Sukumar Muralidharan
@sukumarmd.bsky.social
Writer, researcher, long-time hack. Based in Delhi region.
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I’ve seen video of IDF bombing Nasser Hospital, where a friend of mine is on a humanitarian mission to treat patients.
My friend survived the bombing but a teen patient he treated and who was set to go home today was murdered.
Are you warmongers not tired and sick of this yet? This horror
My friend survived the bombing but a teen patient he treated and who was set to go home today was murdered.
Are you warmongers not tired and sick of this yet? This horror
March 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I’ve seen video of IDF bombing Nasser Hospital, where a friend of mine is on a humanitarian mission to treat patients.
My friend survived the bombing but a teen patient he treated and who was set to go home today was murdered.
Are you warmongers not tired and sick of this yet? This horror
My friend survived the bombing but a teen patient he treated and who was set to go home today was murdered.
Are you warmongers not tired and sick of this yet? This horror
I review a recent collection of writings (from various times) on the accession of Hyderabad in 1948. I argue that the silences around the event, part of nationalist theology, have now permitted its hijacking by the Hindutva gang.
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
History of Hyderabad’s Accession Revisited: Interpretation or Manipulation?
‘What we learn from this volume is that there was (and still is) enough blame to go around for the tragic events of September 1948. And that the polarisation of opinion between accession and independe...
www.theindiaforum.in
March 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I review a recent collection of writings (from various times) on the accession of Hyderabad in 1948. I argue that the silences around the event, part of nationalist theology, have now permitted its hijacking by the Hindutva gang.
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
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What we learn from this volume is that there was (& still is) enough blame to go around for the tragic events of Sept 1948. And that the polarisation of opinion between accession & independence was not reflective of the Hindu-Muslim divide. @sukumarmd.bsky.social
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
History of Hyderabad’s Accession Revisited: Interpretation or Manipulation?
‘What we learn from this volume is that there was (and still is) enough blame to go around for the tragic events of September 1948. And that the polarisation of opinion between accession and independe...
www.theindiaforum.in
March 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
What we learn from this volume is that there was (& still is) enough blame to go around for the tragic events of Sept 1948. And that the polarisation of opinion between accession & independence was not reflective of the Hindu-Muslim divide. @sukumarmd.bsky.social
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
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Bibi is an affront to the memory of the Holocaust anyway. Genocider.
December 20, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Bibi is an affront to the memory of the Holocaust anyway. Genocider.
Re-upping an article from 2015, as relations between India and Bangladesh hit another pocket of turbulence. www.academia.edu/11316781/No_...
No Simple Binaries: The Liberation of Bangladesh and its Contested Legacy
No Simple Binaries: The Liberation of Bangladesh and its Contested Legacy
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December 18, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Re-upping an article from 2015, as relations between India and Bangladesh hit another pocket of turbulence. www.academia.edu/11316781/No_...
As turmoil widens in the Arab world, re-upping an article from 2004, on why Israel is equal participant in the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. www.academia.edu/7845489/From...
From October 2004: Why Israel is an Equal Partner in the Occupation of Iraq
The US occupation of Iraq and Israel's continuing subjugation of the Palestinians have much in common. Two parallel military occupations, a striking symmetry in military tactics, a similar inatten...
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December 18, 2024 at 8:53 AM
As turmoil widens in the Arab world, re-upping an article from 2004, on why Israel is equal participant in the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. www.academia.edu/7845489/From...
Opportunism certainly began in 2014. And all sense of shame ended.
December 15, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Opportunism certainly began in 2014. And all sense of shame ended.
The world knew it was genocide. The intents and purposes were clear from the very beginning. And now Amnesty tells us how and why. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
www.amnesty.org
December 5, 2024 at 6:18 AM
The world knew it was genocide. The intents and purposes were clear from the very beginning. And now Amnesty tells us how and why. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
The U.S. leads the free world: Palau, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, and two other countries led by certified lunatics. www.jns.org/un-calls-for...
UN calls for conference to advance Palestinian state - JNS.org
The resolution also demands Israel cease all new "settlement" activities and evacuate all “settlers.”
www.jns.org
December 5, 2024 at 5:08 AM
The U.S. leads the free world: Palau, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, and two other countries led by certified lunatics. www.jns.org/un-calls-for...
American grotesquerie. Starring the mistress of the vetoes that protected genocide. x.com/mehdirhasan/...
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November 29, 2024 at 6:54 AM
American grotesquerie. Starring the mistress of the vetoes that protected genocide. x.com/mehdirhasan/...
Renewed threats to the rule of law as India observes 75 years since the adoption of its republican constitution.
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November 28, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Renewed threats to the rule of law as India observes 75 years since the adoption of its republican constitution.
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With US blessings, Israel continues its demolition of international law and humanity why this is a terminal moral crisis for the US imperium. My latest. www.newsclick.in/why-us-furio...
