Modi in his upward facing dirty dog asana. The political art of Mir Suhail Qadiri.
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Posted by Mir Suhail Qadiri on Tuesday, February 25, 2020
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For Trump to say ‘there are two sides to every story’ in referring to India’s occupation & lockdown of Kashmir is an abomination. Every & any attempt by Pakistan to force US mediations on the Kashmiris should be rejected with contempt. What can only come out of it will be a carbon copy of what the US via Trump & Kushner just handed to the Palestinians.
“Please stop calling it “riots”. It gives a false impression of equality. It is a genocide. It is a pogrom. It is a massacre. Of Muslims by Hindus.”
–tweeted by علي@OpusOfAli
“Kashmir has been a thorn in a lot of people’s sides for a long time. There are two sides to every story.”
–Trump at a press conference in India today offering to mediate on Kashmir
No trade deal between India & the US came out of Trump’s visit, possibly because investors are cautious in a time of rising fascism. But Trump & Modi did announce a $3-billion military defense deal as part of the US-India alliance to counter Chinese influence in the Southeast Asia region.
At the prompting of Pakistan, Trump is still talking about mediating between Pakistan & India over Kashmir while impugning Kashmiris as terrorists. How many times does it have to be said that Kashmir is a struggle for self-determination to which Kashmiri voices are central? It is not a territorial dispute between India & Kashmir to which Kashmiris are just a fly on the wall.
This grotesque wall painting was done as part of a beautification project for Trump’s visit in the city of Ahmedabad.
(Photo from Reuters)
Except for calling the 2002 Hindutva pogroms against Muslims in Gujarat “sectarian riots’, this is a decent article on the pogrom going on now in Delhi.
Hopefully, those who think the US can or should play a role in mediating for Kashmiris or play a role in defending the Syrian Arab Spring against counterrevolution will come to their senses after observing Trump inciting nationalists to violence against Muslims & remaining silent whilst pogroms against Muslims are going on around him.
Indian fascism will embolden fascist forces around the world as they already are against the Syrian Arab Spring. What is happening in Delhi is a political continuum with the Islamophobic ‘war on terror’ which justifies war, occupation, genocide by demonizing Muslims who are in the vanguard of opposition to colonialism & autocracy. This is an international crisis & must be responded to with massive public protests all over the world. A boycott of India has become more imperative than ever because what is happening in India will not stay in India.
This video in this article, which is going viral on social media, shows Delhi police beating injured men, taunting them with chants of ‘azaadi’, filming them, & forcing them to sing the national anthem. Some are reporting these are Muslim men & there was a report that the incident was near the Shaheen Bagh protest. It is likely they are Muslims but that is not confirmed.
A video of police personnel in riot gear thrashing five people lying injured on the side of a road is viral on social media. The video shows a policeman capturing the incident on his mobile phone while the injured men are being forced to sing the national anthem. The cops can also …
“In one part of Delhi, a gurdwara opens its doors to Muslims and anyone who needs shelter. In Seelampur, Dalits blocked the roads against mobs, sheltered their Muslim neighbours.
Police and politicians have forgotten their duty; but the people have courage and heart.”
–tweeted by Indian journalist & writer Nilanjana Roy @nilanjanaroy