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@Bala__G
Bala
2 years
Lol Ajay Devgn really thought that his "nationalistic" tweet (deliberately misinterpreting Kiccha's view) will make him a soc media star in this present environment where nationalistic fervour is on an all-time high
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@Bala__G
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While Rajinikanth, Dhanush, Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan, Amitabh, Ranbir, Alia and others have attended the Ram Mandir inauguration, Malayalam actors are reminding India that we are not a theocracy
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TheNewsMinute
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Malayalam actors, directors share Constitution preamble on Ram temple inauguration day
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@Bala__G
Bala
4 years
Look at the crowd which participated in the protest against CAA, NPR and NRC in #Hyderabad #CAA_NRC_NPR
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@Bala__G
Bala
5 months
After demolishing a fully-functional Secretariat, this new facility, supposedly compliant with KCR's horoscope and Vaastu, was constructed by wasting Rs 650 cr. public money. He visited the Secretariat only once. And now a Cong leader will occupy the place. The power of Vaastu 🤷
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@Bala__G
Bala
2 years
Man ain't gonna back down. Loving it!
@KicchaSudeep
Kichcha Sudeepa
2 years
Translation & interpretations are perspectives sir. Tats the reason not reacting wothout knowing the complete matter,,,matters.:) I don't blame you @ajaydevgn sir. Perhaps it would have been a happy moment if i had received a tweet from u for a creative reason. Luv&Regards❤️
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@Bala__G
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2 years
Happy birthday sir :))
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2 years
Interviewed Ashwini who is the first Dalit woman to be appointed by the UN as its Special Rapporteur. Read about her politics, her struggles (because of her caste) and her interesting work.
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@Bala__G
Bala
2 years
I have a theory that somebody is paying these white dudes to go overboard with their appreciation for RRR (which is honestly patronising)
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@Bala__G
Bala
2 years
poor guy didn't know that he was messing with the wrong person. (Edhuku indha avamaanam). Totally loved Kiccha's response. Ajay should pick some other pushover to promote himself as a "nationalistic" star and capture the current market.
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@Bala__G
Bala
3 years
Each time I watch this interview I try to be more humble
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@Bala__G
Bala
2 years
Another suspected "honour" killing in Hyderabad. Neeraj from Marwadi community was fatally attacked by four armed men, for allegedly marrying a woman from the Yadav community. This is just barely 15 days after the brutal murder of Nagaraju in the city.
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@Bala__G
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2 years
Hindutvadis: We were the most peaceful country. Hindus did not invade any country in the history; we are the presecuted. 🥺🥺🥹 Also Hindutvadis (with new found love towards Chozhas): We conquered Srilanka, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia 🔥🔥🔥
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2 years
Finally watched RRR, and I am disappointed that nobody had cautioned me against it. What an embarrassing film. It was like watching a cringey dance reality show with grand themes and great set properties.
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5 months
"Animal is the most violent film." A regular Tamil family entertainer:
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2 years
National award winning director Vetrimaaran extends his support to actor Suriya. Has some strong words against those who claim to be offended.
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Bala
3 years
Going to send this to my mom. Wish me luck 😂
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@Bala__G
Bala
1 year
A Dalit woman just buying a nice car has left the UCs fuming. Thank you whoever you are. I hope there is some new innovation where the car runs purely on someone's jealousy. This would power the vehicles of Dalits for eternity. :D
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2 months
Megha is the same company which had filed a defamation case against @thenewsminute 's investigation report which established -- with documents -- that the company had fully taken care of the expenses of bureaucrat Rajat Kumar's wedding.
@arvindgunasekar
Arvind Gunasekar
2 months
Top electoral bonds donors: 1. Future Gaming And Hotel Services (Lottery Martin) - 1,368 crore 2. Megha Engineering And Infrastructure Ltd - 980 crore
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@Bala__G
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He was a Dalit doctor, who died two months ago. He lost his job, sanity, and eventually was consumed by depression - all because he pointed out the flaws of the government, for which he was hounded by them.
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Bala
3 years
Poor people as aesthetics and props for a photoshoot
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2 years
Must remember that PC Sreeram had rejected a film because its lead was K*ng*na R*na*t :)
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2 years
Why should Pa Ranjith fight against 'Hindutva state' or the right-wing? As a Dalit he has enough battles to fight, and he will choose his battles against his oppressors. He will fight them in the way he deems it appropriate. Mere existence of a Dalit itself is a daily battle.
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@Bala__G
Bala
2 years
Shameful. There's no civility left in AP politics anymore.
@gudivadaamar
Gudivada Amarnath
2 years
PK = పిచ్చి కుక్క PK = ప్యాకేజీ కల్యాణ్ PK = పెళ్ళిళ్ళ కల్యాణ్ @PawanKalyan
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1 year
Lol
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@Bala__G
Bala
4 years
CCTV footage of the Mmts train collision in Kachiguda.
