
Kunal Purohit
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Independent Journalist | Author of H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Popstars | @SOAS alumnus l Leads, tips: [email protected]
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Spent a few hours in #RamNavami processions outside Mumbai's International Airport: *Slogans like 'Aurangzeb Ki Kabr Khudegi, Maa Ch*degi, Maa Ch*degi'. *Songs with words: Bharat Mein Jo Desh Drohi Hai, Unki Ma Ka Bh*sda. *Songs that threaten brutal violence against Muslims.
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When I first heard Hindutva pop music in 2018, it was a firmly rural phenomenon. Could barely find anyone in urban areas who knew of such music. 8 years on, Gen Zs in Mumbai, are singing along and grooving to it. This is last night, at a Ram Navami procession in Mumbai.
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A telling snapshot of our New India: Children, armed with swords, dancing to Hindutva Pop songs right outside a school.
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New Work: Before the polls, PM Modi made a big annoucement--he had been silently working on a development roadmap and had consulted more than 15 lakh people. I decided to file RTIs with the Prime Minister's Office to know more about these consultations. After multiple attempts, here is what I found: 🚨
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A shocker from Maharashtra’s Jamner: Last month, members of Sambhaji Bhide’s Shiv Pratisthan Hindusthan allegedly lynched a Muslim boy for sitting with a Hindu girl. This week, cops investigating the lynching participated in the outfit’s events, led it from the front.
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Systematic, well-funded discrimination and boycott campaigns. Hurtling towards the Germany of 1933. 👏👏
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Every few minutes, a guy would come on and galvanise the crowds with slogans like these: *Jisko chahiye Afzal Khan, usko bhejo Pakistan. *Aurangzeb ki kabr khudegi, Ma Ch*degi, Ma Ch*degi. The police was present all along. But in the hours I spent, I saw no effort to restrain.
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The organisers even got a Yogi Adiyanath-lookalike--a big hit with the crowds.
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While the media in Mumbai remains silent, very heartening to see ravish ndtv ji report on the hate-filled procession I witnessed in Mumbai on Ram Navami. Glad to have been on the show, talking to Ravish ji. Hate music should now be understood as a form of violence.
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LATEST: From calling Muslims 'green pigs/green snakes', to threatening them with brutal violence and asking crowds to attack them, demolish mosques--for 2 years, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane has been delivering hate speeches in Maharashtra. He has 20 FIRs for his hate speeches. Yet, he has now been made a cabinet minister in the Maha govt. My latest work for Article 14 (link below) But first, a sample of his speeches--wanting to throw pork before mosques.
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For those outside Bihar, struggling to make sense of the results, a clip from my conversation on The Wire with Seema Chishti. Development indices might reflect little change, but Biharis were comparing Bihar to Bihar, not to any place else. That is why they back Nitish Kumar.
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Inaugurated just days ago, Rs 243 CRORE bridge in Ajmer caves in. Court forced to shut down the bridge.👏👏👏
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6 yrs ago, PM Modi promised tap water to all rural homes in India by 2024. The govt claims 81% of homes now have tap water. In reality: Taps broken, water tanks that have no water inlets, fake beneficiaries but MONEY SPENT. Investigating #JalJeevanMission in Jharkhand 🧵
Kunal Purohit36,502 просмотров • 11 месяцев назад