But the point is, The #BBCdocumentary just shows us the UK's internal position on Modi's role in Gujarat, these documents suggest the US concurred. There may or may not be similar documents in other countries.
If this was a conspiracy theory, lots of people bought into it.
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Indeed, several competing factors bring or block rights issues in other countries to the US Congress, and in his speech in the house Towns' highlighted a line by Modi "Let us pledge to work for such a day that an American would have to stand in line for entry into Gujarat"
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Two weeks later, Modi again featured in the US Congress, this time mentioned by NY Democratic Representative Edolphus Towns, who called out the burning of a Pepsi plant in India in retaliation for Modi's visa cancellation.
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Within three days of the first introduction of the Bill, on March 18, 2005, the US State Department had declined Modi's visa.
2001-2009.state.gov/p/sca/rls/rm/2
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The same week, the bill got a co-sponsor from the Republican side, Joseph Pitts of PA, brought back as house resolution 160 for 2005.
The bill specifically called out the International Religious Freedom act.
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The bill, introduced by Democrat John Conyers of MI on March 15, 2005 took direct aim at Modi.
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On the US State Dept site, Modi features in the Religious Freedom report later years as well
But more importantly, in 2005 a US Representative introduced a bill to condemn Modi. It is unusual for a state politician from a foreign country to get such attention in the US Congress
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Modi again featured in the 2003 report which focused on the failure of conviction of Hindu defendants and the police closing files on some of the key cases due to lack of evidence.
2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/
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The first major document to call out Modi specifically was the "International Religious Freedom Report 2002" - here is a link, hosted at the US State Department page.
The report notes US Consular officials traveled to Ahmedabad after the riots
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If the BBC Documentary is to be blocking, we may want to think about blocking the US Congressional records as well, since a number of documents publicly available, including a bill introduced in Congress, say roughly the same thing about Modi's role in the riots.
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Am I the only one who gets into full screen and then fumbles trying to get out?
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The UK foreign office note on Modi's role was then echoed by the US.
Archive doc of letter from US Ambassador David Mulford, which calls Modi "responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom"
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How to miss the most important detail in the credits...
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this feat pulled off by shah rukh khan, malaika, mani ratnam, santosh sivan & co. right here is the best musical number put to film. not just in bollywood. not just in india. i'm talking globally.
and i'm sorry to break it to you, but this hasn't been topped, yet.
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Is it a boomer thing for me to say that I can't figure out why my kids watch to watch videos of other people playing games?
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Why Indian players need to be more aware of caste privilege and oppression
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Our now decade-old piece on how the engagements with Narayana Murthy & several other celebs were key to a new branding, wiping away the Godhra Modi, and replacing him with a public figure that India's who's who stood behind.
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Back when few public figures wanted to be associated with Narendra Modi & UK/US had sanctions on him, a major business leader met him in Gujarat and became the first Modi one ever tweeted about, signaling a cooling with India's respected Big Tech
Rishi Sunak's father-in-law.
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WoW ! What a nice light-hearted chat with Narayan Murthyji on diverse issues, so delighting
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Like we checked on folks after a natural disaster or violent incident in the city they lived in with a "are you okay" we must now periodically check on friend in tech companies.
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Research Fellow applications for Fall 2023 at MSR India are now open. Candidates should have completed BS/BE/BTech or MS/ME/MTech in Computer Science or related areas, graduating by summer 2023.
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Our article in is now out! With , we coin the concept of 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠 to capture the way populists imitate the ways of the people to 𝑏𝑒 the people. We've looked at Indian PMs since independence & built on a 261m-word dataset.
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"committees assumed that heterosexual women whose partners held academic or high-status jobs were not “movable,” and excluded such women from offers ... and saw all female partners as movable."
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We are hosting a CHI 2023 workshop: "Supporting Social Movements through Design and HCI"
If you are studying or working with social movements, please send in your proposals. Details at: sites.google.com/view/hcisocial
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The new metro system in Mumbai will go from Andheri West to East via Borivali, and the promise is that it will reach Saki Naka same time as an auto leaving from Versova.