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4 years
Brahmins jumping into the defence of Nirmala Sitharaman are cute. It is not whether her comments were misinterpreted, it is her sense of supremacy with she tells that she comes from a family "which doesn't bother about onions and garlic." You guys won't get it. Don't bother.
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@Bala__G
Bala
3 years
Netflix South films - thread
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3 years
Just unbelievable!
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2 years
Jai Bhim to students who are fighting for the constitutional rights of their fellow students. Makes me very happy :)
@KeypadGuerilla
Imran Khan
2 years
#blueshawls vs #saffronshawls Confrontation between #Dalit students who came in support of #hijab vs #ABVP students who oppose it happened at IDSG college, #Chikkamagaluru #Karnataka . College management had to intervene to diffuse the tense situation.
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@Bala__G
Bala
2 years
Respects being paid to Nagaraju
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@Bala__G
Bala
2 years
Senior Congress leader @digvijaya_28 interacting with former chief of the Indian Navy Admiral Ramdas, during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Hyderabad.
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@Bala__G
Bala
2 years
Why Hindu-made Haleem? Hindus instead have their own "pure" veg Haleem alternative - Upma.
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@Bala__G
Bala
6 months
Rewatched #Leo to decode and find the easter eggs. Leo is not Parthiban. He is not Leo either. Everyone missed to notice the title card. It clearly says that he is Vijay.
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@Bala__G
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4 years
KCR while opposing CAA: "We are a secular party which was formed on the spirit of the Indian constitution. Whether we live or die; win or lose, we will abide by it."
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@Bala__G
Bala
2 years
It's been nearly a decade since Pa Ranjith has been working as a filmmaker in the Tamil film industry. A successful one at that. But because of his political stance, his assertion, the oppressors will always be waiting for him to fail.
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@Bala__G
Bala
3 years
Lesson to all feminists
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2 years
That's Kallu (toddy) in a beer bottle. It's a ritual where all the favourite food of the deceased will be spread in their memory. Some upper castes will get so shocked and scandalized by the presence of alcohol at any ritual because of their Brahminical conditioning.
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నేనొచ్చేశా
2 years
@Bala__G bro what the fuck i'm seeing are those beer bottles ????
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@Bala__G
Bala
3 years
@ptrmadurai arguing for more powers to States and handling all the questions wrt decentralisation, GST etc. with ease
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@Bala__G
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3 years
Throwback to the time when Chiru hosted an Iftar party wearing this. 😕😕😕
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@Bala__G
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2 years
Harassment has become a work hazard for outspoken academicians & journos. Prof Chinnaiah Jangam, a Dalit who teaches in Canada, has been targeted by the diaspora, forcing him to close down soc media accounts fearing safety of his family.
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@Bala__G
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2 months
Very subtle 😂😂😂. Can't believe that Reliance has hired these jokers...
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@Bala__G
Bala
11 months
Hello all, I have taken up a new role @thenewsminute as the editor of the features bureau. I am looking forward to some exciting ideas, of course with a perspective from gender & caste . Please send me your pitches at balakrishna @thenewsminute .com Please do not hesitate. :)
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2 years
Did Nani support the protest earlier? Without expressing any form of solidarity, this act seems quite annoying. Should rather shut up.
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1 year
Sea in Hyderabad. Lol
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@Bala__G
Bala
2 years
What's a "General Category"? A category which is generally stupid?
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Riya Rathore
2 years
I left INDIA because I belong to General Category
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Bala
1 year
All Tamil films have followed the same trope of Karnan in Mahabharata. A child who is actually from an upper caste community, but accidentally ends up growing in a Dalit family where he emerges as their leader. Later his UC lineage will be revealed, and will be hailed for it.
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@Bala__G
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2 years
This Ambedkar statue is right opposite Nagaraju's house. It's in the centre of the village, and while leaving I couldn't help but think about what Ambedkar had said about endogamy and how women's bodies are controlled for preserving "purity".
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1 year
All villages in India would be absolutely 'peaceful', without any disturbance, until a Dalit questions the status quo
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3 years
If you're sitting comfortably in one agraharam, surely you will romanticise rural India and gloss over the caste crimes, just because they mostly don't find their way to newspapers. Villages are the cesspool of casteism. Don't know what "roots" he's talking about, but +
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Sridhar Vembu
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Rural India, despite so much poverty, offers a sense of belonging and rootedness. The result is low crime. The reason is traditional religious faith. Even as we lift ourselves up economically, I want to nurture the roots of our culture and the faith that sustains life. 🙏
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@Bala__G
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2 years
Jai Bhim everyone! Courtesy: shajan_kafka
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1 year
Peak Tamil culture is making fun of North Indians for their 'stupidity', while having mindless fans wars day in and day out, and doing the most embarassing things like paalabishekam for star cutouts
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3 years
Haven't watched Jai Bhim yet, so desisting from making any observation against BR. But the comparison of Malayalam cinema could have been avoided. How many Malayalam films have addressed caste? In fact they have excelled in making a dangerous propaganda film like Nayattu.
