The mouth is firmly shut

As I was passing Ballygunge Phari, it happened. A truck rolled past me, splashing all the muck in the full pothole that it plunged into straight into my mouth. I was gobsmacked, literally. Obviously, my mouth had been open and I had not known it.Dear friends, be aware of the consequences of your actions and I hope you never get to taste Calcutta soil.I told myself to keep my mouth shut. Not that I always did. But something happened recently that has cured me forever.I was watching Bruce Almighty at home the other day. In the film, Bruce, played by Jim Carrey, is a TV reporter and a loser. His great ambition is to become a TV anchor. He is suddenly invested with God's powers by God himself. So off goes Bruce to the television studio, where his old colleague is the new anchor. Bruce thinks the colleague has sidelined him. To set things right, Bruce, with his absolute, total, divine power, takes over his colleague's performance.By working on the keys of an invisible keyboard from behind, Bruce rewrites the script of prime-time news that his colleague is reading. The anchor quacks like a duck for a while, is given a glass of water, and then, in the context of the Swedish prime minister visiting Washington, declares that he, the anchor, does the Cha Cha like a sissy girl. "I, like-a, do the Cha Cha," he repeats, pausing between and stressing every word. It is followed by a stream of unadulterated gibberish, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate, an uninterrupted flow of a terrific energy delivered with the wildest gestures till he himself almost chokes on it.By this time I was hysterical, also because I was struck by the resemblance between Bruce's colleague and a TV anchor nearer home, who claims to give the nation what it wants to know. I was laughing uncontrollably.Then it happened again. I almost choked too, a violent cough rising within me, stopping my breath and almost gagging me. As I came to, very slowly, I realized that I could have been one of those rare persons who actually died laughing.But this was serious. I had not only opened my mouth again at the wrong moment. I had also laughed at someone who says admirable things about the powers that be. Therefore, I was an "anti-national". And so a power above had cursed me. "Smite me, you Almighty Smiter!" Bruce had screamed. My laughter could have been the death of me. I have been careful ever since. I do not contradict anyone. I only post smileys. I do not even allow any dangerous thought to cross my mind, because I feel my mind is also being read all the time.I keep my mouth firmly shut.I was silent, for example, when a Bengal politician claimed that gold can be extracted from cow milk. On Ramjanmabhoomi, mum's the word. Ditto on Kashmir, NRC and the crisis with the onion price.I have nothing to say, even on Virushka. I am scared.And whatever I do, I certainly do not laugh any more. I do not even clear my throat. 1718624 1718324 DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/users/bentstopmes/

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Hyderabad Football Club celebrates Children's Day

Speaking about the visit Varun Tripura-neni, co-owner of HFC said: 'We are excited to be celebrating the Children's day with students of Rockwell School and Aga Khan Academy as a part of our school outreach program. HFC is committed to reviving the interest for football in the next generation and help groom future players.' DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttp://knowledge.thinkingstorm.com/UserProfile/tabid/57/userId/388762/Default.aspx

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A laughter hangover

mar and Prem are two of Hindi films' unlikeliest heroes, they love money, they like to save their own skin, and they'd any day choose witticisms over work. What follows is a genuine laugh riot with the duo's capers involving a fake heiress (Raveena Tandon), a real one (Karisma Kapoor), a millionaire and his identical evil twin (Paresh Rawal), a bunch of hilarious goons, cops, dads and sidekicks (Shakti Kapoor, Viju Khote, Javed Khan, Harish Patel, Tiku Talsania, Deven Verma, Jagdeep.). And in a film with two Khans (three, if you count a big nod to Shah Rukh in Amar's dream sequence with Juhi Chawla, playing herself), a rare one where dialogues (Santoshi hits it out of the park) are the real superstar, so crackling that they make one crack up even a quarter of a century later.In a decade of risqué slapstick and cringe-worthy double entendre that passed for humour, AAA tickled India's funny bone with intelligent situational comedy, likeable rogues and epic lines like Galti se mistake ho gaya. The movie had nice enough songs - composer Tushar Bhatia's homage to legend O.P. Nayyar - but it's the laughs that matter. Famously, AAA tanked on release, thanks to badly managed publicity after a prolonged three years in the making. People woke up to its charms on television. A whole generation laughed along with Amar, Prem, Teja and Crime Master Gogo. Turns out, they're still laughing. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://knowledge.thinkingstorm.com/UserProfile/tabid/57/userId/399276/Default.aspx

