Twitter is complying with more government demands under Elon Musk https://restofworld.org/2023/elon-musk-twitter-government-orders/ 27th April 2023
The company has not refused a single request since Musk took ownership..The orders vary widely in scope and subject, but all involve a government asking ..  In one case from January, India’s information ministry ordered Twitter to take down all posts sharing footage from a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dozens of posts were removed, including one from a local member of parliament... The bulk of the recent requests come from countries that have recently passed restrictive speech laws — 

.. In July 2022, the company sued the Indian government over an order to restrict the visibility of specific tweets. After Musk’s takeover, however, Twitter complied with more than 100 block orders from the country, including those against journalists, foreign politicians, and the poet Rupi Kaur.

... Musk has made clear in interviews that his vision of free speech does not extend to legal requests. “We can’t go beyond the laws of a country,” he said in a recent interview with the BBC. “If we have a choice of either our people go to prison or we comply with the laws, we’ll comply with the laws.” 

India's New Internet Rules Are a Step Toward 'Digital Authoritarianism,' Activists Say. Here's What They Will Mean https://time.com/5946092/india-internet-rules-impact/ India’s new rules come at a time when tech platforms are facing threats of regulation by Western governments over content including hate speech, misinformation, and incitement to violence. But the Indian rules are more worrying, the open letter says, because they are part of a wider push toward “digital authoritarianism,” including Internet shutdowns and arrests of journalists. Although the Indian rules also contain useful provisions like mandating transparency in cases when user content has been removed

Sukla Sen: Email -- the term entered into the popular vocabulary only with the rise of (revivalist reformist) Arya Samaj movement -- mainly in the Punjab region...
The traditionalists, opposed to "reforms" (of any sort), coined the term to distinguish themselves from the Arya Samajis. They branded themselves as "Sanatani" Hindu. The earlier (modernist reformist) Brahno Samaj movement initiated by Rammohan Roy..

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The concept of Sanatan Dharma: its roots and the historical context of its use https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/sanatan-dharm-meaning-history-8924036/ Mythologist and author Devdutt Pattanaik posted  that the word “sanatan”, meaning eternal, does not appear in the Vedas. “The word sanatan started being used in the Bhagavad Gita, and refers to knowledge of the soul, which is eternal.. Zavos in his article the Punjab Census Report of 1891,  (said) it is not as if each of the sabhas promoting Sanatan Dharma had a common doctrine that distinguished them as orthodox...“Sanatanis (then) refuting the arguments of Dayanand and other reformers as they arose,”

What is Sanatan Dharma? https://www.deccanherald.com/india/explained-what-is-sanatan-dharma-2674213   Amit Vasudev .. In his book, Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, Julius J Lipner says, "the term ‘Sanatan Dharma’ was used in the Bhagwat Gita by Arjuna, when he told Krishna that 'when the clan is vitiated, the sanatan-dharmas of the clan are destroyed'.... In his book, Revolution and Counter Revolution in Ancient India, Dr BR Ambedkar very unabashedly puts, "The history of India is a history of mortal conflict between Buddhism and Brahmanism"...Caste system remains a sticky issue in the Hindu religion which is unlikely to die anytime soon.

Sanatan Dharma: Its roots and the historical context of its use  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/soul-search/sanatan-dharma-its-roots-and-the-historical-context-of-its-use/articleshow/103608346.cms Resham Sengar  Sanatan Dharma is a way of life practiced to break the web of Maya or cosmic illusion. It is Maya that plants the desire to acquire objects of the world.... The ancient shruti and veda state that there is only ONE God or force and He is present in all the tangible and visible objects in the Universe.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/sanatana-dharma denote the “eternal” or absolute set of duties or religiously ordained practices incumbent upon all Hindus, regardless of class, caste, or sect. Sanatana dharma is contrasted with svadharma, one’s “own duty” or the particular duties enjoined upon an individual according to his or her class or caste and stage of life. The potential for conflict between the two types of dharma (e.g., between the particular duties of a warrior and the general injunction to practice non-injury) is addressed in Hindu texts such as the Bhagavad Gītā, where it is said that in such cases svadharma must prevail.

A Reaction against Reform https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/sanatan-dharma-sabha-caste-hierarchy-hindu-reform-dalits-purification-8957653/ Christophe Jaffrelot writes: How Sanatan Dharma was used to defend caste, combat Hindu reform 

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CJI मोदी-अडानी का बैंड बजाएंगे, Electoral Bond, 2024 Election, Supreme Court , PM modi DESH NEETI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voPxwzMUiSo

Electoral bonds are 'legalised bribery', says P Chidambaram Vartha Bharati | 30-09-2023 https://english.varthabharati.in/india/electoral-bonds-are-legalised-bribery-says-p-chidambaram He  claimed that, as their fresh tranche opens on October 4, it will be a "golden harvest" for the BJP.

The government on Friday approved the issuance of the 28th tranche of electoral bonds that will open for sale for 10 days beginning October 4. The decision comes ahead of assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram. The poll dates in these states are likely to be announced soon.

