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(DIR) Post #B8YiClhhqhWDATkuFU by altlife@me.dm
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Currently in India(Delhi) students are facing police brutality in a protest asking for accountability. National Medical Entrance exam paper was leaked, news came after students had already given the exam. It's one of the most competitive exams in India, students work very hard to get a rank, many commit suicide every year due to the pressure of this exam. Education Minister took ZERO accountability, Chief Justice of India called the Youth cockroaches. This is the origin of current protests.
(DIR) Post #B8YiClvszyrRsSOELo by altlife@me.dm
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Instead of addressing the issues, when the Parliament session began yesterday, government ensured the Police would physically assault those protesting kids who dared to come on streets to ask these so-called democratically elected leaders to do their job. At the bare minimum, one should have decency to have a dialogue with the youth who are suffering at the gross negligence of their governance. It's well known our PM doesn't believe in discourse. He would be lost without his teleprompter.
(DIR) Post #B8YiCmCC1LuAh21Flg by altlife@me.dm
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I am a Delhite, since past few years I've been living in a small town 1000 miles away, to the other side of this country. My community here are people who are educators themselves & they tell me instead of doing anything productive this Gen Alpha xyz are bent on toppling govt. Over past decade, I've seen how polarised this country has become. Be it gender, religion, orientation. But the fact that educators can't see the pain of these kids who are simply protesting for accountability is shocking.
(DIR) Post #B8YiCmRR6g69SJ9QWm by altlife@me.dm
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They call them cockroaches as an insult without realising the Youth intentionally appropriated that term. They're here to stay, They're here to fight, despite all the odds against them. In a population like India, it's not easy for most students without privilege to make it in life. Opportunities that the income-rich countries take for granted, aren't given to all. What lesson are these ideology driven adults sending to youth? If your govt can be toppled because of accountability, it should be.
(DIR) Post #B8YiCmgKDK0YCU7Jjc by altlife@me.dm
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If I was writing this on Twitter/X by now BJP(India's ruling party) IT cell would have bombarded this thread with death/rape threats labeling me anti-national. If my name wasn't Hindu, I would have been told to go to Pakistan. They would find my socials online and spam vulgarity. This has been BJPs biggest tool to silence every dissenter since 2016. The reason why I left most social media because there's only so many death/rape threats one can take for speaking out things that are common sense.
(DIR) Post #B9nWc52hkFaRRNO5WS by altlife@me.dm
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Nepal is paying a devastating price for a climate crisis it did little to create. A catastrophic flood triggered by a Himalayan glacier collapse has killed over 160 people(with hundreds still missing). This is the cruelest face of climate change -> the countries with fewer resources to protect themselves are often the ones hit hardest.The question is no longer whether the poorest can afford to adapt. It's whether the rest of the world can afford to keep looking away. #Nepalfloods #ClimateCrisis
(DIR) Post #B9nWc6KSxhO9QkhmqW by altlife@me.dm
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Among those caught in this devastating tragedy were pilgrims travelling to/returning from Kailash Mansarovar. It is one of the holiest pilgrimage for Hindus, Buddhists & Jains. Indian govt has a lottery system(1k) to take pilgrims, which was on hold post covid but started again this year. I was on the waiting list. Many like me aspire to undertake this difficult journey with deep faith, waiting years at times. Not knowing what has happened to your loved ones is a grief almost impossible to bear
(DIR) Post #B9nWc8ji0olitcWyTA by altlife@me.dm
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Nepalis who live in these regions depend on tourism for their livelihoods. Hotels, restaurants, porters, drivers, guides, shopkeepers and countless families rely on the steady flow of visitors through these mountain routes.When disaster strikes, they don't just lose homes and loved ones. They lose their entire source of income overnight.Will those who deny climate crisis help to rebuild these communities? I guess their interest ends at conquering Mt Everest via Sherpas who carry their weight.
(DIR) Post #B9nWc9q7uRUqJoXc6y by altlife@me.dm
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Death toll rises to 270, over 1300 missingThe time to find solutions is now. This will only get worse. Don't know what I can do except to write about how helplessly sick this makes me feel. No one deserves a death like this. Imagine ordinary people just washed away in a second because people who shape our climate policies refuse to take climate change seriously. We need serious climate action and real protection for communities living on the frontlines of climate change not just prayers.
(DIR) Post #B9tkmKBgr7ZHc9842a by altlife@me.dm
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'If I could understand myself better, I'd probably understand a lot more about the world and certainly about my country, in which so many people seem to revere their persecutors and appear grateful to be subjugated and told what to do, what to wear, what to eat and how to think. There is something knotty here. something puzzling about the human condition in all of this.'Trust Arundhati Roy with the uncomfortable truths about our Indianness. #silentsunday #bookstodon #photography
(DIR) Post #BAdkoXDkt2WWeYZcI4 by altlife@me.dm
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@davidrevoy how cool is this. :)