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All my new Indian friends who found their way here this week (and others).

Dont forget to do two things to help you get some followers:

1) write a post about yourself, include as many hashtags as you ca think of along with the #introductions tag and a paragraph or two. I will reboost these

2) Go into your profile settings and opt-in to the proile directory. This ensures people can find you. It also helps if you add the same tags from your introduction post to your description in your profile. These tags help index you in the profile directory

3) Stay active and post interesting stuff (and some stuff relevant to STEM). If you do then on friday I will share your account in Follow Friday and help get you more followers as well.

A man who is known for the reforms he brought in Election Commission. Former Chief Election Commissioner of India, TN Seshan passes away. #TNSeshan

The primacy of the individual, and thus individual liberty, is a social construct. It is neither self-evident nor is it historically inevitable.

It has to be fought for, gained and preserved at every moment. It is a task for every generation.

Many of us born in the second half of the 20th century comfortably believed that arc of liberty will only expand. We took liberal democracy for granted. We were wrong.

Flag this as a hot take because I'm still flipping through the judgment but it seems to me that there is no finding at any point that there was ever a temple there. Rights of Ram Lalla Virajman are coming only from the worship offered on the outer courtyard when inner courtyard was also used by Muslims.

So by this judgment a temple will be constructed there for the first time not by will of the presiding deity, expressed through next friend, but by the decree of the Court.

#LIVE | The mosque was not abandoned by the Muslims, says Supreme Court. Though the Hindus continued to worship at Ram Chabutra but they claimed ownership on Garbh Garha also.
https://scroll.in/latest/943137/ahead-of-ayodhya-verdict-security-stepped-up-outside-homes-of-five-supreme-court-judges

#AyodhyaVerdict #AyodhyaCase

Indian news TV distilling the message

“Yeh bharat ki jeet hai”

“Mandir wahin banayenge”

The notice on the Ayodhya judgment is unusual because typically when a matter is listed for judgment, you know which judges have made separate judgments and can then speculate who will go which way. This notification is silent on that.

Ayodhya verdict at 10.30 am tomorrow

https://scroll.in/latest/943124/supreme-court-to-deliver-ayodhya-verdict-on-saturday-at-10-30-am

Supreme Court to deliver #AyodhyaVerdict on Saturday at 10.30 am https://scroll.in/latest/943124/supreme-court-to-deliver-ayodhya-verdict-on-saturday-at-10-30-am

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The prime minister’s politics of vendetta are characterised by a long memory and meticulous retribution: no slight is forgotten, and no reprisal is considered too petty or disproportionate, writes @SamarHalarnkar

https://scroll.in/article/943063/narendra-modi-and-the-unsurprising-politics-of-vendetta

This is from a few years back but a good short explainer of what @Mastodon, a decentralized platform is and how to navigate it. Will be posting more such explainers around decentralized platforms, foss tools, and privacy friendly apps. #FediverseAMA #India

https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/7/15183128/mastodon-open-source-twitter-clone-how-to-use