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rupi kaur

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6 months

I received an invite from the Biden administration for a Diwali event being held by the VP on nov 8. I decline any invitation from an institution that supports the collective punishment of a trapped civilian population—50% of whom are children.

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7 years

the mouth should have three gatekeepers. is it true? is it kind? and is it necessary? — arab proverb

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3 years

this week @rihanna , @GretaThunberg & @meenaharris brought awareness to india’s #farmersprotest and look at the response. misogyny and rightwing regimes go hand in hand. i implore the world to keep their eyes open and bring international attention to modi’s harmful farm laws

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5 months

Thank you Refaat for your humor & wit. Your words made me feel lighter. You said if you lived through this you'd teach other people's poetry to your students. Now it will be us teaching your poetry to the world. You will live forever because of the courage you embodied. 🕊️🖤💚❤️

Refaat in Gaza 🇵🇸

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6 months

I know I have a dark cynical sense of humour (for which many hate me), but I wrote that poem to rupi kuar in all earnest. I appreciate her courage and if I live through this, I will teach her poetry to my poetry students at @IUGAZA

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7 years

the sun and her flowers 🌻 october 3rd preorder: here it is 💕 i have waited so long to give you the second birth🌻

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8 years

#blacklivesmatter i cannot relate to or feel ur pain+experience but i am with you in any way you need me to be with you. lead the way

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3 years

we got you sis 😘😘😘 @miakhalifa

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3 years

farmers and farm workers started the most powerful revolution to ever challenge modi’s fascist government. our people started protesting in punjab as early as july 2020. they marched to delhi november 27 and have been sleeping on the streets since. #farmersprotest

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3 years

happy birthday nodeep kaur ♥️ it breaks my heart that you were illegally detained on january 12 and have since been held without any due process. you’re spending your birthday inside a jail cell.

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7 years

:) and now we edit

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3 years

disha ravi, a 21-year-old climate activist, has been arrested by delhi police for sharing a toolkit @GretaThunberg posted in support of the #farmersprotest . disha’s arrest is alarming and the world needs to pay attention. #freedisharavi

Delhi police arrest climate activist for drafting farm protest note tweeted by Greta Thunberg

Disha Ravi has been sent to five-day police custody in a case involving sedition and conspiracy charges.

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7 years

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3 years

i wrote a piece for the @washingtonpost about the farmers protests. punjab’s tradition of revolutionary defiance is on full display and it is a sight to behold. #IStandWithFarmers

Opinion | History shows Punjab has always taken on tyrants. Modi is no different.

Punjab’s tradition of resilient defiance is on full display, and the Indian government is shaking.

www.washingtonpost.com

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3 years

india is targeting young women to silence dissent & muzzle free speech. 21yo climate activist #DishaRavi was arrested for tweeting a benign google doc about the #farmersprotest . bjp ministers have called for her “eradication” & their online army "jokes" about her custodial rape

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7 years

#IWD2017

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3 years

important needs at the delhi #FarmersProtests . amplifying so people can link up and create creative sheltering solutions as the season changes. grateful to all the wonderful sevadaars and orgs 🙏🙏

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7 years

we are powerful. brilliant. and taking no ones shit #WomensMarch

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7 years

today : thinking of my mom who has sacrificed her mind body health for the rest of her family. and how I can do better by her.

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6 years

i tried to smile less and play it cool but shit. it’s @EmmaWatson ! emma i love your heart. it’s an honour to do this work alongside you. you’re a gem and we’re lucky for it ❤️ can’t wait for everyone to see our interview for @OurSharedShelf

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7 years

“she is so stubborn, her heart has an argument with her head every time it wants to beat.” (catherynne m. valente)

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7 years

almost at the second finish line- i thought the moment would never come ❤🌻 keep gratitude alive in your heart

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7 years

valentine's day ode to the world

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3 years

fascists will try anything 🤷🏽‍♀️

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rupi kaur

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7 years

in celebration of #internationaldayofthegirl

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3 years

farmers are prepared to protest harmful agricultural laws for years if that’s what it’s going to take. you can’t break this spirit. #farmersprotest

The Daily Show

@TheDailyShow

3 years

Why are India’s farmers protesting? The government tried to change the decades-old agriculture laws and that’s when the manure hit the fan. If you don’t know, now you know.

