I admire Aryan Hitler, it's true, but I'm nothing like Trump. I don't know why people say so.
Indian elections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Vote for me or there will be trouble. Namaskar.
(LastWeekTonight on HBO) June 6, 2024: John Oliver discusses the elections in India, the world's largest democracy and now the world's most populous country (now even bigger than Buddhist China), what Prime Minister (racist, nationalist dictator) Narendra Modi has been doing in office, what he might do next, and the proper way to eat a mango.
UPDATE: Narendra Modi has fearmongered and bribed his way into a third consecutive term. Trump must be very happy to hear it
There are two issues being reported here, which are connected in that they are part of the news in India. The news in India is in crisis, and Manipur is burning after men paraded two naked ethnic minority women then gangraped one of them while the police did nothing other than side with their ethnicities in stoking and arming violent extremists.
While We Watched (trailer)
(MetFilm Distribution) June 16, 2023. Directed by Vinay Shukla, the award-winning While We Watched is a turbulent newsroom drama intimately chronicling the working days of broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar as he navigates a spiraling world in India of truth and disinformation. As factual reporting is in freefall globally, While We Watched is a dignified lens into the abyss.
In UK cinemas July 14
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"While We Watched" documentary spotlights Indian journalist Ravish Kumar's fight for truth in Modi's [corrupt, racist, nationalist] India
(Democracy Now!) July 20, 2023. Latest Shows. As world leaders from the United States to France welcome India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi [a kind of Trump-Hitler hybrid], Democracy Now! looks at dying press freedom in India under the leadership of Modi's Hindu nationalist party BJP.
One of India's last bastions of free media, NDTV, has been taken over by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani (the third richest man in the world), believed to have close ties to Modi. NDTV's former executive editor and longtime anchor Ravish Kumar, one of India's most prominent TV journalists who has reported critically on Modi's Hindu nationalist policies, is the subject of Vinay Shukla's film While We Watched -- which is being released this week in theaters in the United States. Kumar and Shukla speak about the "anti-opposition, anti-minorities, anti-Muslim" state of mass media in India, where dissent is suppressed and pro-Modi nationalism is the de facto rule.
"No sober society can afford to have a kind of rogue media, which is so weaponized," says Kumar.
Manipur Horror: Outrage as two women paraded naked [then raped] on camera
(Vantage with Palki Sharma) A disturbing video of two naked [ethnic minority] women being paraded by a mob in Manipur has triggered outrage across India. The incident happened on May 4, 2023, and a police complaint was filed on May 18th, but nothing was done. [In fact, the police are implicated in aiding and abetting or ignoring the crimes]. Why then did it take 76 days for Manipur police to arrest suspects or the known culprits? As violence continues to grip the state (in easternmost India), Palki Sharma says why it's time for top state leaders to step aside. India | Manipur | Violence | Sexual Assault | Firstpost | World News | Latest News | Global News | International News | Trending News
Communal violence in Manipur, India: Mara is hard at work
(Soch by Mohak Mangal) What is happening in Manipur? (Part 1) May 8, 2023. Manipur (the forested hills of India above Burma) is burning. To understand why, watch this video.
Manipur violence: What's happening and why?
(WION Live) July 22, 2023. A chorus is growing for capital punishment for accused who kidnapped two women in Manipur in shocking sexual violence. Manipur CM N. Biren Singh promised his government will push for the highest punishment for the gang-rapists/culprits. #manipur #wion#modi
John Oliver talks about India’s own "Trump," the right-wing nationalist, Hindu extremist Prime Minister Modi: why he’s popular, why he’s controversial, where things are headed for the largest democracy in the world.
How Hindu nationalist groups support Modi in the U.S.(The Intercept) Modi began fostering ties with Hindu nationalist groups in the US...and hate crimes against Muslims and other minorities have skyrocketed... How many covert wars...
For more almost news as it almost happens (LWT), find it like your mom would (FB), follow it for news about jokes and jokes about news (Tw), or visit the official site for all that other stuff at once (HBO).
(DD News) Well hated U.S. President Donald John Trump joins beloved right wing Hindu nationalist leader Prime Minister Nerendra Modi in addressing #NamasteTrump at Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad, India. Trump believes this is the largest gathering in the history of India, when it is less than 1% of the size of India's largest, the Kumbha Mela events, which are the largest human gatherings for any purpose. But don't tell Trump, as his ego might not be able to handle the truth. PM Modi is the Trump of India, like Duterte in the Philippines.
Namaste Trump: Why is Trump in India?
(Crux+, Feb. 19, 2020) U.S. Pres. Trump's visit to the AMC (Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation) stadium tweeted a series of "Namaste Trump" posts. Pres. Trump and PM Modi will visit Sabarmati Ashram where Gandhi is interred along the 22 km-long route from the airport for a roadshow of 50,000 lining the way.
Mrs. Trump and husband, John, visit Muslim Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Protesters shout slogans as they gather for protest against the CAC after Friday prayers outside Jama Masjid, New Delhi, 12/ 20/19. Police banned gatherings in the capital and cut the Net (AP).
