Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA), a digital movement advocating for justice and transparency, thrives across platforms like WordPress, Google Sites, and YouTube, yet faces a unique blockade from Quora. This article explores Quora’s darker side—its inconsistent moderation, echo chambers, data breaches, and censorship—revealing how these flaws mirror OBMA’s broader fight against systemic oppression, including the Piramal Group’s influence in the #DHFL_Scam. From https://onceinabluemoon2021.in/ to its global digital presence, OBMA’s struggle underscores the tension between digital gatekeeping and the quest for free expression, urging readers to join the battle for a more open internet. #Seize_Cronies_Fairplay_for_DHFL_Victims #Restore_Freedom_of_Speech_and_Expression
Category Archives: Art of Resistance
Following the dictum “Cultural revolution must precede political revolution”, we are striving to create the scope for an alternative cultural space, which can offer resistance to all forms of coercion, and can also serve as a medium for conducting non-violent, horizontal dialogical exchanges.
Unveiling the Venom: A Lament Against Orchestrated Hate and Simulated “Truths” about Pahalgam and Abhaya
In a fiery lament dripping with anguish and defiance following the Abhaya incident in West Bengal and the Pehelgam Massacre in Kashmir, Unveiling the Venom shreds apart the orchestrated hatred and manufactured truths nurtured by India’s ruling regime. The author mourns martyrs of free thought, blasts the cynical use of religious fundamentalism to mask corporate greed, and calls out the leaders’ war-mongering hypocrisy, corruption, and simulated hyper-nationalism. Wielding history, philosophy, and satire like a blade, the piece demands accountability, exposes state-sponsored deceit, and reminds readers that real resistance is forged in questioning, not blind allegiance. A stormy anthem against an empire of lies.
“Stop Allergic Piramal”: A Self-Reflexive Note from a Ruptured Self
In this narrative, the author intertwines personal anguish with systemic critique, portraying how financial betrayal manifests as physical ailment. After losing life savings in the DHFL crisis, the narrator experiences psychosomatic symptoms—itching skin, rashes, anxiety—symbolizing the deep scars left by economic injustice. The piece uses the metaphor of medication, specifically “StopAllerg,” to highlight how treatments may numb symptoms but fail to address underlying causes. This narrative serves as a poignant commentary on how corporate greed and institutional failures inflict both psychological and physiological harm on victimized individuals.
Not Just Victims — We Are the Verdict: In Solidarity with the DHFL Victims as a United Front
The article expresses solidarity with victims of the Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) scam. It frames the victims not merely as passive sufferers but as active agents seeking justice against financial abuse, allegedly perpetrated through a nexus involving crony capitalism, political collusion, and corporate misconduct. The piece highlights the futility of legal battles ALONE, referring to the April 1st verdict of the Supreme Court of India. The article challenges the resolution process that favoured Piramal Group’s acquisition of DHFL. It criticizes the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) for prioritizing corporate interests over small investors, particularly senior citizens and fixed deposit (FD) and non-convertible debenture (NCD) holders. The article calls for collective resistance, urging victims to unite in a non-violent, web-based movement to demand accountability and fair compensation, while condemning systemic corruption and judicial complicity.
অর্থনীতির অতিমারী, অর্থের-নেতির বি-কল্প-না
নিম্নবর্গের প্রতিদিনের রোটি-কপড়া-মকান-এর লড়াই সঙ্গে তাল মেলাতে পারে না প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক অর্থনীতি। তাই এই বইয়ে দেবপ্রসাদ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় সেই অর্থনীতিকে নেতিকৃত করেছেন। কথ্য ভাষায় লেখা ‘অর্থনেতি’ – তে উঠে এসেছে বাজার থেকে শুরু করে নিসর্গের সমস্যা। জিডিপির হার কি সকল শ্রেণির সুখে বেঁচে থাকার কথা আদৌ বলে? প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক অর্থনীতির সঙ্গে কি আদৌ যোগ আছে খেটে খাওয়া মানুষের প্রাত্যহিকতার? নিসর্গের বিপদের সঙ্গে পুঁজির বিকাশের সম্পর্ক ঠিক কী? এই সবটাই আলোচিত হয়েছে দেবপ্রসাদ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের “অর্থ-নী-নেতি” বিষয়ক কিতাব নিয়ে এক সংলাপে, যাতে যুক্ত হয়েছেন লেখক-পুত্র আখর বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়। এ সংলাপ অনুষ্ঠিত হয় ২৮শে মার্চ, ২০২৫, “মান্দাস” প্রকাশনার বইঠেকে।
Silencing the Digital Dawn: India’s Censorship Crusade vs. Musk, Youth, and the Defrauded
The article explores India’s increasing efforts to regulate online discourse and the pushback it encounters from Elon Musk’s X platform, along with younger generations of climate activists and digitally engaged victims of financial scams. It emphasizes the Indian government’s utilization of the Information Technology Act to enforce extensive content removal, specifically targeting dissent and criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration. Recently, X has filed a lawsuit against these measures in the Karnataka High Court, claiming unlawful censorship. The piece outlines how this crackdown restricts free expression, particularly among tech-savvy youth who depend on platforms like X to articulate political and environmental discontent. Additionally, it connects these efforts to broader issues, such as attempts to silence the voices of defrauded citizens from the DHFL scam, preventing them from raising their grievances online. While Musk positions X as a champion of free speech, this scenario reveals a complicated struggle between state control, corporate interests, and grassroots digital activism against the backdrop of India’s escalating authoritarian tendencies.