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I once flew from Dakar to Bamako, I think Air Burkina, which has signs in Russian and Hindi.
Before my Indian joy sank in fully, I figured it was an old Indian craft which was likely sold to India once it wasn't good enough for the Russians, then to Burkina Faso.
So, Vayudoot.
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Pointing out this thread to those who are researching the spread of mis/disinfo in India. This is a useful dataset of over 1100 stories across 3 languages that we wrote and published in 2022. #misinformation #Disinformation
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| 2022 was a busy year for the fake news factory in India, churning out major disinfo campaigns on wars, elections, natural calamities, and a number of incidents of communal disharmony.
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| 2022 was a busy year for the fake news factory in India, churning out major disinfo campaigns on wars, elections, natural calamities, and a number of incidents of communal disharmony.
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"ten" wealthiest. in fairness, that was at the peak of Japan's dominance, and before real estate bubbles in east asia bust, and before the consumer tech industry really took off
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In 1987, not one of the world's wealthiest people was from the United States.
In 2022, eight of the ten are from the United States.
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Please apply! We are also interested in postdocs working on digital tech, data, ethics, AI, labor, and ICTD. Definitely find overlaps with faculty and explain how your work relates to their work. stia.georgetown.edu/people/faculty/
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Recent or soon-to-be PhDs in science, technology and intl affairs (including energy & climate) - please consider applying to our postdoc program at @STIAGeorgetown. Applications due 1/31. Please distribute widely @jonasnahm @GregNemet @NanZhou31448347 @dan_kammen twitter.com/STIAGeorgetown…
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After two decades of working in the US, living in 4 states, 5 cities, and raising kids who think you're the family joke, you'll have a car sticker like this.
And your personalized youtube ads will be for Minivans.
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After working in the US for more than a decade, living in 4 states, 5 cities and saving a lot of a money, glad that I’m now finally able to afford this BMW Motorsport cap.
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5yo (enters home): Mom we can't tell you we got you a present
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5yo: We went to Trader Joe's
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I took my 7 year old to see the Diego Rivera mural in Detroit and she notices this part and says, "that guy must be the boss because he isn't doing any work"
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There are few people who have more consistently benefited from innuendo and unsubstantiated but carefully worded hate-speech than
This case aside, he was central in promoting rumours around SSR, and his legacy will remain that of India's most effective troll.
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Rotten has done worse with young boys. He boasted about it to Niira Radia. Yatha Raja Tatha Praja in Air India
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A perk of faculty life is writing reference letters
I just found an old folder of letters, the first was someone I must have thought exceptionally gifted. I now have no recollection of who they were
That many great folks cross your path. You're allowed to be part of their story
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Displaced from Chhattisgarh and seeking refuge in Telangana’s forests, Gutti Koya Adivasis face a grim future.
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Now Indians can tell their Latin American friends/partners that even Arepas originated in India, Bihar.
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Meal 6: sharing a very unique snack which I doubt is made anywhere else. In Bihar, it’s called bagiya. It’s made of ground rice flour with boiled chana daal stuffed inside these crescent-moon shaped appetisers. Very healthy, tastes incredible with freshly minted spinach chutney.
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7yo: How do you pause this?
(and thus she will remember the first time she watched live television)
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There needs to be this concept of AI Panic, like when twitter keeps sending you nick cannon updates that make you worry that you come across like that guy who's into this
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Here's a great opportunity to present your work at the Social Media and Society Conference at UMichigan.
I presented last year and am among the student organisers for the session this year. Please spread the word far and wide!
Deadline: March 10, 2023
joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/cfp.htm
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Here is a link to this year's call for papers for students:
March 10, 2023: Submissions due
March 25, 2023: Notifications sent
April 01, 2023: Camera-ready versions due
April 7-8, 2023: Student sessions at the symposium
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Unlike last year, we were only able to run an event for India this year on account of visa issues, but the program will be fun and fulfilling, and a rare practitioner-industry-academic gathering
Registration is free for everyone online and in person, and will open briefly.
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