Free speech is the lifeblood of Democracy

The open letter by some prominent intellectuals in @Harpers does make sense.

It is an appeal to all, and not just Trump & his friends, to not stifle free speech under some or the other pretext.

Free speech is the lifeblood of democracy. 

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https://twitter.com/CholericCleric/status/1280688188135276544?s=19

"By moving from ‘politically correct’ language to a historically correct account, this book helps us understand why Hindutva ideology has become commonsense and why secularism appears anti-Hindu."

My article: https://t.co/KwFb0Uc4dN

https://twitter.com/_YogendraYadav/status/1280843634380689410?s=19

"Identifying and confronting the weaknesses of secular ideology and practice at this moment of its worst crisis must become a project of our times. This would be painful, but willingness to face it is a sign of confidence, evading a sure sign of death."

 https://t.co/KwFb0Uc4dN

"The only way to respond to this historic setback is to face up to the mistakes of secularism and do a course correction. Abhay Dubey has started this conversation. Let us hope that this early silence would be followed by vigorous debates." https://t.co/KwFb0Uc4dN

LiveLaw Invites You On a Webinar On "Patriarchy, Misogyny & Sexual Assault: Women And The Courts " [Navroz Seervai, Senior Advocate And Gulanr Mistry, Advocate] https://t.co/vjhUgU9MEV

https://twitter.com/LiveLawIndia/status/1280844284577452032?s=19

Does #DomesticViolence account only for married women abused by their in-laws and husbands? Or does it also affect children born in such marriages? #domesticabuse https://t.co/Ubdta2hmRy

https://twitter.com/womensweb/status/1280782262737539072?s=19

#EPWReadingList: The Godhra riots in 2002 represented a fundamental shift in India’s polity and was also a testing ground for political Hindutva. https://t.co/b2aDHQmWjt

https://twitter.com/epw_in/status/1280694367393587200?s=19

#EPWDistilled: How are women’s bodies constructed across castes, classes, regions, religions, and other categories? https://t.co/bqWHPID8Cc

https://twitter.com/epw_in/status/1280754801496731648?s=19

#EPWReadingList: In India, racism, casteism and colourism are not mutually exclusive - they may often overlap. That does not mean however, that racism does not exist. https://t.co/cRO4v1k20v

https://twitter.com/epw_in/status/1280724568106315776?s=19

“What is your vocabulary of resistance? What are the metaphors that help you make sense of the world?” https://t.co/OtWb0KNStQ

https://twitter.com/epw_in/status/1280536864802385920?s=19

What has been the focus of the feminist movement in the last decade? https://t.co/dhgEFDMHsx

Addressing sexual harassment at work requires a reconceptualisation of the concept and an overhauling of the legal structures that aim to mitigate it. https://t.co/VxKWxspjoi

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 and the Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2019 reinforce the idea of family as a patriarchal, heterosexual and casteist institution and fail to account for other models of "chosen families'' https://t.co/tEd72OgsOt

#InQuotes: Historians have been guilty of focusing too much on empiricism, rather than seeking to dwell on the nature and philosophy of history. https://t.co/PrYjaHuEyU

"I think it is very natural for everyone to want to see their ancestors and their nation as heroic. And if you can’t do heroic, then the move is to see yourself and your nation as a victim."

Sound familiar? 

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https://twitter.com/peterheehs/status/1280830663201980416?s=19

Don't read lte tetter read this from @OsitaNwanevu  https://t.co/TUJh8jHOXJ

https://twitter.com/TheSamhita/status/1280837214268727297?s=19

The Roman historian Tacitus, on life under the deadening weight of tyranny https://t.co/IDRGH3rHBu

https://twitter.com/WarOnTheRocks/status/1280149549311569921?s=19

Ridiculous & shocking that @INCIndia is forcing its party members to wear RFID tags & tracking their movements. Immoral & unethical surveillance of cadres by leadership of #Congress

https://twitter.com/rvp/status/1280787027869331456?s=19

As poets, academics, journalists, authors, students, and assorted other dissenters are jailed across India, we must at least lend them a ear. Priya Ramani reads letters, poetry, books & notes from prison.

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https://twitter.com/samar11/status/1280766238201835520?s=19

Unmasking Freedom - Israel Shamir  -https://t.co/owWpQVlS44 via @vijayvaani

https://twitter.com/vijayvaani/status/1280699500491796480?s=19

He has come out as brilliantly as he does in  in his commentary and earlier his bowling . History being written by the conquerors...so true, same sentiments in this sensible piece albeit in a different set up.https://t.co/duXYMR35jG

https://twitter.com/srikanthan09/status/1280848654790615041?s=19

Very sensible article . Very perceptive .https://t.co/duXYMR35jG

YSR was a criminal turned corrupt politician. He and his family promoted Christian conversion in Andhra and today 25% population of Andhra is Christian. Let me now if I left anything @cbkwgl? 

https://t.co/2jQgV1kze6

#YSRForever

https://twitter.com/pawan_aflatoon/status/1280708788790497281?s=19

After all the eulogies that were written recently, here’s a sharp assessment of #PVNarasimhaRao https://t.co/1vPRMbz5HG

https://twitter.com/sugataraju/status/1280539641955770369?s=19

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked a petitioner seeking shutting down of Ashrams run by 'fake babas' to serve the petition upon the Centre in order for them to come up with suggestions regarding the the possible course of action.