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A publishing house that is translating Dalit writers' works into English

This also includes a compilation of Yashwant's poetry, translated by K Jamanadas and Maitreya, titled Broken Man : In Search of Homeland (2019). The publishing house brings out its eighth title this month, a collection of stories by Maitreya, titled Flowers on the Grave of Caste. Written mostly from the perspective of a first-generation Dalit student who goes to study at elite English-medium educational institutions, it weaves real life with magic realism. The 33-year-old is one of the few Dalits in English publishing, which has remained an upper-caste preserve. 'When I launched Panther's Paw Publications, I was aware that my work will be niche. I also knew that with my limited resources — I am merely a student (at Mumbai's Tata Institute of Social Sciences) — I would have to be the one man running the show,' Maitreya says. Born in Nagpur, Maitreya's journey to Mumbai and into publishing was a long-winded one. He says he grew up unaware of the importance of BR Ambedkar to his own community. And while he came from modest means, Maitreya had not experienced oppression. 'I was going about life, quite unaware of the realities of caste,' Maitreya says. 'I dropped out of college in the first year to take up odd jobs. Then, drawn by the hippie lifestyle, I joined a Buddhist order started by a British man, and left for a monastery some 50-odd km from Nagpur. I spent three years there. I would get food, could spend time amidst nature doing nothing. They had a library and I started to read. That is when I discovered Ambedkar. But that wasn't my awakening either,' he says. He left the order and returned to Nagpur to study English literature. It wasn't until a Marathi teacher thrust books by Marathi writers into his hands, insisting he 'read everything', that Maitreya was introduced to Dalit literature. 'Before that, I would attempt to write. But my stories lacked rooted characters because I was unaware of our history,' he says. He started to discover writers such as Namdeo Dhasal, Baburao Bagul and Yashwant. 'I realised the diversity of style that exists within our own community. If Dhasal's writing was revolutionary, Bagul had a quiet rage; Shankkarrao Kharat wrote in an empathetic way. But there was no one introducing these writers to readers beyond Maharashtra,' he explains. That is when he realised the need to start Panther's Paw. 'It is historically understood that those in power control the narrative. The same has been with Dalits for centuries. Whenever one of us has managed to write our story — autobiography, poetry or fiction — the audience has remained limited to his or her native language. For example, I truly believe that Dhasal would have been an internationally renowned poet had a larger body of his work been widely translated,' Maitreya says. Panther's Paw, he says, replaces the need for a big publishing house to 'discover' writers like Dhasal. 'The publishing business relies heavily on the agent. But the agent is not free of his or her social and caste location. What they may consider 'palatable' will come from their own conditioning,' he says. Unlike other publishing houses that focus on Dalit literature, Panther's Paw, Maitreya says, solely focusses on publishing writers from the Dalit community. 'We will not publish a Savarna writer's anti-caste work. Here, we have a Dalit publisher only looking to publish Dalit narratives.' Maitreya had launched the publishing house with the English translations of JV Pawar's five-volume writing on Ambedkar in Marathi. Pawar is an author, poet and co-founder of the Dalit Panther movement. 'Most academia relies on the understanding of Ambedkar and Dalits through Savarna writing. But here is a scholar who spent his entire life studying caste and Ambedkar,' says Maitreya. With limited finances, each book is a challenge. 'I print limited copies, mostly no more than 300-500. With Pawar or Yashwant, I knew their works would sell because they are both well-known. But, usually, I print about 100 copies for sale on online platforms whereas another 200 are kept for sale through events and circulation. In all, I make sure my cost does not exceed Rs 70,000.' Most of this amount is collected through sales of other titles or via crowdfunding. Maitreya's hostel room at TISS doubles as his workspace and warehouse. Translating is a specialised job, but Maitreya isn't limited by the idea of setting high standards in translation. He rejects it as 'extremely casteist'. 'In terms of Dalit literature, the linguistic framework is not important. What we may lose in terms of translation, we gain in communicating our stories,' he says. He recounts an instance of a student from Manipal University, who translated Maitreya's poetry to Kannada. 'He did so without my knowledge. When I asked him what made him do it, he said he was translating my words because they could express what he personally could not articulate. We do not always write for literary reasons. To us, it is an expression of our stories, our history, which, for long, have been ignored,' he says. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttp://actionangler.net/ActivityFeed/MyProfile/tabid/62/UserId/197146/Default.aspx

