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Rahul Gandhi in Manipur I Decoding Brand Rahul I Rahul vs Modi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxvD5ZQDojI Neerja Chowdhury Mojo Story

Rahul Gandhi is in Assam and Manipur today, this after weekend visits to Gujarat and Hathras. The politician, once mocked for his frequent personal vacations, appears to have transformed. But how will Rahul Gandhi navigate his politics as Leader of the Opposition- Will his ideology be left or Centre right?

 https://youtu.be/gxvD5ZQDojI?t=650  Not deafeated the Mandir movement, but the mandir issue did not work in the elections..

https://youtu.be/gxvD5ZQDojI?t=838  Percieving RG as Hindu Left.. Fashioning an ideological alternative as " we are ass HIndu as you are"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D4fw2XtIQ8 Rahul Gandhi In Manipur: राहुल ने मणिपुर में हिंसा पीड़ितों से मुलाकात के बाद क्या बोले ग्रामीण ? .. कुकी बहुल चुराचांदपुर के जिस राहत शिविर में राहुल ने पीड़ितों का हाल जाना वहां से ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : साल भर से एक हॉल में डेढ़ सौ लोग.. नवजात बच्चे से लेकर बुजुर्ग तक सब हालात के मारे ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJYbbvn1KQs LIVE: Rahul Gandhi In Manipur | Rahul Gandhi On The Front Foot! | Manipur News |  Rajat Sethi calls it tragedy tourism.

How did ‘Bhole Baba’ gather such a massive crowd, one that any politician would have died for? https://thewire.in/rights/hathras-stampede-and-the-growing-shadow-of-irrationality 

Much like Big Tobacco when markets decline seeks to lure women and children to try its wares, ‘Bhole Baba’ gravitated towards the woman devotee. Having had to reinvent himself following his arrest in the year 2000 for nabbing the body of a dead girl after claiming that he would bring it back to life, he seems to have taken the business decision to prey on softer targets. His modus operandi, going by the observations a former schoolmate made to The Hindu, was to have women agents share tales of his magical prowess among local communities. It would follow that the people these agents were most likely to interact with were other women – invariably those who were poor, less lettered, and from castes subjected daily to a myriad forms of discrimination. These are the precise subjects who find themselves most vulnerable to false information and spurious spiritualists. 

The unspeakably appalling stampede also provides a prism to view the shrinking of rationality in contemporary India.

Today, we have seen a complete reversal of even the intent to push back against superstition and irrationality, even as the “baba-rocracy” has grown in multifold ways with ashrams dotting the landscape across the country. Bogus products, especially those related to health, have gained a firm foothold on media content. The pre-programming space in satellite television provider, DISH TV, for instance, is a mélange of fakery, featuring cads of every description from tarot card readers and astrologers to drug manufacturers offering all manner of cures. They are presented as authentic thanks to fervent certifications from “ordinary” people, or actors pretending to be so. On its part, DISH TV takes care to prominently state that it does not endorse any of the claims made or products promoted.

by Pamela Philipose

08/07/2024

 India's Disappearing Mountains An activist’s battle to stop illegal mining in India’s Aravalli mountains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNbxUpFhKgY 6 Jun 2024
In northern and western India lies an ancient mountain range, the Aravallis, believed to be hundreds of millions of years old.

Stretching across almost 700km (435 miles), the mountains are home to rivers, a diverse range of trees and wildlife, and according to experts, they are the main barrier shielding millions of people from an expanding desert.

But these mountains are disappearing, ravaged by illegal mining carried out to feed New Delhi’s construction boom, prompting warnings of a looming ecological catastrophe.

Rs 5 crore to Rs 363 crore in 10 yrs: Haryana revenue from legal mining sees uptick; activists call for checks https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/rs-5-crore-to-rs-363-crore-in-10-yrs-haryana-revenue-from-legal-mining-sees-uptick-activists-call-for-checks-9321312/ May 11, 2024 The bench had said its order did not impinge on legal mining activities that are currently being carried out per valid permits and licences.

There is a blanket ban on mining in the Aravalli hills of Faridabad, Gurgaon, and Nuh districts as per a 2009 order by the Supreme Court. However, mining is permissible in four districts — Rewari, Mahendergarh, Charkhi Dadri and Bhiwani — in the state.

Neelam Ahluwalia, an environmentalist, said that she went on ground truthing trips to all seven districts of Haryana, where Aravallis fall, and found that the mountain ranges are rapidly getting destroyed in the state between legal and illegal mining. “… Haryana will soon become a desert… water-starved at the rate at which the Aravalli hills have been destroyed through legal and illegal mining,” Ahluwalia added.