"The crony capitalists will open their cheque books to write out their 'tribute' to the lord and master in Delhi," the former Union minister said.

मोदी-BJP सरकार पर बड़ा खुलासा, Hindustv watch report on Modi - BJP govt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJpo0MB5L54  DESH NEETI 2nd Oct. 2023

Modi’s BJP linked with most hate speech in India: Report https://www.deccanherald.com/india/modis-bjp-linked-with-most-hate-speech-in-india-report-2700882  Some 80 per cent of the 255 documented incidents of “hate speech gatherings targeting Muslims” occurred in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states and union territories, according to a report from ...

Some 80 per cent of the 255 documented incidents of “hate speech gatherings targeting Muslims” occurred in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states and union territories, according to a report from Hindutva Watch. The Washington DC-based research group tracks hate crimes and inflammatory speech against Muslims and other minorities in India.

Though India doesn’t have an official definition for hate speech, the research group used language from the United Nations, which characterizes hate speech as “any form” of communication that employs “prejudiced or discriminatory language towards an ...

2023 Half-Yearly Report: Anti-Muslim Hate Speech Events in India  https://hindutvawatch.org/hate-speech-events-india/
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023 https://hindutvawatch.org/hate-speech-events-india/ Throughout the first half of 2023, India witnessed several instances where hate speech events, coupled with hate crimes, exacerbated the insecurity of its religious minorities. On March 30, on the occasion of the Hindu holiday of Ram Navami, Hindu far-right leader Kajal Shingla alias Kajal Hindustani made hateful remarks about Muslim women, helping ignite a riot in the western state of Gujarat. On the same day, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, a procession filled with provocative and hateful slogans resulted in violence in the town of Biharsharif, leaving one dead and several injured. In June, rampant and repeated instances of hate speech events in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, culminated in clashes in the western state, while a month-long campaign in the northern state of Uttarakhand centered on the Hindu far-right conspiracy theories of “Love Jihad,” “Vyapar Jihad” and “Land Jihad,” resulted in the displacement of Muslims from several parts of the state. Muslim shops and homes were marked with a black ‘X’ symbol in an apparent attempt to intimidate the marginalized community.

Around 52% of hate speech gatherings in BJP-ruled states and union territories were orchestrated by entities affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Bajrang Dal, the Sakal Hindu Samaj, and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Overall, 42% of all hate speech gatherings in 17 states which includes two centrally controlled territories were organized by groups affiliated with the RSS.

Breathing life into the dying rivers of Pune! https://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/breathing-life-dying-rivers-pune Aarti Kelkar Khambete 25 Jan 2021  Jeevitnadi continues with its mission to breathe life into Pune’s rivers and has been awarded the prestigious Bhagirath Prayas Samman 2020 this year! Last two years have been witnessing heavy rains and extensive flooding of the city. One must remember that Pune is flood prone city! We have five rivers and more than six watersheds, each having a peculiar character. For example, the river Mutha originates and flows down from a steep mountain that has very less vegetation. The erosion is thus very high leading to deposition of a load of sediments that get carried along with the water into the low lying areas that get flooded.

There are a number of settlements in the pediment zone and runoff is very high and flows with a tremendous velocity carrying a lot of silt along with it when there are heavy rains.

Many constructions have been given permission in flood lines even after they were drawn and the width of the river is very narrow. To make it worse, there are large developmental projects like Metro and ring roads in the river bed. The bridges on rivers get constructed without any thought of minimising the environmental stresses on rivers and without using better and alternate designs. Urban rivers have so far been looked at differently. The focus always has been on harnessing urban rivers and their spaces for gains without consideration for the health and well being of the river. We wish to change this perception and help rivers be naturally flowing, clean and safe for generations to come!

Experts Warn Of Flooding in Pune Amid Prolonged Severe Weather https://www.mypunepulse.com/experts-warn-of-flooding-in-pune-amid-prolonged-severe-weather/
Punepulse September 27, 2023 Shailaja Deshpande, Founder, Jeevitnadi, Pune said, “The shape of Pune city is like a saucer. The bottom source of any type of water body is the river as water from any stream, nala etc. eventually enters a river. If projects like Riverfront Development etc., where, because of the walls built near rivers that block the channels of water to flow out, continue, then levels of river water will increase. As a result, the increased water levels will not have a medium to flow out and will enter the city flooding the entire city.”

By insisting on non-violence, Bapu extinguished the raging fire of communal violence in many parts of India but he himself fell victim to the bullets of an assassin. But how did it affect India for the next fifty years? 

बापू के आख़री कुछ साल | Mahatma Gandhi’s last years | तुषार गांधी https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJGcXsochYQ  Citizens for Justice and Peace Oct 1, 2023  

The last four years of his life proved to be the toughest test of Mahatma Gandhi's principle of non-violence. From Direct Action Day to Partition, when the whole of India was burning in the fire of national hatred and violence, and the leaders of Congress and Muslim League were baking their bread, Bapu alone, risking his life, traveled from Delhi to Noakhali, Bihar. From Calcutta to Calcutta, he kept fighting for the unity of India, taking support of the stick of non-violence. History is witness to the fact that through this effort he was successful in maintaining peace in the eastern parts of the country, but he had to fall victim to Nathuram Godse's bullet. In his books and also in this interview, Bapu's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi says about his last years that because of this valiant effort, especially as a result of his martyrdom, the wind of national hatred blew in this country for about fifty years, if at all it did not last. Didn't get it.