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The sovereign test

Cathcart is right — especially in placing the responsibility on both tech companies and governments. WhatsApp has often claimed that its end-to-end encryption makes it a safe and private way to communicate. That claim is now being contested. How it responds will signal whether its invocation of privacy as a first principle is more than a mere marketing ploy. The proceedings of the ongoing lawsuit will be closely watched, to track the culpabilities and complicities of the actors involved. Earlier this year, NSO severed its contract with Saudi Arabia after accusations by a journalist that its software was used to hack his phone, which allowed Saudi agencies to track journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was assassinated in Istanbul. The fact remains that in the digital age, companies will emerge and operate in the grey areas of the intersection between technology and security to make a profit. But inviolable as it is, national security must not be used as a shield by either governments or private players to justify the violation of fundamental rights. India is a constitutional democracy, where the courts have read the right to privacy in the right to life and liberty. In the government's first response after the Pegasus hack, Law and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said he has asked WhatsApp to explain the breach, while the home ministry has said it will take strict action against those violating the law. Earlier, the Indian government, and parliamentary committees, have summoned executives from Facebook and Twitter, and Indians continue to be the largest user base for WhatsApp. India also enjoys close ties with Israel. The government must leverage this to hold NSO to account. And it must deliver on its promise to punish anyone — whosoever they may be — found guilty of unlawfully violating the privacy of Indian citizens. The current government has made it clear that it holds on to its sovereign right over the data of its citizens. But the idea of data sovereignty must include a citizen's right to her privacy. How the government deals with the aftermath of the WhatsApp hack will demonstrate its commitment to that principle, as well as to the rights enshrined in the Constitution. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.coalindia.in/ActivityFeed/tabid/63/userId/568905/language/en-US/Default.aspx

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Over 30 Pakistani migrants found in lorry in France

Cops squeezed out Maoist slogans from Thwaha: Kin He had a plan to start a news portal after completing the course and collected a number of books," said Thwaha's elder brother Ijas Hazan.The police might have mistaken them for Maoist literature," he said. Ijas is also a CPM member at Chathothara east branch under Pandeerankavu local committee and the entire family supports CPM. "When I met him while he was produced in the court, he said that the police had beaten him up and forced him to confess to the crime," Ijas told TNIE. During the police patrolling at Paramala by 6.45pm on Friday, an unidentified cigarette-smoking man ran away from the spot leaving a bag of pamphlets and books, which was recovered by the police. They took both Alan and Thwaha along with them suspecting that they were part of the man's network," said Ijas. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://www.magcloud.com/user/repentkentop The migrants, who included three teenagers, were handed over to the Italian authorities in accordance with immigration procedures. "We will try and establish if we can trace it back to a network and backers as we always do in this type of case," the prosecutors' office in the southeastern city of Nice said. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttp://actionangler.net/ActivityFeed/MyProfile/tabid/62/UserId/184289/Default.aspx

Reliance Jio offers up to Rs 50 discount on Rs 444, Rs 555 prepaid plans

People who wish to recharge with Rs 555 plan will need to use coupon code SHUBHP50 to get a discount of Rs 50 on Jio's Rs 555 pack. After a discount of Rs 44, Jio's Rs 444 plan will be available for Rs 400, while Jio's Rs 555 plan will be available for Rs 505 after Rs 50 discount respectively. Reliance Jio's Rs 444 and Rs 555 All-in-One plans promise unlimited calling on Jio-to-Jio numbers, along with 1000 minutes for outgoing calls to non-Jio numbers. Each plan offers 2GB data per day along with access to 100 SMS per day. Reliance Jio recently decided to charge customers for the IUC or the Interconnect usage charge that telecom companies pay each other for calls made to other networks from their networks. TRAI has fixed IUC at 6 paise per minute. The Rs 444 plan comes bundled with 1000 free IUC minutes, while Rs 555 plan includes 3,000 free IUC minutes. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/users/jaungzeens/

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