There is a special irony in a prize in the name of German Jewish philosopher and journalist Hannah Arendt, whose work on the rise of German fascism is essential, being withheld from another Jewish journalist for writing about the rise of authoritarianism.
@FAIR Hannah Arendt (New Yorker, 12/9/23) called Israel’s Herut party—a forerunner of Likud—”a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy, and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties.” Such opinions would likely disqualify her for the Hannah Arendt Prize.
The presence of Indians, from India, in Fediverse is insignificant as on today. Most of us are happy with X and social media tools from Meta. Even the number of posts from existing users, in India, is very low though many of them seem to be active in the above mentioned social media sites.
What can be done to improve the situation? There are no carrots here.
indian intellectual ranjit hoskoté stepped down¹ as member of the selection committee of germany's most important exhibition of contemporary art documenta amidst a distinctly german discussion, publicly labeling ranjit hoskoté as antisemitic
by and large german media has opted to neglect coverage of cooperation between far-right hindutva politicians from india and far-right zionist politicians from israel > both of them share a peculiar anti-muslim stance which is met with approval from many sections of german society
keeping this in mind, the public rejection of ranjit hoskoté does not come as a surprise >
hoskoté's being vocal about far-right cooperations on international level is not welcome in germany where the political leadership maintains close ties with the far-right governments of both india and israel
@mastodonindians#MedMastodon "But the real reason is that there is much more profit in drugs that are used for treating diseases like cancer or diabetes. There is even more profit in doing research and bringing to the market drugs that are made for what are called orphan diseases—rare diseases that may afflict only a few million, but for which medicines are necessary and high-end."
@Healthcarer@bangladesh@buddyverse.xyz @masindia যারা আমার টাইমলাইনে বাজে ভাষা ব্যবহার করছেন তাদের আমি নিঃশব্দ (Mute) করেছি - এই ব্যক্তি অবশ্য একমত নন কিন্তু তাহলেও ভদ্র मैं उन लोगों को मूक करता हूं जो मेरी समयरेखा में खराब भाषा का उपयोग कर रहे हैं - यह व्यक्ति सहमत नहीं है, लेकिन फिर भी कोमल है। Sorry about the poor translation- "main un logon ko mute karata hoon jo meree samayarekha mein kharaab bhaasha ka upayog kar rahe hain - yeh vyakti sahamat nahin hai, lekin phir bhee bhadra hai."