Because times are changing now, and a new era of violence seems to be beginning, it has become necessary to remember those last few years of Bapu.

Citizens for Justice and Peace has been working for national unity in India for the last thirty years. We are Gandhiji's followers in this fight. This special video series with Tushar Gandhi is just an attempt to convey Gandhiji's thoughts to the public in the era of fake news and violence.

https://youtu.be/tXFQ0fx6PL0 On the Investigation- Discussion on Screening of Who killed Gandhi -

https://youtu.be/0uUwmjdxMcc On the Historical Context-

https://youtu.be/4NI5flM76Xc Why no public Screening of the Film Who killed Gandhi in India

https://youtu.be/A35gQbrGhf8  On the Hindutva Narrative

Q & A after a recent screening of the film..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB4i1G6OgYE

Increase forest area in Karnataka to 33% to fight climate change: CM https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/increase-forest-area-in-karnataka-to-33-to-fight-climate-change-cm/article67363235.ece      September 30, 2023 05:52 Out of total land area of ​​the Karnataka, only about 20% is forest area and efforts should be made to expand it to at least 33%, which is crucial to fight climate change, “ Situations like Cauvery water issue, drought, and shortage in food production have arisen. This affects the State’s GDP and per capita income. This time, 50% crop has been damaged in ​​40 lakh hectares

Modernity, Frameworks of Knowledge, and the Ecological Survival of Plurality  http://vlal.bol.ucla.edu/multiversity/default.htm
An Introduction to the Multiversity Enterprise-
United States Chapter

Vinay Lal

RECAPTURING WORLDS   http://vlal.bol.ucla.edu/multiversity/Right_menu_items/Claude_proposal.htm   (The Original Multiversity Proposal, September 2001)
Claude Alvares (Other India Press, Goa, India)

   http://vlal.bol.ucla.edu/multiversity/Right_menu_items/Claude_proposal.htm

Inaugural Conference of Multiversity, February 2002, Penang, Malaysia.

The following papers, speeches and documents are available from the inaugural Multiversity conference in Penang, February 2002:

S. M. Mohamed Idris, Inaugural Address: "The Launch of Multiversity" http://vlal.bol.ucla.edu/multiversity/Right_menu_items/2002conf/Idris_launch.htm The world system has perfected a method of training and selection that enables it to recruit for its needs apparently the brightest and the best, and after selection, to use such recruits against the interests of the rest.

The creative energy of children and youth, from the age of five till the early twenties, is first frozen by suppression, then allowed gradually to atrophy till it appears to disappear completely from their normal life.

how we can take down our present universities, instigate students to rise against the tyranny of dreams pushed by corporate machines and organize workshops to encourage faculty to rebel against the domination of Western intellectuals and create their own creative universes.

Bhupinder Chimni, "On Being Colonized by 'International Law'"

Mohideen Kader, "Colonialism and the Legal Structures of Malaysia"

B. S. Chimni, "Lawyers for International Justice", a briefing prepared subsequent to the conference.

Jessica Hutchins, "Some Thoughts on Maori Science and Education"

Claude Alvares, "The Multiversity Enterprise"

Ashis Nandy, "My Idea of Multiversity"

Claude Alvares, "On Books, Publishing, and Intellectual Independence from the West"

Pawan K. Gupta, "Reflections on Multiversity -- Post-Malaysia"

Yusef Progler, "Multiversity Notes: Reflections on Readings and Resources: Definitive and Affective Dimensions"

The following papers were published in the special issue on "Multiversity: Challenging Intellectual Globalization" of "Humanscape" (Vol. 12, no. 4, April 2005), a journal that comes out from Mumbai. Copies of the journal can be purchased from the Foundation for Humanisation 11 Yogniti, 18 S. V. Road Santacruz (W), Mumbai 400054, India
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Vinay Lal, "The west and the rest".

Syed Farid Alatas, "The alternative to Eurocentrism".

Fred Y. L. Chiu, "Towards a people-centered anthropology: An anthropologist's
discovery of multiplicity and diversity".

Roby Rajan, "Those funny little graphs".

Jorge Ishizawa, "Community-based learning in the Peruvian Andes".

Why Modi govt did not condemn Bidhuri & Pragya for their remarks, & the Khalistan issue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESd7wlPzL-U Sep 29, 2023
'What would have happened had a legislator behaved like BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri in any other parliamentary democracy?'- Author & Columnist Vir Sanghvi argues that the only reason why Modi govt did not condemn his remarks is because it's election season again & the BJP needs to keep the Hindutva faction faithful on its side in MP, Rajasthan & other states. Watch #ThePrintSharpEdge