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6 months

Countless national & global news outlets have reached out to me for comment. This is my response: We demanded accountability and it is saddening that the best the White House could come up with is, “Everyone has their opinion, we respect folks’ opinion, and that is her opinion.”

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rupi kaur

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7 years

#metoo

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rupi kaur

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3 years

thank you for all your messages requesting me to reach out to @Beyonce and the beyhive to ask for their support in the #farmersprotest . yes. i’ll be reaching out immediately. love that y’all think i have that much power 😭😭😭😤😤😤😤😤

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3 years

they trynna break this spirit ?!! you CAN’T break this spirit.

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@ghazalimohammad

3 years

So some chakka jaam visuals from Punjab and Haryana.... This from Kurukshetra

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3 years

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 yes sis tellllll em 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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3 years

dinners on me tonight 😇 sending the details in dms @miakhalifa @AmandaCerny ♥️

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@miakhalifa

3 years

I promise to pay it forward by putting it towards supporting a local Indian restaurant for dinner tonight ♥️

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3 years

there are no words. the news out of indianapolis—of yet another mass shooting—is horrific. that so many of these targeted workers were punjabi sikh immigrants who’d recently moved to the area breaks my heart. love to all the families. love to the community. 😔💔

Kall Me Komal

@mskomalk

3 years

she was gonna work a double so she could have the day off today but decided to just grab her check and go home. she still had her check in her hand when they found her. this other guy tht just moved from India just got his first paycheck. what a harsh and cruel world we live in.

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6 years

🌻the hardcover. designed with love by yours truly clothbound - woven bookstrap - deckle edge pages. available october 23🌻

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7 years

you gotta laugh

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rupi kaur

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6 years

haunted by the chilling realities faced by children & loved ones at the US border. history is filled with those who tried to hide their alliances with evil behind:”i was just following orders”. this is a systematic crusade designed to dehumanize & divide. w/ children as leverage.

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rupi kaur

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7 years

take your time

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rupi kaur

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7 years

to do:print multiple copies of this and tape them to every wall in the house. send copies to friends. send copies to strangers. repeat.

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rupi kaur

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3 years

Nodeep Kaur has been granted bail. ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 ♥️♥️♥️

Advocate Pawandeep S Thukral

@Deepmajhewala

3 years

#NodeepKaur Granted bail by High Court Argued by Sr RS Cheema ji. Adv Pawandeep Singh #Advocatepawandeepsingh @thewire_in @meenaharris @Deepmajhewala @arsh11kaur @arsh11kaur @rupikaur_ @RichaChadha @SikhFeminist @LiveLawIndia @mssirsa @GurratanSingh @theJagmeetSingh @PunYaab

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4 years

today marks 36 years since the start fo the sikh genocide. the wounds are still fresh. our people are still in prisons. our people are still missing. #neverforget1984

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3 years

on january 12—haryana police abducted nodeep kaur from her tent at singhu protest. since then she has been beaten & sexually assaulted while under police custody. nodeep is 23 yold punjabi dalit woman & trade union activist who has been bravely speaking up about the protests.

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6 years

in the midst of so many suicides that have taken place this year- i feel terrified. sometimes i myself feel so trapped in the dark it feels like the only way to live is- is to end it all

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7 years

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6 years

HARDCOVER ALERT!!!!!!!!! i am SOOO excited to announce that ‘the sun and her flowers’ will be available in a clothbound hardcover october 23 🌻🌞🌻🌞🌻🌞🌻🌞🌻🌞🌻🌝🌻🌞🌻🌞🌻🌞🌻🌞

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7 years

#worldpoetryday currently reading these beautiful words by nizar qabbani over and over again

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3 years

so this happened 🥲 tonight i performed ‘broken english’ on @fallontonight 😭♥️🤗🙊🥰 written for my parents and all the working class immigrant families of brampton and across the world who inspired this piece.

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7 years

happy world poetry day !!!!!