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Amid new citizenship law outcry, Indian authorities ban protests
NEW DELHI, India - Police banned public gatherings in parts of the Indian capital and other cities for a third day Friday and cut Internet services to try to stop growing protests against a new citizenship law that have left at least 11 people dead and more than 4,000 others detained.
A security officer tries to put off a fire after violence erupted Friday during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019.
We won't stand for Modi being a Trump!
Police shut off the Internet and banned public gatherings in parts of New Delhi and other Indian cities for a third day. They cut Internet services to try to stop growing protests against a new citizenship act that have left more than 11 people dead and more than 4,000 detained.
Cops cut the Internet for everyone here.
Thousands of protesters stood inside and on the steps of New Delhi's Jama Masjid, one of India's largest mosques, after Friday afternoon Muslim prayers, waving Indian flags and shouting slogans against the [Modi-Trump pro-Hindu] government and the new citizenship law, which critics say threatens India's secular democracy in favor of a Hindu nationalist state.More + PHOTOS
The Daily Show's Jason Jones chases down
look-alikes of India's new PM Narendra Modi in
an attempt to interview him about a bloody piece of his past. (thedailyshow.cc.com)
Rebirth of Indian Buddhism under PM Modi
Senaka Weeraratna, Lankaweb, May 21, 2014
Newly elected prime minister will promote India’s rich Buddhist heritage to attract tourists and scholars and enhance India’s standing in the world.
NEW DELHI, India - The world’s first global Buddhist missionary, Anagarika Dharmapala, and the most talked about man in India today and perhaps in the entire policy and decision making world, Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi, share something in common. More
Bangladesh makes amends after anti-Buddhist rampage
Nicholas Farrelly, Myanmar Times, May 22, 2014
In contrast to Burma, the government moved quickly to rebuild and restore Buddhist buildings.
DHAKA, Bangladesh - “Who did this?” I asked a monk [in formerly Buddhist now Muslim "Bangla" or "West Bengal"] on a recent afternoon in Ramu, southeastern Bangladesh. “It was the Islamists,” he replied. He pointed to the marks beneath the glistening new paint where a Buddha’s head had been cleaved off and rented asunder. When asked about the culprits -- “miscreants” in the local application of English – he gave me a glimpse of monastic resignation. “I don’t know. They are people who don’t understand.” More Lonesome Japanese Buddhist temple comes alive with cute anime characters Yusuke Kato, Asahi Shimbun, May 19, 2014 TOKYO, Japan - Shoeizan Ryohoji Temple, tucked away in a residential area in western Tokyo, has a 400+ year history. But until just a few years ago, many locals didn’t even know the Nichiren Shu [devotional] sect Buddhist building was there. More
A retired doctor has become a popular figure in India after answering hundreds of questions a week about sex.
Dr. Mahinder Watsa, 90, gives males and females of all ages the chance to get answers to personal questions with his column in a popular Indian tabloid newspaper.
He practiced for many years as a gynaecologist and trained as a sex therapist in the United States. He first became an advice columnist for an Indian women’s magazine and then in 2005 began writing for Bombay's Mumbai Mirror.Since then he’s answered tens of thousands of questions.
He doesn't need to know, and he'll still be happy
"People ask me, 'Are you making up the questions?' because some of them are really weird," says Dr. Watsa. "And I said, 'No, I don't. What comes in, I answer" [which is mostly about masturbation, rumors, naive ponderings, embarrassment, and unknown consequences].
The things people ask about range from questions around the practicalities of sex to issues around sexuality as well as relationships and physical looks.
It has caused some controversy in a country that still struggles with prudish attitudes towards sex, but Dr. Watsa’s no-nonsense approach and sense of humor have garnered him quite a following among readers of the paper and online.
"The column I think is popular because there are very few people who really attend to this area of their physiology or of their bodies," he adds.
He often finds himself dealing with myths and old wives tales about sex as well as questions relating specifically to the Indian way of life around things like arranged marriages [and the need for virginity or the appearance of it].
Dr. Watsa says people are becoming more open about sex, but the dissemination of information in India can be a barrier.
"Unfortunately, sex became a very political subject about four or five years ago, and suddenly there was a lot of hubbub about it, as a result of which sex education was banned in the schools, almost in all states in the country," says Dr. Watsa.
At one time most of the questions that came in were from men, but more and more women are now writing to him.
"They talk about their breasts being small or big, or one recently thought her buttocks were very large," he says.
Many women get worried that their husband looking at porn means they’re not interested in sex with them.
Prefer the "good ol' days" of colonialism?
"The women are becoming more open and asking how to deal with these problems," he adds. India’s own "Dr. Ruth" answers questions that come in daily. And even though he’s just turned 90 he shows no sign of retiring.
"I tell people my head and feet are working and all the other parts are in order, so I suppose I will go on," he says. MoreMore from The World with Marco Werman
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Newly elected prime minister will promote India’s rich Buddhist heritage to attract tourists and scholars and enhance India’s standing in the world.
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TOKYO, Japan - Shoeizan Ryohoji Temple, tucked away in a residential area in western Tokyo, has a 400+ year history. But until just a few years ago, many locals didn’t even know the Nichiren Shu [devotional] sect Buddhist building was there. More