Why US is Furious Over Netanyahu Arrest Warrant | NewsClick
Given the scale of its complicity in Israel’s crimes, its anger over the ICC’s decision reflects a terminal moral crisis of the US imperium.
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November 23, 2024 at 9:14 AM
With US blessings, Israel continues its demolition of international law and humanity why this is a terminal moral crisis for the US imperium. My latest. www.newsclick.in/why-us-furio...
About time. Hope the Europeans who spawned this genocidal entity execute the arrest. www.middleeasteye.net/news/icc-iss...
ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant
Court also issues warrant for Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif
www.middleeasteye.net
November 21, 2024 at 12:22 PM
About time. Hope the Europeans who spawned this genocidal entity execute the arrest. www.middleeasteye.net/news/icc-iss...
All we are saying, is give genocide a chance. Yet again, the U.S. disgraces humanity with its crass hypocrisy. aje.io/d9yh6u
‘Self-inflicted powerlessness’: US vetoes Gaza ceasefire resolution at UNSC
Vote marks fourth time Joe Biden’s administration has vetoed a UNSC Gaza ceasefire resolution since Israel’s war began.
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November 20, 2024 at 5:42 PM
All we are saying, is give genocide a chance. Yet again, the U.S. disgraces humanity with its crass hypocrisy. aje.io/d9yh6u
Amsterdam Mayor: there was no pogrom; there was a lot of Israeli hooliganism. "At 3am, (Israeli) Prime Minister Netanyahu was already giving a lecture about what happened in Amsterdam, while we were still gathering the facts." www.euronews.com/2024/11/19/a...
Amsterdam mayor says she regrets use of word 'pogrom'
Femke Halsema used the term to describe the violence which followed a football match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and the local Ajax football club.
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November 19, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Amsterdam Mayor: there was no pogrom; there was a lot of Israeli hooliganism. "At 3am, (Israeli) Prime Minister Netanyahu was already giving a lecture about what happened in Amsterdam, while we were still gathering the facts." www.euronews.com/2024/11/19/a...
A succession of U.N. reports have laid bare the genocidal dimensions that Israel's settler-colonial project has acquired today. When will the ICC act? My latest. www.newsclick.in/horrors-isra...
The Horrors of Israel’s Gaza Genocide Blown Open | NewsClick
Two UN reports lay bare how over decades Israel has “advanced its settler-colonial project through military occupation, stripping the Palestinian people of their right to self-determination”. When wil...
www.newsclick.in
November 19, 2024 at 1:06 PM
A succession of U.N. reports have laid bare the genocidal dimensions that Israel's settler-colonial project has acquired today. When will the ICC act? My latest. www.newsclick.in/horrors-isra...
That’s absolutely right! But the poor little thin-skinned rich boy is going to be awfully hurt. www.thedailybeast.com/f-you-brazil...
‘F*** you’: Brazil’s First Lady Aims Expletives at Elon Musk
In October, the country lifted a ban on X after it paid a $5 million fine.
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November 18, 2024 at 2:30 AM
That’s absolutely right! But the poor little thin-skinned rich boy is going to be awfully hurt. www.thedailybeast.com/f-you-brazil...
The inimitable Joe Sacco. www.tcj.com/the-war-on-g...
The War on Gaza – 7.2.24 - The Comics Journal
This is the fourteenth and final installment of Joe Sacco’s column, “The War on Gaza.”
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November 17, 2024 at 9:43 AM
The inimitable Joe Sacco. www.tcj.com/the-war-on-g...
One shady revelation a day. The former Chief Justice’s post-retirement career may be busier than his years in the judiciary. m.thewire.in/article/law/...
In Letter, Ex-SCBA Chief Documents Strained Relations with Ex-CJI Chandrachud
Among other things, Adish Aggarwala accuses the former CJI of seeking his help to rein in senior advocate Dushyant Dave.
m.thewire.in
November 17, 2024 at 8:48 AM
One shady revelation a day. The former Chief Justice’s post-retirement career may be busier than his years in the judiciary. m.thewire.in/article/law/...
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Joe Sacco in Delhi. A report . m.thewire.in/article/the-...
‘The Gold Standard American Journalism I Was Taught Had Pulled Wool Over My Eyes’: Joe Sacco on Gaza
Award winning cartoonist Joe Sacco talks about his approach to journalism, the genocide in Gaza and the misinformation around it in conversation with The Wire.
m.thewire.in
November 17, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Joe Sacco in Delhi. A report . m.thewire.in/article/the-...
Joe Sacco, in Delhi recently, spoke about cartooning in a time of genocidal violence. m.thewire.in/article/the-...
Drawing an Artist: An Evening With Joe Sacco
The Wire's resident illustrator presents a picture of an evening with a master storyteller and artist.
m.thewire.in
November 17, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Joe Sacco, in Delhi recently, spoke about cartooning in a time of genocidal violence. m.thewire.in/article/the-...