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Zakia Jafri Amar Rahe

Zakia Jafri Leaves Behind a Legacy of Resilience and Quiet Dignity https://thewire.in/rights/zakia-jafri-leaves-behind-a-legacy-of-resilience-and-quiet-dignity Teesta Setalvad Eighty-six years, the day before yesterday, when she left us, Zakia appa was 63 in 2002, no age to hear the cries she did, no age to witness what her eyes could not turn away from. .. 

Though there had been nothing peaceful about Jafri’spassing. The utterly stoic and adamant refusal of the Jafris to let go of their belief in the India that Ahsan sahab lived and died for, is special and rare.

Zakia appa and the Jafris turned their back on any bitterness born out of the realisation that even their neighbours had joined the mob on February 28. This is what made Zakia appa stand out with her children, as the stellar human rights defender she was...  in tribute to Zakia appa, the day before yesterday, “You graced the courts, our homes and hearts. You did so with unwavering fortitude. Theirs is the loss who could not recognise the scale and magnitude of the loss for just what it was.”

 

Gandhi and the meaning of dharma and violence

Gandhi and the meaning of dharma and violence - https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/gandhi-and-the-meaning-of-dharma-and-violence-101738163065788.html   The real Kurukshetra is inside our own mind and heart. This is why, for Gandhi, swaraj primarily meant command over our own impulses and emotions. Being free of British rule was to be a side effect of this inner-self-control, this conquest of our own anger and fears...when  violence is justified on the basis of identity, of us versus them, there is a huge risk of violating the fundamentals of dharma-as-righteousness, most notably karuna/compassion and rudimentary decency.... when rage and anger generated by the frustrations of everyday life struggles, are mobilised , large numbers of people  in the heat of the moment, unable to distinguish which violence is dharmic and which is adharmic. 

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Will you work for 90 hours?

Will you work for 90 hours?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkEWh8cRD9Q    Ravish Kumar Official Jan 10, 2025  L&T Chairman SN Subrahmanyan Asks Employees To Work 90 Hours A Week  A video of L&T Chairman SN Subrahmanyan is going viral in which he is saying that he regrets that he is not able to get people to work on Sundays. There are many memes going around on social media on his proposal to work for 90 hours a week. Actually, in the last several years, you have been reduced to sending only memes and good morning messages. There is either no job or it is low salary, inflation is at its peak and savings are going down. But you are pushing memes and blowing away every worry. All the questions have already disappeared from the media, the remaining work has been completed by the memes. Stop for a while and think how much space is there for you and your rights in such a proposal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po8vzTSTkmk    | N18L CNN-News18 Dilip Cherian seem to be "normalising" it.. Saying that many people do work like that especially start-ups.   After inviting sharp criticism for its chairman SN Subrahmanyan's idea of a 90-hour workweek, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) defended his remarks saying that 'extraordinary outcomes require extraordinary efforts'. 'We believe this is India’s decade, a time demanding collective dedication and effort to drive progress and realize our shared vision of becoming a developed nation. The Chairman’s remarks reflect this larger ambition,' the company said in a statement.

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