Grok Against Indian Oligarchs?
The controversy surrounding AI chatbot Grok 3 in India highlights the intensifying digital resistance against the BJP-led government’s control over narratives. Grok’s candid responses on topics like Modi’s communal politics, RSS’s negligible role in India’s independence, and Adani’s corporate ties have triggered backlash from BJP supporters, who accuse it of bias. The Indian government’s pressure on X (formerly Twitter) to regulate AI responses mirrors previous crackdowns on digital activism, including restrictions on Fridays for Future and censoring dissenting voices. This uproar coincides with the renewed global scrutiny on Adani, particularly after U.S. legal actions against his business empire. The broader issue at stake is India’s declining free speech environment, as evidenced by its low ranking in global indices, reflecting growing censorship of politically inconvenient truths. The OBMA activist group, which has faced legal threats from Ajay Piramal’s DSK Legal for exposing financial scandals linked to BJP-affiliated corporates like DHFL, draws parallels between Grok’s suppression and their own experiences. This case underscores how India’s ruling establishment leverages legal and digital suppression to shield oligarchic interests while stifling criticism at home and abroad.
DHFL Victims Encountering a Moneyless Sage
This agit-prop “fiction” narrates an encounter between the authors, who are victims of the DHFL financial scam, and a reclusive sage in the Himalayan region near Joshimath, India. The authors describe their dismay at the environmental degradation caused by unplanned mega-projects like the Chardham initiative, which have led to significant ecological damage and increased landslides in the area. During their journey, they meet a naked sage and engage in a conversation about contemporary issues. The sage expresses disdain for commercialized religious figures and criticizes the current ruling party’s push for a Hindu Rashtra, labeling it as exclusivist and fascist. He emphasizes his belief in ‘Mānavagotra,’ viewing himself as part of a universal human identity beyond national, religious, caste, or class distinctions. When the authors share their plight as DHFL scam victims, the sage advises against seeking heroes or messiahs for salvation. Instead, he encourages them to take proactive, non-violent action to reclaim their rights, citing relevant verses from the Bhagavad Gītā that emphasize the importance of self-initiated action without attachment to outcomes, and also the attachment to passive inaction. The narrative intertwines themes of environmental conservation, criticism of religious commercialization, political dissent against crony establishment, and collective empowerment in the face of systemic financial injustices, with a focus on the DHFL “scam”.
Mr. Paramavaiṣṇava’s Trial: A Courtroom Drama
The trial of Mr. Paramavaiṣṇava—known as Mr. “P,” a high-profile business tycoon with alleged government ties—begins on a foggy morning in a dimly lit New Delhi courtroom. Accused of insider trading, environmental violations, contempts of court in the DHFL scam, and political cronyism as a whole, he faces intense scrutiny. At the outset, Mr. P swears on the Bhagavad Gītā, portraying himself as a philanthropic figure. The prosecution challenges this, arguing that his religious rhetoric masks unethical practices. Citing multiple legal violations, the prosecutor even references the Gītā to question Mr. P’s credibility. The courtroom drama intensifies with allegations of political favouritism, corporate maneuvering to evade accountability, and undue political influence. As pressure mounts, Mr. P lashes out, declaring India’s justice system unfit and hinting at fleeing abroad. The session ends chaotically when he collapses, forcing an adjournment, while his defense lawyer mysteriously vanishes. Beyond the legal battle, the trial serves as a broader critique of systemic corruption, judicial bias, and the misuse of religious imagery to shield corporate misconduct.
Piramal Bound: The DHFL Gordian Knot (Movie)
The Movie deals with CBI’s 2025 clean chit for the Wadhawans, which perhaps changes the ongoing trajectory of justice in favour of the DHFL victims, who are still suffering financial ruin under the IBC’s brutal promise for “reform.” The CoC, acting as judge, jury, and executioner, sacrificed lakhs while BJP backed crony corporate profiteers like Ajay Piramal, whose empire thrives amid a number of scandals. DHFL, through mergers, became a ghost—existing simultaneously as PCHFL, and/or PEL…. yet erased. Will Piramal’s illusion hold? Can justice prevail? The fight isn’t over—history proves ghosts never die.
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