Ashok Kondabolu
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Ashok Kondabolu
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THE FEELING OF FALLING THAT OCCASIONALLY JARS THE WOULD-BE SLEEPER TO SUDDEN WAKEFULNESS MAY BE A PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSE HELD OVER FROM LIVING IN TREES


Archvies | Over the past few years, the Indian diaspora has become political—while keeping a safe distance from the storm centre of the toxic right-wing politics it spews—and Priyanka Chopra is simply the high priestess of the blinding bourgeois hypocrisy it has come to typify. Like Chopra, the larger community of Indian immigrants to the United States and the United Kingdom have been in the news for what they choose to endorse and ignore. Indian-Americans in New Jersey recently apologised after including a bulldozer—now a symbol of anti-Muslim hate—in a parade to celebrate 75 years of Indian independence. The New York Times noted that, “to those who understood its symbolism, it was a blunt and sinister taunt later likened to a noose or a burning cross at a Ku Klux Klan rally.” In September 2022, the diaspora in Leicester and Birmingham went on an angry march, threatening Muslim residents in the area. Wherever the diaspora is concentrated, it is now flexing its muscles to threaten South Asian Muslims. The seeds of hate sown in India have spread like a metastasising cancer, infecting all corners of the world where Indians live. The real grift, for me, is that Chopra—like the rest of the diaspora—keeps getting away with her delusional self-narrative. As a UN ambassador, she has stood up for everyone from George Floyd to Iranian women while inviting Modi to her wedding reception. She is by no means the only actor with a broken moral compass; Bollywood’s role as a propaganda machine for the Hindu Right recently made it to the New Yorker. But she is among the few who live in a dual reality, code-switching from propagandist to civil-rights champion more easily than one slips in and out of pyjamas. Read Vidya Krishnan's essay on how the hypocrisy of the Indian diaspora is overwhelming: caravanmagazine.in/communities/hy…

Mike Yung singing “Ain’t No Sunshine”.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdami's wife, Rama Duwaji, “liked” Instagram posts that appeared to support the October 7 attacks on Israel. CBS News verified that Duwaji “liked” one post from October 7, showing images of the attack and another one from the day after the attacks showing images of anti-Israel protests in New York City. When asked about the posts, Mamdani said his wife is a "private person who has held no formal position on my campaign or in my city hall."


German journalist explains Israeli rules did not allow her to film or report Iranian missile impacts on military and strategic locations. She was only allowed to show impacts on civilian areas. This gives the impression that Iran is only hitting civilians. x.com/i/status/19375…

Everyone is watching to see whether Kurdish fighters will launch a ground offensive into western Iran. So, who are the Kurds? Read more: cnn.it/3OONlCd

BREAKING: Israel is raining bombs on civilian homes in Tyre, South Lebanon — a city that has stood for over 4,000 years. Not military sites. Civilian neighborhoods.

There is so much going on here at home and so much I can say about the heartbreaking things the immigrant community is experiencing here in the US. I also feel a personal responsibility to speak about what’s happening in Cuba, I still have family on the island that we speak to and send medicine, food and clothes to. It has been 67 years of a failing dictatorship and an oppressive regime. The Cuban people are suffering in an echo chamber where no one can hear them because to speak is to risk your life. Many people are starving, looking for food in trash heaps, and the only way to survive is having relatives ship you boxes of medicine because not even the hospitals have medicine. The power is gone for so long that food spoils and water becomes scarce . When people have peacefully protested, they have disappeared or been put behind bars, some as young as 13 years old. This is a reality where a post online costs you your life. The Cuban people have lived without dignity and without hope for too long. It’s no wonder so many Cubans have thrown themselves into shark infested waters, making boats out of tires and sticks and risking their lives for freedom. They are now in the midst of a profound humanitarian crisis. If you want to help and don’t know how, check the link below to support Caritas Cuba and their work. If you’re able to give, any donation makes a difference. thank u so much love you guys 🌺💌🇨🇺 #SOSCUBA 🥺 friendsofcaritascubana.org/donate-3/?fbcl…

Mamdani says his new homeless encampment sweep policy is diff than past sweep policies cuz of the 7 days of outreach before booting ppl from encampments. "Their 3rd, their 4th, their 5th, their 6th reaction may be one of interest in the possibility of shelter services," he says








