Just Bangalore things.
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2 sides of same coin & death of irony in new India Justice Subramonium Prasad of Delhi High Court: -Suspended life sentence of BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Unnao rape case -Rejected bail pleas of Ashutosh and Saurav Das (sent back to SEM) for waving Indian tricolour
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Arun Dev retweeted
#BREAKING Special Executive Magistrate Court orders release of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka. @Cockroachisback
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Hindutva manifesto. Any outrage?
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Not Cricket!
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SHAME
Dushyant Kumar Gautam sworn in as the Governor of #Sikkim at the New Lok Bhavan, Gangtok.
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First in my bloodline to see bookstalls have been demolished with bulldozers and books being taken away in garbage dump truck.
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Protester! #DelhiProtest @TheSouthfirst cartoon.
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Today, Ankita Bhandari’s parents are protesting outside the Sikkim House. #JusticeForAnkitaBhandari
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Dear @DelhiPolice. What information do you want from my account? This, for my tweet on how they took away a journalist’s camera.
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Revoke the Appointment of Dushyant Kumar Gautam as Governor of Sikkim #JusticeForAnkitaBhandari
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Ludhaura, Sitapur. Manoj Gautam, 35, a Dalit man, beaten to death with lathi in broad daylight in front of his wife and little daughters. Family says there were casteist slurs and earlier filed a case under the SC/ST Act against the accused. The police call it an "old rivalry".
BJP ruled Uttar Pradesh has been a graveyard for Dalits. A Dalit youth Manoj is beaten to death by Casteist Criminals in broad daylight,his wife and girl childs are on the street begging for justice and they have been beaten up too. You know who stands with them? Only Chandra Sekhar Azad and Bhim Army. And Where are the self proclaimed PDA champions? Akhilesh Yadav's Party is nowhere to be seen!! Where is delhi centric liberal media? Where are Left's youth activists and their party general secretaries? Where is Bhushan and Yadav? Where are the upper caste Liberals crusading for fair elections? Silent. With this closeted Upper caste mindset , what fairness will you bring in electoral system? Your fairness means: ignore dalits, get another batch of savarnas to power.
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At 10:30 pm last night, reports that @odisha_police detained Dr Randall Sequeira, doctor to Adivasi communities, and Laxman Naik, leader of affected villages opposing @Vedanta_Group’s mining in Niyamgiri and Sijimali. Their whereabouts are still unknown, no access to a lawyer.
NEW | Vedanta seems to be attempting to revive its stalled Niyamgiri bauxite mining project despite the Gram Sabhas’ rejection of mining in 2013, raising concerns that the Odisha government may be using the criminal justice system to weaken tribal resistance and clear the way for corporate interests. @Ayaskant_Das reports. frontline.thehindu.com/envir…
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Nicholas Klein said, “First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you." So, we have reached the "burn" stage.
Delhi Ram Leela Organisation Committee will burn a 30 foot Cockroach effigy to mark Dussehra celebrations.
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Protesters have got permission from Bengaluru police for peaceful march.
Scenes from Town Hall in Bengaluru, where the Tiranga march is scheduled to begin. Police have put up barricades, and detention vans are on standby.
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Arun Dev retweeted
Exactly, It’s easy to stand with crowd , but it takes its take courage to stand alone…
It is easy to stand with the crowd, but it takes courage to stand alone #DPUpdates
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In a generation accustomed to instant gratification, we must remember that meaningful change is rarely immediate. When the political climate tests our patience and convictions, we must learn to stay the course. Real change takes time, persistence and the courage to keep going.
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And the Supreme Court is only kicking the can down the road, not deciding anything. Sick.
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