Everyone should read this piece about what the Indian government is doing to its people in border states like Assam and now Bengal, throwing Muslims & other poor citizens into a Kafkaesque hell of paperwork, court cases, camps, expulsion to prove they belong in their home country.

Scroll@scroll.in · 2mo ago

“I have lived my entire life here,” the woman said. “I have not even seen any other country. How could they send me to Bangladesh?” scroll.in/article/1093... Afraid that police might arrest her again, she said, “It is better to die now. I don’t want to die in a foreign land.” By Rokibuz Zaman

I don’t think the largely Euro-American constituency of this website can fathom the real depths of fascist violence. From day 1, just from the announcement of results, we have killings, mass incidents of arson and vandalism, and the mandatory conversion of everyone who dared to vote against the BJP.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 3mo ago

Four killed in post-election violence in India’s West Bengal https://aje.news/meex0l

Barely any attention paid here to the catastrophic elections in India, so I'm on Twitter more right now to commiserate with fellow Indians. But by god so many of those fellow Indians are wildly evil nazis--just a chorus of slurs & rape/death threats under any progressive post by popular users.

Also the only man to call out the Indian government for programming the dimestore Hindutva propaganda film Kashmir Files (2022) in the official selection at the International Film Festival of India (he was head of the jury). Got called out in turn by his own government “for insulting his hosts”.

Jewish Currents@jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Nadav Lapid’s new film, which asks what it means to affirm the Jewish state now, is his most vitriolic repudiation yet, writes Mitch Abidor.

In all seriousness, The Mummy plays so well against contemporary debates about the death of cinema and the millennial preoccupation with the 19th century fin de siècle that shaped the medium. Would make an excellent double bill with Coppola’s Dracula.

cait (and adonis)@cait.bsky.social · 5mo ago

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

India's rural job guarantee is being dismantled. And yet, from the “Save MGNREGA” nationwide agitations to defiant resolutions passed in thousands of Gram Sabhas, the people of India are actively fighting to reclaim their right to work. moneyontheleft.org/2026/03/01/c...

Great, we’re doing this again

This guy looks like if Ebon Moss-Bachrach were a Chad

Bobby Silverman@robertsilverman.bsky.social · 9mo ago

fun fact: Portnoy already claims permanent residence in Florida to avoid paying NY City and State income taxes

Apart from the usual critique, AI companies proving themselves as poor at reading what actually works in “regional” markets as Hollywood did a decade before. Fox Searchlight and Disney took major risks with Ranbir Kapoor only to have to literally quit the India market after those films bombed.

Jeff Yang@originalsp.in · 10mo ago

I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT

Meanwhile, the guy who issued the literal call-to-arms that kicked off the "riots" (really pogroms) is a cabinet minister.

@article-14.com · 11mo ago

"very disturbing read" "complete breakdown of criminal justice" "Over 80 dates & more than 3.5 yrs of this matter pending" Delhi HC order rejecting bail for Muslim activists, jailed for 5+ years w/o trial, was met with shock & horror @betwasharma.bsky.social reports article-14.com/post/how-the...

Ditto for Nehruvian elites.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12mo ago

A genuinely good part of the old Republican aesthetic is how it sought to play down wealth, an impulse born from Protestant values. You can see this in how Bush dressed and decorated his living spaces That aesthetic now replaced by gilt detailing designed to remind you that the occupant is wealthy.

Missing the message for the medium

The New York f**** Times could have run the faintest of Google searches on the East African Gujarati diaspora before publishing its hit piece. But given its stunning ability to be on the wrong side of absolutely everything, they probably don’t consider him Gujarati cos he’s Muslim.

Barnacle complex 💀

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last yr.

I am begging high-ranking Democrats and the entire pundit-strategist-barnacle complex to watch this. Try listening to what Mamdani is actually saying instead of the words you're putting in his mouth.

No written word can do justice to the power and beauty of the stories I heard in Kashmir. But I tried. Thrilled to announce the India edition of my book, with lovely cover art by Basita Shah, is out on 7th July. Pre-orders here: amzn.in/d/7NuVhNn @westlandbooks.bsky.social