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@Bala__G
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9 months
The biggest cultural icon the Telugu land has ever produced-- Baladeer Gaddar, a Dalit-- has reportedly passed away. To put it in perspective, he was a bigger star than actor-politician NTR, at his peak.
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3 years
He's one of the persons who took the ayurvedic "medicine" for COVID-19 and claimed that it resurrected him instantaneously (placebo effect). Today he is suffering with an eye infection besides having COVID-19. This is purely criminal.
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1 year
One solid counter-response to this was made by anti-caste director Mari Selvaraj. The opening song in Karnan, starring Dhanush, begins with these lines. 'He's neither the son of the Sun god, nor born to a fortunate woman, but a child who grew up in poverty.'
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@Bala__G
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4 years
Since TikTok is also put under the ban list, let me share the latest mouthwatering video which I found on TikTok.
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Bala
2 years
This thread (andha thread ah thaan sonna) 😂😂😂
@sumanthraman
Sumanth Raman
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@netshrink I support EWS. Period.
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@Bala__G
Bala
2 years
Politics is very dynamic. An eg: KCR assumed that he will remain unchallenged forever, and had an aversion for any kind of protest. He thought of removing Dharna Chowk - a protest point in the city. Today his entire party is protesting in the same venue. Irony
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2 years
Vidyut is one prime example of possessing good English to make her points and come across as an intellectual, while her opinions are abs trash. Many Dalit -Bahujans can articulate themselves much better in their own language and can counter her views, but they remain invisible
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4 years
One amazing propaganda talent of ANI is finding some RANDOM person, who will tell the most strange thing which will be in complete contrast to the mood of the state, whether be it Kashmir, demonitization, NEET exam. They will really take a photo of a bloody nobody and quote him
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I am neither a supporter of Hindi nor against it. Language is knowledge, it is not our enemy. Please don't stop our generation from learning Hindi: Tamil actor Abi Saravanan on anti-Hindi posts on social media by eminent personalities (10.09.2020)
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3 years
Bending the knee for BLM, and maintaining a conspicuous silence over the Islamophobic attacks against a fellow Muslim colleague. The PR has gone in vain in just a day.
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2 years
If young students are radicalised and provoked to participate in protest expressing unreasonable hatred against a community, there is not much left for the future.
@KeypadGuerilla
Imran Khan
2 years
Protest against #Hijab continued even today also at #Bhandarkar private college at #Kundapura . This time #Hindu girl students wearing #saffronshawls came to college protesting against hijab.
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1 year
Superstar Rajinikanth in an amusing manner had recently acknowledged that he didn't know how to act in Thalapathy and that he was an actor with limited range, possessing a set of 'stock expressions' which was enough for the kind of movies he was making earlier.
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@Bala__G
Bala
4 years
As brazen as it gets
@AnujaJaiswalTOI
Anuja Jaiswal
4 years
#UP : #Protest held by upper caste community in the #village to support the accused in the alleged murder and rape of 19 yr old Dalit girl. Demand fair inquiry in the case. Hang them if guilty, they say. Accuse political parties of indulging in petty politics. #HathrasHorror
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2 years
This film has already earned crores of rupees and become a pan-Indian success without much criticism. Its impact is HUGE. So you should criticize it as much as possible and ensure that other filmmakers refrain from it in the future.
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2 years
Our family God should be first offered alcohol before the Pooja begins. Any celebration will begin only after this ritual.
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Bala
3 years
No other way to tell this story
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2 years
I might come across like the white dude in the movie who complains that Indians lack finesse, but that's what Rajamouli wants - to be proud of mediocrity and celebrate anything in the name of nationalism. There's absolutely nothing subtle about the movie.
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Bala
4 years
Errr... Spirit of Hyderabad? 😂😂😂
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Bala
1 year
Astounded by this tone-deaf response by an exec. editor nonetheless, when some kids even as young as 15 are aware of how caste privilege works. Honestly worried about the colleagues from marginalised communities who work under her.
@PadmajaJoshi
Padmaja Joshi
1 year
Convenient that people don’t bat an eyelid before reducing a person to just her caste. I am what I am not because of being a woman, or a Brahmin..but because I work hard. And the same applies to scores of my colleagues in office.
