There’s something I need to say. It will be harsh, unpleasant, but truth. Since I’ve already given my heart to you’ll, I owe you this.

It’s my side of the story, which otherwise I would’ve never shared. (1/23)

Since the day I’ve written about nefarious PR activations for ‘Chehre’ & the 3 other major releases of 2021, am getting severe warnings & indirect threats to stop tweeting.

I did share a screen on Nov 30, about how this movement is infiltrated by heavily paid PR puppets. (2/23)
I was asked to be quiet again on the same day. But I didn’t stay quiet. I told @nilotpalm3 Ji on the same day — no matter what a huge digital protest needs to be done. I wrote about it too in detail in a thread here.

Dec 14 ‘Oath4SSR’ was a massive success. (3/23)
Post that success I again wrote about heavy PR activity on a superstar’s birthday. I explained in detail again to @nilotpalm3 Ji.

We again created the ‘Love4SSR’ history, which is still echoing.

On the other side, I started receiving threatening calls... (4/23)
...from international numbers. When I wrote about giving details of the AJ deal that happened in Dec 2013 (a month later in early 2014 there was an attempt to kill me—I’ve written about it in my first FB post), personal threats increased.

These are the kind of threats— (5/23)
Such threats coming from so called superstars who used to be present in the parties I wrote about in the FB post.

I didn’t back off. Somehow by Nov it stopped.

But a new kind of malicious activity on Twitter started from Dec. (6/23)
The day @nilotpalm3 Ji came up with the ‘Day count’ HT, instead of making a public thing, I told him privately that the unique creative HTs are more powerful. But we agreed on the ‘unity’ part & moved on.

I specifically told him that it maybe a targeted harassment... (7/23)
...of those who used to create such powerful HTs. I was the happiest when it got sorted.

But the threats continued. I normally never react to anything negative, but somehow they started using ‘trigger’ words. (8/23)
Since Aug when the drugs connection was exposed, I’ve been looping in my past. The condition became so severe, I had to start my counselling sessions. The doc asked me to write down my feelings & revisit the triggers & face them.

It was a big thing for me to write it... (9/23)
...especially in public.

Some words trigger a massive emotional trauma for me. I don’t know how few people here, who I’ve seen fighting for SSR since long, knew those trigger words, & put vile comments on the only 3 videos of me I made around ‘Oath4SSR’ protest... (10/23)
...using those exact words. I had a complete breakdown, I posted all my feelings on fleets here, later removed it too as it was revealing a lot of personal details. But writing it down there calmed me.

Since last night again such triggers are used, maybe to silence me. (11/23)
This is just flowing from my heart, and I don’t know why am sharing all this. Point am trying to make is, this movement is most important to me right now.

My only goal is to make sure it never breaks. Also, this is a fight for me too. (12/23)
I still am hoping those 100s of people who used to be in those parties speak up. Am trying to awaken them too. But what am slowly observing is somehow everyone is a target now.

My this thread is also an answer to those who’re trying to trigger me again, & hoping... (13/23)
...I will breakdown & quit—I WILL NOT, NO MATTER HOW TOUGH IT GETS.

Months back I told about how everyone who appeared on Republic are a target.

I didn’t even know @smitaparikh2 at that time. But she used to be hot topic of discussions in those vile WA groups... (14/23)
...by few A-listers (which are now deleted). Attaching few screens of kind of chats that were happening internally.

Then I saw how badly she was hounded on Twitter too. I felt for her, & stood for her.

And my stand remains unchanged. (15/23)
If tomorrow CBI finds her involved in SSR case anyway, I will be the first to shower all my anger on her.

Most here don’t understand the working style & ethics of CBI. Nothing is hidden from them, & culprits will be served justice, no matter how big that person is. (16/23)
But, if you notice—after attacks on her, the narrative has completely changed. The real burning questions, especially around Disha, are becoming lesser. All focus is now on attacking those who appeared on Republic. (17/23)
I’ve been getting ‘trigger’ comments since Dec 1. They increased.

