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Sep 27Liked by Pranay Somayajula

So thorough and detailed your essay was brilliant to read, I particularly like the ideas of ‘otherness’ and that standing up against a superpower costs you your life

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Let us rejoice in our un-American-ness! Our passports are a simple privilege and do not define our identity. You might enjoy this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDsx1mUpiI4 Let it remind you that this alienation from coloniser's media is a blessing and not a curse. May Harris keep our martyr's names out of her genocidal mouth.

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Sep 21Liked by Pranay Somayajula

Reading the news is maddening. Reading the first half of this essay is too, maddening. I feel sick to my stomach thinking of all the people that read the NYT and don’t question their framing, take the passive voice to heart and ask no further questions. Thank you for your words Pranay.

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