Posts by gaikwadshogun@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #9omQce5e1tYO2hHv4y by gaikwadshogun@mastodon.social
2019-11-09T07:48:57Z
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https://twitter.com/Gaikwadshogun/status/1193052765099974656?s=09SC: *The majority of the land has been handed over to Hindu side and just 5 acres to the Muslim side.*Indian liberals: *This is a balanced judgement. Please accept it and move on. Viva Indian democracy!*This is why you can't trust liberals. Also, Congress: Supreme Court's verdict has come, we are in favour of the construction of Ram Temple.
(DIR) Post #9omXtdKeneV0IIMDwG by gaikwadshogun@mastodon.social
2019-11-09T08:20:14Z
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@larissaf Congress has been consistently doing soft Hindutva politics for some time. So it wasn't surprising for them to say this. This same congress was name calling VBA and AIMIM for being the B team of BJP. They are the biggest hypocrites today.
(DIR) Post #9omXteqFBhMMyY8xoO by gaikwadshogun@mastodon.social
2019-11-09T08:55:03Z
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@Dasbolshevik @larissaf The only alternative to defeat the Hindu right that i see is the principled alliance of Left + Bahujan parties. Both seem pretty unprincipled. Thus far, only VBA makes sense to me. Rest are busy with UC politics.
(DIR) Post #9ony4AFO4MaVExXCoC by gaikwadshogun@mastodon.social
2019-11-09T13:07:08Z
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@Dasbolshevik @ranjona @larissaf @saileena @rupagulab @Deepsealioness The problem with class-exclusive analysis of indian society is that one doesn't factor in the caste intricacies. In the indian society, the non UCs have systemically deprived the DBAs of attaining education and jobs and therefore attaining wealth. Looking at Indian society only as rich, middle and poor class is very misleading. We must understand why the poor are poor. History tells us that it's because of caste.
(DIR) Post #9ony4Ale8QOMr0cy5g by gaikwadshogun@mastodon.social
2019-11-09T13:11:08Z
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@Dasbolshevik @ranjona @larissaf @saileena @rupagulab @Deepsealioness It is the minority of Brahmin Banias and other powerful UCs that have hoarded wealth for millennia. We must talk about countering this caste supremacy. Any other treatment to this issue wouldn't be a structural change. We need to address the root cause. That's why im convinced that the existing communist parties aren't enough. We need Ambedkarism, Bahujanism as well as Socialism as guiding principles.
(DIR) Post #9ony4BFmKOUkMSj23c by gaikwadshogun@mastodon.social
2019-11-09T13:15:38Z
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@Dasbolshevik @ranjona @larissaf @saileena @rupagulab @Deepsealioness Almost all current Left parties are UC dominated. Even in Communist Kerala, there is rampant caste discrimination. Why? Because the issue of caste isn't addressed. We also know about Marichjhapi dalit massacre in CPI(M) WB. Same reason. There is no political autonomy, neither is there representation to DBAs, only tokenism. We need intersectionality in our politics. Only ideology isn't enough, representation is imp
(DIR) Post #9ony4CHEWTFjXGPhxo by gaikwadshogun@mastodon.social
2019-11-09T13:39:11Z
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@Dasbolshevik @ranjona @larissaf @saileena @rupagulab @Deepsealioness If that's true, then good. But the point remains, because we need the top brass of the party, the politburo members to be as diverse as possible. According to a few people who i talked to, UC overrepresentation is an issue and they're working hard to address it. It has been 100 years since CPI started and the fact that people at the top remain UC dominated tells a lot about the party.
(DIR) Post #9ony4DGup8aocZGy6i by gaikwadshogun@mastodon.social
2019-11-09T13:53:15Z
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@Dasbolshevik @ranjona @larissaf @saileena @rupagulab @Deepsealioness Absolutely. South is anyways better than the North in many ways. Especially Kerala. Kerala and TN come at the top in many socio-economic indices. But still, caste discrimination is something thats ubiquitous in india. Manual scavenging and untouchability happens daily. In conclusion, i do think, many there's a huge scope for improvement. How DMK defeated BJP in TN also needs to be analysed.
(DIR) Post #9ony71xpK4J0Q2gh9M by gaikwadshogun@mastodon.social
2019-11-09T13:46:54Z
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@Dasbolshevik @ranjona @larissaf @saileena @rupagulab @Deepsealioness I agree! But there are issues with all these parties, we need to address all of the issues for the sake of our goal of defeating Fascism and Brahminism. And again, i hate that we're trapped in the current Hindu vs Hindutva binary. We as a principled opposition need to defeat these religio-fascist forces head on. Sadly, even some CPs are defending religion because of this binary.
(DIR) Post #9pkbDyxlcDlq2Tsyye by gaikwadshogun@mastodon.social
2019-11-30T15:01:40Z
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#caste #casteism #CasteMatters Violence against dalits and adivasis is so normalised in the society that instead of it becoming headline news, it is talked about as a "dalit issue". Every 15 minutes a crime is committed on a dalit, and everyday 6 dalit women are raped.....1/2
(DIR) Post #9pmDI6wbsEi1MphToO by gaikwadshogun@mastodon.social
2019-12-09T02:51:08Z
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@ranjona TV news of the corporate media establishment is just for entertainment purpose. Their debates are useless, panelists are useless, topics are useless. Once in a while some good topic is discussed. The exception to this is mirror now. Also the discussions on rajya sabha or lok sabha channel are worth watching. The issue is that most don't want to show the real news, just push an agenda of xyz party without objective criticism of it. That's what i think.