Not in my name protests: evolution in the anti hindutva struggle

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Not in my name protests: evolution in the anti-Hindutva struggle
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Jawad Falak |

On June 22, with Rs 1,500 in his pocket, Junaid Khan, the fifth of Saira and Jalaluddin’s seven children, left home in Khandawali village of Haryana’s Ballabhgarh district with elder brother Hashim, 19, and friends Moin and Mohsin. Eid was days away and they had to buy new clothes, shoes, and ittar. Some gifts for sister Rabiya too, and her three children.

Junaid was stabbed to death by a group of men after an argument over seats turned ugly. The men allegedly mocked the boys, tugged at their beards and accused them of being beef eaters.

On their way back in a Mathura-bound train, Junaid was stabbed to death by a group of men after an argument over seats turned ugly. The men allegedly mocked the boys, tugged at their beards and accused them of being beef eaters. This was before they threw the boys out of the train at Asaoti station, where the 15-year-old bled to death on his brother Hashim’s lap.

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#NotInMyName
The protest is being helmed by Gurgaon-based filmmaker Saba Dewan who gave out the rallying cry. Although it was originally planned to be held just at Jantar Mantar in the heart of New Delhi, the idea has swept up a great deal of response online enough to be replicated across several cities. Some of these protest points are Dakhinapan premises in Kolkata, Civil Lines in Allahabad, Sector 17 in Chandigarh, Gandhi Nagar in Jaipur, Kargil Chowk in Patna

The #NotInMyName protest was held in Delhi and several other cities across the country on July 28 (Wednesday) by citizens against incidents of a lynching of Muslims and Dalits. The protest is being helmed by Gurgaon-based filmmaker Saba Dewan who gave out the rallying cry. Although it was originally planned to be held just at Jantar Mantar in the heart of New Delhi, the idea has swept up a great deal of response online enough to be replicated across several cities. Some of these protest points are Dakhinapan premises in Kolkata, Civil Lines in Allahabad, Sector 17 in Chandigarh, Gandhi Nagar in Jaipur, Kargil Chowk in Patna, Tank Bund in Hyderabad, Bangalore Town Hall in Bengaluru, Promenade on the Carter Road in Mumbai, Gandhi Park in GPO in Lucknow, High Court Junction in Kochi and near the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram.

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The movement
Event organizers said they sought to question the pattern of the attacks on the minorities in the country and the silence of the government over the killings and cases of the lynching of Muslims and Dalits. Participants have been asked to bring banners saying ‘Not in my name’. After the initial protests, many follow up protests have been held across India and the world in cities like Toronto, Washington, and London.

A main common factor in these protest was the opposition to Indian right wing especially the Hindu Nationalist thought known as Hindutva.

These protests are reminiscent of earlier acts by the civil society albeit in different social strata like the JNU protests mainly led by student activists and the Dalit movement led by the Bhim Army. A main common factor in these protest was the opposition to Indian right wing especially the Hindu Nationalist thought known as Hindutva. The JNU protests started against the imposition of right wing intellectual thoughts into Indian universities while the Bhim Army rose up against the upper caste maltreatment of Dalits.

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Not in my name protests: evolution in the anti hindutva struggle

 

[El Sidd]

New Bollywood movie:

My name is Patel - I am not a terrorist

 

[ranjeet]

That's the general progression of such groups, begins under the banner of Humanism but eventually reduced to cesspool of hinduphobic scum from various walks of life in India.

 

[Rollno21]

When they make it communal in the name of fighting communal force ,they lose support and sympathy from people like me.

 

[SQ8]

That's the general progression of such groups, begins under the banner of Humanism but eventually reduced to cesspool of hinduphobic scum from various walks of life in India.

Let me rephrase that

That's the general progression of such groups, begins under the banner of Hinduism but eventually reduces to a cesspool of fascist bigoted Islamophobic nazi scum from the various walks of life in India.

 

[ranjeet]

Let me rephrase that

That's the general progression of such groups, begins under the banner of Hinduism but eventually reduces to a cesspool of fascist bigoted Islamophobic nazi scum from the various walks of life in India.

You are just repeating what's "Not in My Name" group is trying to say, unfortunately there are not many buyers left in India for this broken record.

 

[SQ8]

You are just repeating what's "Not in My Name" group is trying to say, unfortunately there are not many buyers left in India for this broken record.

Off course not, there weren't many buyers left in Nazi germany to those that opposed hitler

 

[ranjeet]

Off course not, there weren't many buyers left in Nazi germany to those that opposed hitler

Yes, India too went through this period when Indira was ruling but we somehow managed to come out of that phase.

 

[SQ8]

Yes, India too went through this period when Indira was ruling but we somehow managed to come out of that phase.

Hardly, Indra's period was fairy non-communal post her election antics against Desai and the 69 riots; during her election she was reported by multiple sources to have even gone to the bargah of Nizam auliya for prayers.

 

[ashok mourya]

#notinmyname have to protest against amaranth yatri killings,when they get heavily trolled in social media.