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2 years
Of course the film also has a Brahminical agenda where Adivasis are appropriated into the Hindu fold. I really want someone from the Adivasi community to write an open letter to Rajamouli and call him out for his insensitivity.
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@Bala__G
Bala
4 years
The pure joy. priceless. 😅
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Bala
2 years
#NatchathiramNagargiradhu was a trippy film. It's been a while since I had so much fun watching a film. It was an overwhelming experience watching it on big screen with a wonderful crowd in Chennai. We were laughing together, clapping together, humming Raaja songs together.
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2 years
Whether you are willing to give more money--as demanded--by the garbage collector is up to you, but making arguments like "1000 houses x 50 Rs per house is more software employee salary" is wrong on so many levels.
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2 years
The movie fuses fiction with mythology and there's no subtext to it, it's just text? Everything is on your face. Rajamouli who had earlier endorsed the Hindu caste system on soc media, reaffirms his belief by showing Adivasis as a community who need to be "educated".
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2 years
Jailed Prof Sai Baba is contemplating to go on an indefinite hunger strike--despite his failing health--demanding the jail authorities to remove the CCTV camera in his cell, which has deprived him of basic privacy.
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1 year
Very well maintained. Congratulations @GHMCOnline 👏👏👏
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Bala
1 year
What will Ajay Devgan eat in Bholaa? Panner butter masala? What is the north Indian equivalent for biriyani?
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Bala
1 year
Wow amazing own Nikhil. Banger reply.🔥🔥🔥 Also, is India the same country where school children are discriminated against on the basis of caste?
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10 months
While such horrific videos are distressing and shouldn't be shared, Mandal Saab's worry over misinformation, and effectively asking for a ban against social media companies and mention of "anti-nationals" suggests something else.
@Profdilipmandal
Dilip Mandal
10 months
URGENT🚨 : DO NOT share any violent videos or photos of #ManipurViolence ! This matter is of immense urgency and critical importance! The sharing of images/videos depicting violence or atrocities against a community only fuels hostility among others. It is crucial that the…
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3 years
Tamil men wondering why they get bro-zoned. Also Tamil men:
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Bala
3 years
No doubt that if Dr Ambedkar was alive he too would have been arrested and charged for "hurting sentiments" The actor responded: “We have a Constitutional responsibility to oppose Brahminism and all inequality.” 👋👋👋👋
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Bala
2 years
Mocking the caste bias of one Brahmin has led to a meltdown. "Anti-semitic" it seems. Anyone opposing reservation for the marginalized and advocating economic -based reservation deserves to be mocked at.
@realitycheckind
Reality Check India
2 years
More such anti-semitic baitings from Dtamils working inside TNM
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@Bala__G
Bala
4 months
It is as if people are gaslighting us by saying that a Mosque never existed or that it was destroyed by karsevaks leading to large-scale violence that changed the course of India's history.
@urstrulyMahesh
Mahesh Babu
4 months
Amidst the echoes of history and the sanctity of faith, the grand opening of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya heralds a timeless symbol of unity and spirituality. Extremely proud to witness history unfold! #AyodhyaRamMandir #JaiShreeRam 🙏
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2 years
In a scene Rama Raju teaches Kumaram Bheem, an Adivasi revolutionary how to write "Jal Jangal Jameen." It was absolutely unnecessary but that's how the filmmaker patronizes Adivasis. He also suggests that their cause is not of prime importance.
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@Bala__G
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Thank you everyone! :)
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2 years
Before everything gets whitewashed I'd urge everyone to read how Dalit leader Immanuel Sekaran died.
@KanimozhiDMK
Kanimozhi (கனிமொழி)
2 years
வேற்றுமைகள் களைந்து சமத்துவமிக்க சமுதாயம் உருவாக்கிடத் தொண்டாற்றிய பசும்பொன் முத்துராமலிங்கத் தேவர் அவர்களின் பிறந்தநாளான இன்று, தூத்துக்குடியில் உள்ள அவரது திருவுருவச் சிலைக்கு மாலை அணிவித்து மரியாதை செலுத்தினேன்.
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Bala
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Everyone make way for Amirtham Amma. After relentless struggle, she achieved what denied to her; openly challenging the casteist village leaders. Ofcourse she could face harassment and threats to her life for her defiance but she just didn't care. * Kabali swag* 😎😎😎
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Bala
11 months
Which "Hindus"? Most Dalits within Hindu fold eat beef. Are they not Hindus?
@BellamSwathi
Swathi Bellam
11 months
Who gave Malluwood the right to destroy our hindu culture ??? There is blockbuster movie called HRIDAYAM in Malayalam directed by Vineeth Srinivasan and produced by Subramaniam It stars son of Mohanlal and daughter of director priyadarshan So far so good They use a telugu…
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