After @KanganaTeam clarified on my tweet about YouTubers, there were threats too. But not at the level which are happening since Dec 1.

I will face the triggers, no matter how badly they affect me. (18/23)
I will win over them. This public energy that I’ve today is only because of Sushant. That’s why I say, ‘Am a Phoenix he awakened’. I rose from death, but wasn’t still awakened.

He did it. I will not stop sharing this awakening. When I said I love you’ll I mean it. (19/23)
It’s your energy that is healing me too. Yes, at times I do breakdown, like last night. But I come back stronger. Quitting is not an option for me now.

Even after knowing the truth about almost everyone in this movement by now, I’ve never attacked or abused anyone. (20/23)
But if attack on me goes to a triggering level, I will speak.

Sushant, bro, I will always keep your voice alive. Because one day when I meet you, I want to look into your eyes & apologise for not speaking earlier. I could’ve saved you. (21/23)
That brief moment when we met at a success party of a film you were a part too, I saw how sidelined you were made to feel. I felt it, but I was so drunk. I only said, “I will”, when somebody shouted that am one Osho lover too.

You were always sidelined. (22/23)
One day I will meet you & tell you, that I was fighting my own battle too, and bro, I was selfish. I thought that if I speak, I will lose what I’d that time. I was just a self-obsessed, egoistic jerk like them. I could’ve fought the threats that time.

Am sorry bro. (23/23)

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Great article from @AsheSchow. I lived thru the 'Satanic Panic' of the 1980's/early 1990's asking myself "Has eveyrbody lost their GODDAMN MINDS?!"


The 3 big things that made the 1980's/early 1990's surreal for me.

1) Satanic Panic - satanism in the day cares ahhhh!

2) "Repressed memory" syndrome

3) Facilitated Communication [FC]

All 3 led to massive abuse.

"Therapists" -and I use the term to describe these quacks loosely - would hypnotize people & convince they they were 'reliving' past memories of Mom & Dad killing babies in Satanic rituals in the basement while they were growing up.

Other 'therapists' would badger kids until they invented stories about watching alligators eat babies dropped into a lake from a hot air balloon. Kids would deny anything happened for hours until the therapist 'broke through' and 'found' the 'truth'.

FC was a movement that started with the claim severely handicapped individuals were able to 'type' legible sentences & communicate if a 'helper' guided their hands over a keyboard.
मुंबईतील प्रसिद्ध किताबखाना ला लागलेली आग आपल्या सर्वांच्या मनाला चटका लावणारी होती. त्या आगीत सुमारे 95 लाख किमतीच्या 45,000 पुस्तकांचं नुकसान झालं. एकूण नुकसान दोन कोटींच्या घरात गेलं. तरीही किताबखाना पुन्हा सुरू करण्याचं स्वप्न आहे समीर आणि अमृता सोमैया यांचं.
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त्यांनीच दहा वर्षांपूर्वी मुंबईत ही सुंदर स्पेस तयार केली.त्यांच्या जगप्रवासात विविध पुस्तकांनी त्यांना वेड लावलं.अशी एक कम्युनिटी स्पेस मुंबईतही करायची,या ध्येयाने त्यांनी किताबखानाची निर्मिती केली.अमृताचे वडील प्रसिद्ध आर्किटेक्ट जगदीश मिस्त्री यांनी किताबखाना डिझाईन केला होता.

लाईव इवेंट्स, पुस्तक वाचन, काला घोडा फेस्ट्वलचे कार्यक्रम, उत्तमोत्तम पुस्तकं, लहान मुलांसाठीचा पुस्तकांचा स्वतंत्र विभाग ही किताबखानाची सर्व खासियत कायम राहणार आहे.
सध्या तिथे रिस्टोरेशनचं काम सुरू आहे. समीर आणि अमृता यांची मी घेतलेली मुलाखत आणि बातमी शेअर करत आहे.

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