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8 years

#IWD2016

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5 months

These are the poets and writers who have been killed in Gaza. Honour these beautiful souls. Read their work. Share their poetry.

These are the poets and writers who have been killed in Gaza.

One of my dreams is for my books and my writings to travel the world, for my pen to have wings so that no unstamped passport or visa rejection can hold it back. Another dream of mine is to have a …

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7 years

"i climbed into the car. spread the atlas across the dashboard. look at how much space i'll live without you. " - meg wade

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8 years

❤️ because you are fire

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7 years

hafiz. life poems. medicine.

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7 years

the year is done

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7 years

the new book feels kinda like going on a first date. it makes me nervous. will we get along? i hope i don't entirely blow it!! etcetc

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7 years

days i no longer wanted to exist and sought an exit chester's voice soothed me enough to stay.

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7 years

milano & roma press tour

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6 years

january. february. march. india!!!!! it’s finally happening. 💓i’m yours 💓

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3 years

they think we diasporic sikhs are paying y’all @AmandaCerny @miakhalifa 😂😂😂 on that note what’s your venmo?? i got some more tweets for y’all 🤔

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3 years

many have asked what more they can do for the #farmersprotest . we’ve been told by human rights orgs that raising awareness on social media is most effective in this situation. it is pertinent that we keep bringing international attention to this!!!!!

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rupi kaur

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8 years

and i was stabbed thousands of times until it felt painful not to be stabbed — nizar qabbani

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8 years

hey students- go say hello to someone sitting alone. smile make friends share lunch complain about classes. help them feel at home

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8 years

mothers ❤️

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1 year

mass arrests of sikh activists are taking place in punjab. at least 78 people taken. internet and SMS have been shut down in areas along with crackdowns on gatherings. sikh media outlets and pages have been blocked.

WSO

@WorldSikhOrg

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The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) condemns the security operations in Punjab to arrest Sikh leader, Bhai Amritpal Singh. Indian authorities have announced the mass suspension of internet services across Punjab until 12pm Sunday citing a threat to “public order by…

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7 years

the world is watching #NoBanNoWall

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3 years

countless human rights orgs, farmers & activists take out full page ad in the @nytimes to stand in solidarity with farmers protesting in india #farmersprotest

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3 years

sandeep’s original thread on nodeep kaur was how so many of us found out. his work & perseverance on the ground has been awe-inspiring. independent journalists & activists have been the world’s eyes and ears to this movement. @PunYaab #ReleaseNodeepKaur #ReleaseShivKumar

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7 years

i am reminded that outer space exists. then a calmness proceeds to wash over me.

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7 years

the sun and her flowers 🌻 fall17 tour

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2 years

it’s so heartbreaking that a ray of hope has been taken from us. so fucked up how many we have lost. it's like my mind can’t accept this passing and every few minutes i'm hit with the truth again and it shakes me. my mind says “how can this be possible? it doesn’t make sense”

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3 years

this makes me cry- good joyful heartbreaking tears #farmersprotest

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8 years

i can't hold enough of you in my hands — franz kafka

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3 years

the anti-blackness i’ve seen our sis @meenaharris receive for supporting the #farmersprotest is disgusting and disturbing. we condemn it from anywhere and anyone. we will be vocal when we see it. you come for her- you’ll have to go through us.

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2 years

Even in death—Sidhu Moosewala continues to change our consciousness. In his brilliant song SYL he talks of our heroes & the movements they led. He writes and speaks with such power. He takes stands for his people. It makes me so emotional to see that millions are watching today.

Sidhu Moose Wala

@iSidhuMooseWala

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SYL OFFICIAL SONG OUT NOW LISTEN ON SIDHU MOOSE WALA’S OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL

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3 years

sooooooo i wake up and hear the delhi police might be filing a case against my girl @GretaThunberg for the awareness she’s raised about the #FarmersProtest 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.................gtfo

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3 years

today—nodeep kaur was denied bail & continues to be held in the SAME jail where she is beaten & sexually assaulted. nodeep was kidnapped by police from the protest for speaking for labourer rights. it is criminal what india is doing to her. #releasenodeepkaur

rupi kaur

@rupikaur_

3 years

on january 12—haryana police abducted nodeep kaur from her tent at singhu protest. since then she has been beaten & sexually assaulted while under police custody. nodeep is 23 yold punjabi dalit woman & trade union activist who has been bravely speaking up about the protests.

