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Amana Begam

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Former Research & Policy Analyst @CFPS_India. Columnist @ThePrintIndia, TV News Panelist, Host India This Week https://youtube.com/@IndiaThisWeekByAmanaKhalid

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Trump made $4B in his first year of his second term. Trump is suing the IRS for $10B. Trump just announced the US will contribute $10B to his Board of Peace. A $10 billion contribution to a Board that he chairs without congressional appropriation or authorization.

WAKE THE F*CK UP AMERICA.

19.02.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5754    πŸ” 1943    πŸ’¬ 328    πŸ“Œ 114
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Frost on seeing the "unredacted" Epstein files: A few takeaways. Number one, there's a lot of documents that are still redacted. When I asked the DOJ about it, they said they received it that way, which means that Kash FBI kept them redacted when they gave it to the DOJ, which is interesting...

12.02.2026 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 10122    πŸ” 3083    πŸ’¬ 236    πŸ“Œ 81

China is encircling Taiwan with a large naval and air exercise.

Trump: "President Xi didn't tell me about the military exercises around Taiwan, but I don’t believe he’s going to be doing invading. Nothing worries me.”

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The FBI, headed by Kash Patel, has arrested Harpreet Singh β€” a suspected Khalistani terrorist backed by Pakistan. He was wanted in India and living illegally in California.
-TOI

19.04.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Which Hinduism is followed in India? CR Park fish shop video raises a bigger question The CR Park video taps into a growing tension: how far should personal habits, dietary or otherwise, be shaped by the dominant religious mood of the day?

The tolerance for diversity within Hinduism isn’t just a cultural traitβ€”it’s a protective umbrella. 1 dat, knowingly or not, stretches over everyone who lives under it. It’s dis openness dat allows space for all minorities to breathe.

theprint.in/opinion/whic...

14.04.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Female literacy rates

Female literacy rates

As an Indian, this map isn't just a representation of female literacy rates; it's a call to action.

23.03.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Samay Raina to Gulmarg fashion showβ€”Why isn't an apology enough to calm hurt sentiments? India has always been guided by public sentiment. Now, our tolerance is declining

theprint.in/opinion/sama...
My column

14.03.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Making Romanian women safe again.

Making Romanian women safe again.

Making Romanian women safe again.

28.02.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If a big wedding is your dream, go for it! But let it be your wish, not just a way to meet societal standards.

28.02.2025 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think in India, ppl need 2 normalize simple marriages rather spending 20% of der lyf savngs on a single event.

If u're borrowing money 4 it,is it really worth it?& if it’s ur savings,wldn’t u rather spend it on something dat truly matters to u, whether dat’s a home,travel,or securing ur future?

28.02.2025 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Privilege doesn’t just level the playing field; it builds the track, provides the shoes, and draws the starting line.

My column for ThePrint.

27.01.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s not that I didn’t have to put in effort, but I started the race miles ahead. When I think of those young women and my relatives, it’s clear to me that my advantages weren’t earnedβ€”they were the result of an accident of birth. ++

27.01.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I remember feeling a sense of security even during my five years in the village. I could roam freely and attend school without fear, simply because my father was well-known. For other girls, that safety was a privilege they couldn’t imagine. ++

27.01.2025 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I could get ahead because my family could afford to provide better education, a healthier environment, and proper nourishment.

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27.01.2025 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As someone born into a Pasmanda Muslim family, I grew up witnessing relatives and people who didn’t have the same opportunities or privileges as I did. They worked harder than me but didn’t have access to the same opportunities.++

27.01.2025 07:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Its all about solving problems, not racism-

A social media poll, where 40,000 Americans participated, asked: Who do you prefer- illegal Mexicans or legal Indians? Guess what? A whopping 82% voted for illegal Mexicans over y'all legal desi folks. Cheers.

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Isabel Oakeshott who spent years complaining of immigrants coming to the UK and not speaking English

Has moved to Dubai, where she's an immigrant, and doesn't speak Arabic πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

18.01.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1747    πŸ” 524    πŸ’¬ 138    πŸ“Œ 39

Fun fact: when Muhammad Ali Jinnah personally invited Premji’s father, Muhammed Hashim Premji, to move to Pakistan, he turned him down and chose to stay in India. Now, that’s legacyβ€”one rooted in giving, not just accumulating.

18.01.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He signed the Giving Pledge and committed 66% of Wipro’s ownership to philanthropy, a testament to his dedication to giving back.
In 2019, his substantial donations to charity led to a significant drop of 15 positions on the Forbes India Rich List. ++

18.01.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

which works tirelessly to improve education and equitable development across the country. He gave β‚Ή7,904 crore ($1 billion) in a single year, making him the world’s third-largest philanthropist at the time(2020). ++

18.01.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Appreciation Post:

Azim Premji, born into an Ismaili Muslim family from Gujarat, is arguably India’s biggest philanthropist. Over $29 billion (β‚Ή2.4 lakh crore) of his wealth has gone to the Azim Premji Foundation,

18.01.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I shutter

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The Taliban made me marry my boss: how one word led to a forced marriage Afghanistan’s β€˜morality police’ arrested Samira at work in Kabul – and then made the 19-year-old marry her employer

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

13.01.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Standing between history and hope at Coventry Cathedral.

On the left, the ruins of the old cathedral without roof, bombed during the Nazi Blitz in 1940.

On the right, the new cathedral, built to symbolize hope, welcomes everyone- faithful, doubtful, widowed, gays, tourists.

12.01.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The latest version of- The surest way to find out if your country needs democracy is to discover oil under your soil.

12.01.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wildfire climate connection Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.

Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:

www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

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"Lower paid Indians?" Really? The hypocrisy is staggering.

It's halal racism when its against Indians?

09.01.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Lower paid Indians?" Really? The hypocrisy is staggering.

It's halal racism when its against Indians?

09.01.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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$1,131,794,901

That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.

Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.

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