Read more:  https://t.co/dqcyigu7NG https://t.co/0Efhp4NVxn

https://twitter.com/LiveLawIndia/status/1280825893733138432?s=19

“Studies show that not all practice is effective, but concentrated practice focused on precise skills can lead to large improvements in performance” https://t.co/5D70n3bWM1

https://twitter.com/five_books/status/1280845368708694018?s=19

People are dropping their guard out of impatience and something called “optimism bias”, which makes one think one is excluded from potential negative effects. It’s a psychological trap, especially for those untouched by any sense of loss or tragedy in life.

https://twitter.com/Krittivasm/status/1280709452883038210?s=19

True.  But,  I was recently reading Brian Weiss,  where he mentioned about divine intervention that changes the course of life, despite destiny.  Do you agree with it?  I remember Shri Aurobindo also having said something similar.

https://twitter.com/PillaiKochu/status/1280745645968461824?s=19

'J'irai au pays de neige' - Film on Alexandra David Neel's life being screened open-air in the Ashram school courtyard tonight.

She met SA in Pondy before Mother came in 1914. French film 'I will go to the Land of Snows' partly shot in Pondy. An Aurovillian plays SA.

Was first foreign woman to enter Tibet, Close friend of The Mother, she heard of Sri Aurobindo from the Richards in Paris after 1910.

https://twitter.com/PondyTweets/status/321275428948041728?s=19

A short and rather interesting introduction to the Integral Yoga, visuals aside. "Evolution Fast-forward": http://t.co/s81YdSi9 via @youtube

The ROSE is my flower-formula of choice this week, month, year, and life. ROSE = Remember, Offer, Surrender, (cultivate) Equanimity!

Brilliant article on Sri Aurobindo and his work: http://t.co/ldH6cD7m

https://twitter.com/PondyTweets/status/236674377507278848?s=19

Gulmohar tree in Pondicherry - the erstwhile French colony and home to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. #GulmoharWSJ http://t.co/O9NkCtOaGD

https://twitter.com/PondyTweets/status/333057479875362816?s=19

Don't miss this talk on Sri Aurobindo and Kashmir Shaivism Speaker Dr @MaheshKaul2 Ji. Lock your day and time- 10/7/2020 at 12.00 PM (Noon). 

For further details click on Pic/ attachment. https://t.co/KaLe6JNFog

https://twitter.com/Team_LalDed/status/1280900451685163008?s=19

It is time we reminded ourselves of the prophetic words of  Sardar Patel and Sri Aurobindo as we face renewed threats across the Himalayas. It is true the situation today is different from the one in the 1950 or 60s. https://t.co/XUtMntOT6N

https://twitter.com/NetTibet/status/1280431386503962624?s=19

Opinion | It is worth noting that unlike many other Indian spiritual thinkers, Sri Aurobindo never lost interest in the nation and the world from the political point of view, writes Prof Sachidananda Mohanty.

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https://twitter.com/TheQuint/status/1280810707303333889?s=19

Opinion | Sri Aurobindo, in his last testament, said: “The basic significance of Mao’s Tibetan adventure is to advance China’s frontier right down to India, and stand poised there to strike...," writes Prof Sachidananda Mohanty

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Dear Tathagat ji, namaskar. I am fully ready for the debate. For the sake of historical truth.

Let me first state my basic beliefs.

1: Almost all historical personalities (except evil ones like Hitler) have done something right & something wrong. 

We shd look at both sides. 1/n

5/n We are entitled to admire historical personalities for our own reasons.

But we become Blind Bhakts if we refuse to see mistakes they committed ...esply the same mistakes we see in leaders we decry

Both #Jinnah & #SyamaPrasadMookerjee committed blunders that led to Partition

https://twitter.com/SudheenKulkarni/status/1280380193480171520?s=19

6/n Since 2014 many supporters of Hindutva ideology have, alarmingly, started maligning anyone who disagrees with them (myself incl) as traitors, "anti-national"

They've taken a 'theka' for nationalism

Did you as Governor ever admonish them?

As I said, I'm ready for the debate

https://twitter.com/SudheenKulkarni/status/1280381368912887808?s=19

There is no debate if you decide to deliberately lie through your teeth.

I cannot believe that you did not know that the Syama-Haq cabinet was AGAINST the Muslim League. NOT OF the Muslim League.

Therefore you are lying.

I have taken a 'theka' for exposing liars on this subject.

https://twitter.com/tathagata2/status/1280548130212069376?s=19

Theoretical abstraction and genealogical amnesia gives rise to such convenient reductionist notions.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1279842304015003648?s=19

[The market is value-neutral. In other words, the dualities of right/wrong, good/bad etc. are not intrinsic to it.]

https://twitter.com/vimuktaatma/status/700158110564876290?s=19

Be it Darwin, Nietzsche, or Freud, Sri Aurobindo finds fault with their ontological frameworks beginning at the middle. Same is the case with Austrian school. The Life Divine and The Human Cycle provide comprehensive answers to human dilemma and perplexity

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https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1279845734842380289?s=19

Assuming a theory vacuum before a particular date is perhaps not accurate. Darwin's theory of Evolution also begins at the middle alerts Sri Aurobindo and goes on to complete the cycle by incorporating Involution. Rothbard's portrayal of man and purpose of action too is inchoate.

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1230426596999385096?s=19

A thread from Rosenberg & Birdzell’s “How the West grew rich” (1985):

“..the dominant fact about economic institutions that emerged in Europe after the decline of feudalism is their wholly pragmatic character & their lack of ideological commitment to any economic principle..” 1/n

https://twitter.com/acorn/status/1230338907578875904?s=19

Practice precedes theory. That’s the insight in this.

First codification; then implementation. First laying down the tenets and then following them. Thus be it Quality or Dharma, the blueprint is essential for building. Domain knowledge, therefore, is crucial; respecting it essential. This is the lesson number One of Dharma practice https://t.co/XAXTE5irXJ

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1272786045797494785?s=19

https://sepact.blogspot.com/2020/07/savitri-era-party-pursues-human-unity.html?m=1