Manufactured Narratives at Work : The Toolkits have arrived for the woke
When Outrage Meets Selective Silence This blog is a response to a woke tweet that appeared the day after the BJP’s electoral victory in West Bengal. The author of that tweet—a film director from Kerala—certainly has every right to express her views as a citizen. What is deeply troubling, however, is the nature of those views: emotionally charged, selectively framed, and ultimately divisive. The statement that truly shocks the conscience is her suggestion to “disenfranchise non-BJP voters.” In a democracy, this is not just a flawed argument—it is a dangerous one. The rights that were taken away from voting were all mostly illegal votes that were baked into the system unconstitutionally over a decade. The Question She Avoided Why did so many people vote against the TMC? This is the central question—one that her commentary completely sidesteps. What about the widely reported incidents in Sandeshkhali, where women were subjected to horrific violence—gang rape, harassment, public humiliatio...