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3 years

someone please get her a siropa 🙌🏽 WE LOVE YOU RIH ♥️ your voice will help save lives of protesters on the ground #FarmersProtest

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@rihanna

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why aren’t we talking about this?! #FarmersProtest

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6 years

i love you. i love us. i love the potential of humanity.

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6 years

toronto❤️my heart is broken for the ones who lost their lives and loved ones in today’s senseless tragedy. toronto stay strong. you are full of love and no one can take that from you

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3 years

#IamWithKhalsaAid for their worldwide service to humanity. @Khalsa_Aid has been on the frontlines of every major disaster providing urgent care to those in war zones & refugee camps. thank you for your inspiring leadership @RaviSinghKA

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3 years

i also took note of this 📝 almost every guy i’ve reached out to who has a platform made some random weak excuse for why they couldn’t raise their voice. 🤷🏽‍♀️ but we don’t need em we got this 🙌🏽🙌🏽 the people united will never be defeated.

Sandeep Singh 🇵🇸

@PunYaab

3 years

Most Celebrities and activists who have came out in support of Indian farmers are women. Have you spoken @iamjohnoliver @TheDailyShow @Trevornoah @StephenAtHome @hasanminhaj @jimmyfallon @jimmykimmel @sethmeyers ?

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8 years

"do the scary thing first, and get scared later." - lemony snicket

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6 years

we have to hold ourselves accountable for how we treat people. how we have dialogue in public and private spaces. and ask ourselves: could i have been kinder? and more supportive? and then be kinder. be more supportive.

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oh my my my. right in the heart. thank you nizar qabbani

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3 years

we’re trying but you keep silencing us #FarmersProtest

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3 years

😤😤😤🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 @Lilly #IStandWithFarmers

Lilly

@Lilly

3 years

I know red carpet/award show pictures always get the most coverage, so here you go media. Feel free to run with it ✊🏽 #IStandWithFarmers #GRAMMYs

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"Your children are not your children... they come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you."

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shoutouts to all the dalits. muslims. punjabis. and sikhs raising their voices. so much love to all the groups and individuals who have forever called out the indian government’s criminalities. the people united will never be defeated ✊🏽

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3 years

good morning 🌞 channeling this energy only. #IStandWithFarmers

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7 years

my heart is with the victims & families of the quebec mosque shooting. 😪❤️ i am so sorry

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7 years

left many many signed copies for you all at @strandbookstore :)

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3 years

25 women including 2-year-old yasmi kaur were illegally arrested & detained for hours simply for being in a vehicle with farmers flags & nishaan sahibs. this is yet another example of the indian state showcasing their distaste for sikhs & those supporting the #farmersprotest

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8 years

❤️ to another round

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7 years

happy #PrideMonth ❤️❤️❤️

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7 years

I SORTA MISS YOU ALL IS THAT ALRIGHT TO SAY???!!

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3 years

rana ayyub is a hero and revolutionary- inspiring us globally to use our voices for good 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 @RanaAyyub ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

Rana Ayyub: The Hero We Must Teach Our Children About Instead Of Cape-Wearing Males | Youth Ki Awaaz

Misplaced Heroes is a consequence of the act of glorifying men with swords and guns, more than praising and giving space for representation to people who make a significant impact in the world with…

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♥️♥️♥️ our sis @GretaThunberg stands with us ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

Greta Thunberg

@GretaThunberg

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We stand in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest in India.

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3 years

why has much of the world given india a free pass for its abysmal human rights record? @simran explores why the world can no longer ignore india’s authoritarian tactics @TIME

The Farmers' Protests Are a Turning Point for India's Democracy—and the World Can No Longer Ignore...

"We’re at risk of losing our ally because an authoritarian nation cannot be an ally in the same way as an open democratic society."

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