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I know you may or may not read this Rana, but as a Pakistani, I can only salute at your courage to stare down the fascist regime that has plagued our neighbor. More power to you and voices like you who are lighting the candles in the darkness. Stay strong, may Allah always keep you in His Protection. Ameen.

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If you don't like the movie don't watch it!!!

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Surely madam every day I keep an eye on what is happening in India especially in Kashmir Uttar Pradesh. You, Sabanakwi, arfakhanum, Mohammad Zubair, Wire, Article 14, Caravan, News Loudry, Ravesh Kumar and many more are bringing real news to this country.

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Superhero movies need supervillains to stand out. Sincere question : What is the best way to depict Islamist terrorists and invaders in superhero type movies? Or are you advocating that popular entertainment drop terrorists as villains entirely because it makes regular muslims uncomfortable.

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How do we stop Pakistan sponsored terrorism in Kashmir valley and in other parts of country? Even mr.owaisi was saying all the killings of civilians is by Pakistani's terrorists and only they are to be blamed for this . Recently Col.Viplav Tripathi his 8 year old child and wife ,all 3 got killed in Manipur by terrorists..I was very pained by seeing our soldiers dying..

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Thank you EVERYBODY. It was great engaging with you here. This is a new platform for me and you and like all innovations, this will take its own time. I promise I will make sure I take time out to address your questions, concerns and feedback. Thank you again

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When you talk about Kashmiri's do you include kashmiri Pandits?

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Maam dont you think Free Speech has always not been In India even before 2014. For example the 1st amendment which had curbs on free speech and the latest one 66a in Information Technology act. I think personally that this Government is doing nothing new that previous government has not done. Whats your view on this?

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Hai Ayyub ji i didn't watch that film but 100% i will support you why because since last 1 year i am following you in twitter and instagram 👍👍👍

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Hello ma'am!

As a young queer woman starting out in journalism, I really love your work and the alternate space you've created.

Often, political discourses ignore caste and focus solely on the Hindu-Muslim binary. I would love to see you work with anti-caste journalists like Meena Kotwal, Sumit Chauhan, Suprakash Majumdar, all of whose voices really deserve international space, voices like these with yours would be commendable against the common enemy of systemic brahminism!

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Hi Rana, Would you please spot some light on India after 2014?

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Hello ma'am, what is your view on Kashmir dispute. After revocation of article 370, I know the situation is alarming due to internet shutdown, human rights violations and detention of politicians. But at a time, I think Kashmir must be in India because from my childhood I saw Kashmir in our country map.

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No questions that I can think of ATM. But I sure would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the work that you're doing. Also thank you for being you. Keep up the good work. Keep going. You are an inspiration, Rana! You have all my well wishes and blessings. Have a nice day! :)

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Bollywood producers, directors & a few actors had incited the hate between communities in the country and across the world for their commerical movie making business portraying muslims as terrorists and showing them in low light even though the khans do make the blockbusters. I think these khans should become the voice of 22 mio Indian Muslims further through a television medium and further challenging the hatred spread against Muslims.

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Hello Rana,

Being a young journalist from a marginalised community, I see that caste as an intersection is missing from the international reports. Caste plays a very crucial role in India and it's politics. What do you think about the importance of caste in context of indian politics and also global representation in media.

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well this was expected by the way the governance is governing, right now if we are raising any voice there is greater threat of warrants and arrests…. well without qurbani there isn’t anything that can be achieved,..but as we are students who dont wanna mess up our careers and not raise BP of our parents what is that we can do ????

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