 

[ranjeet]

Hardly, Indra's period was fairy non-communal post her election antics against Desai and the 69 riots; during her election she was reported by multiple sources to have even gone to the bargah of Nizam auliya for prayers.

Her son, during emergency forcefully sterilized over 12 million men and women in 21 months, and number of Muslims and lower caste people were disproportionately high. Thousands died after such operations but since she visited Dargah of Nizam auliya for prayers to prove her secularism I guess we can overlook such facts.

 

[SQ8]

Her son, during emergency forcefully sterilized over 12 million men and women in 21 months, and number of Muslims and lower caste people were disproportionately high. Thousands died after such operations but since she visited Dargah of Nizam auliya for prayers to prove her secularism I guess we can overlook such facts.

Her son did, You are confusing individual actions with collective thought. The mass sterilization did not have Hindus hating muslims like rats widespread, communalism wasn't celebrated as official policy either.

You won't accept it now because deep down you now hold hatred for 180 million of youe fellow Indians due to their beliefs. Their beleifs now represents everything else wrong with India to you be it lack of sanitation, corruption, quota, transportation etc but that has effectively been reduced to Muslims or Islam at fault.
Something that has never gripped the Indian Hindu en masse even during wars with Pakistan.

 

[ranjeet]

Her son did, You are confusing individual actions with collective thought. The mass sterilization did not have Hindus hating muslims like rats widespread, communalism wasn't celebrated as official policy either.

You won't accept it now because deep down you now hold hatred for 180 million of youe fellow Indians due to their beliefs. Their beleifs now represents everything else wrong with India to you be it lack of sanitation, corruption, quota, transportation etc but that has effectively been reduced to Muslims or Islam at fault.
Something that has never gripped the Indian Hindu en masse even during wars with Pakistan.

Nehru-Gandhi family member is just no average "individual" in Congress. Sanjay Gandhi ran the government from Prime Minister House and replaced central government ministers who refused to take his diktats. Congress is Nehru-Gandhi family and it's for everyone to see how they are still persisting with a total nincompoop at the helm after losing elections after elections and trust me their allegiance is to the family not to the country.

I hold no hatred for 180 millions fellow Indians, past elections has proved how insignificant they are electorally and they will further get marginalized as a votebank. So called secular parties have just given them a lip service without actually working for their betterment or for average Indian at large. The blame for India's ills squarely lies at the doorstep of 10 Janpath who in their quest for Power has divided India in different segments based on religion, castes and language. What groups like the one mentioned above in the first post fear the most is Dalits switching sides to BJP, a party mostly associated with the Pandits and Baniyas.

Indian politics is quite dynamic, electoral defeat of BJP in the state elections of Delhi and Bihar proves that. But the latest development in Bihar politics in last couple of days has punctured the whole fearmongering narrative. People now believe in corruption free government not the one who fakes secularism to cover their corrupt footsteps.

 

[desimorty]

Nehru-Gandhi family member is just no average "individual" in Congress. Sanjay Gandhi ran the government from Prime Minister House and replaced central government ministers who refused to take his diktats. Congress is Nehru-Gandhi family and it's for everyone to see how they are still persisting with a total nincompoop at the helm after losing elections after elections and trust me their allegiance is to the family not to the country.

I hold no hatred for 180 millions fellow Indians, past elections has proved how insignificant they are electorally and they will further get marginalized as a votebank. So called secular parties have just given them a lip service without actually working for their betterment or for average Indian at large. The blame for India's ills squarely lies at the doorstep of 10 Janpath who in their quest for Power has divided India in different segments based on religion, castes and language. What groups like the one mentioned above in the first post fear the most is Dalits switching sides to BJP, a party mostly associated with the Pandits and Baniyas.

Indian politics is quite dynamic, electoral defeat of BJP in the state elections of Delhi and Bihar proves that. But the latest development in Bihar politics in last couple of days has punctured the whole fearmongering narrative. People now believe in corruption free government not the one who fakes secularism to cover their corrupt footsteps.

All these castes represent interest groups going political. Vast majority of people, don't want violence especially if they are on the receiving end of it. Congress, BJP have been using the divide to bring parties/groups together for a national cause. Because if they did not, than we would have local elections/powers taking over and the power would be more in the states/unions than in the capital which is still happening. Do you think the Babri Marjid demolition/ coverage and propagation was a coincidence? India was under threat and bankrupt! Hindu Nationalism crosses state boundaries. Brings the core stats together under one party. Bringing together people under a single banner is difficult if not impossible. Ask Gandhi! BJP, Congress are not to blame. These are parties. The guys at the bottom of the pecking order are the most corrupt and short sighted people. They all want national more wealth and control their states because they have the home front advantage. Look at Mamta Banarjee. Shes a demigod. Despite this, what has she accomplished? India is democracy in its infancy. The US has and many other democracies had the same issue at first and still have this today. But I do agree that Indra Gandhi and her son were the closest things to dictators. Conflicted on them because regardless we followed the Soviet ideal like half of the world did.