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Reading democracy: 12 writers pick their favourite works on India
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Reading democracy: 12 writers pick their favourite works on India

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : Every five years, as Indian democracy gears up for its biggest carnival—the general election—publishers fall in step with the spirit of the season. View Full Image Kusuma Dharmanna's Harijana Shatakam ‘THIS BROWN RULERSHIP’ True democracy requires a deep consciousness of humanity —Gogu Shyamala As children, we grew up with stories about independence, freedom and nationalism. View Full …

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In PM's remarks on caste census, BJP's aggressive poll strategy: Sources
1 year, 3 months ago

In PM's remarks on caste census, BJP's aggressive poll strategy: Sources

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the Congress of "dividing" Hindus after the Bihar government's caste census findings were announced. Sources said that BJP would rake up the caste census findings to attack Congress ahead of polls, adding that the saffron party does not want an eventuality where Hindu votes are divided due to the caste survey. Bihar caste …

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Asking JEE rank is caste discrimination? How activists are trying to force caste angle in IIT Bombay student suicide case
1 year, 9 months ago

Asking JEE rank is caste discrimination? How activists are trying to force caste angle in IIT Bombay student suicide case

Op India  

For days now, ‘activists’ have been trying to paint the unfortunate suicide of an IIT Bombay student as a case of caste discrimination, even though the probe into the incident did not find any caste angle. #justicefordarshansolanki https://t.co/wGaRo908xx — APPSC IIT Bombay March 12, 2023 They added, using quotes from a report, “He told me that my roommate had reduced …

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Review: The Muslim Vanishes: A Play by Saeed Naqvi
2 years, 8 months ago

Review: The Muslim Vanishes: A Play by Saeed Naqvi

Hindustan Times  

Insight Today TV’s anchor is bracing up to break the biggest news of his lifetime: 200 million Indian Muslims have vanished overnight, taking away with them the Qutub Minar, and the remains of Afzal Guru, held guilty for the attack on Parliament. Saeed Naqvi’s play imagines a world where 200 million Indian Muslims vanish overnight, taking with them the Qutub …

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Unmasking Hindutva
3 years, 3 months ago

Unmasking Hindutva

The Hindu  

SOCIAL science academics associated with American and European universities organised a three-day online conference titled “Dismantling Global Hindutva” from September 10 to 12 with the stated aim of bringing together “scholars of South Asia specialising in gender, economics, political science, caste, religion, health care, and media in order to try to understand the complex and multifaceted phenomenon of Hindutva”. The …

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Anita Katyal | Will savarnas buy RJD pitch?
4 years, 2 months ago

Anita Katyal | Will savarnas buy RJD pitch?

Deccan Chronicle  

Rashtriya Janata Dal’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav has made a concerted effort in the ongoing Bihar Assembly polls to expand the support base of his party beyond its core Muslim-Yadav vote bank. The RJD leader ensures he is flanked on either side by the party’s Bihar chief Jagdanand Singh and Rajya Sabha MP and party spokesperson Manoj Jha at …

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Reversing the upper-caste gaze: Rajesh Rajamani on his vision for The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas
4 years, 3 months ago

Reversing the upper-caste gaze: Rajesh Rajamani on his vision for The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas

Firstpost  

A few years ago, a film production house shared a casting call on Facebook for ‘an actor who looks like a Dalit’. It follows a trio of upper-caste filmmakers from South Bombay on an urgent quest to find a protagonist who, in their words, ‘looks like a Dalit’ for their film shoot the next day. His response is two-fold, “I …

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Hathras case: Bahujan support group accuses Swara Bhaskar of hogging limelight, calls her 'parasite'
4 years, 3 months ago

Hathras case: Bahujan support group accuses Swara Bhaskar of hogging limelight, calls her 'parasite'

Op India  

Bahujan support group on Facebook, “Revolutionary memes for Bahujan teens” which has over 32,000 likes, has accused Bollywood entertainer Swara Bhaskar of trying to hog limelight in the Hathras case. Swara Bhaskar accused of being a ‘parasite’ The Chandrashekhar Azad fanpage, referring to Bhaskar as ‘parasite’ said that she once studied sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University but doesn’t seem to …

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Hindi imposition row: Framing debate as North vs South issue shrouds insidious role of caste
5 years, 7 months ago

Hindi imposition row: Framing debate as North vs South issue shrouds insidious role of caste

Firstpost  

This issue of “Hindi imposition” is not about North vs South, Hindi vs Tamil. The draft read: “The study of three languages by students in Hindi-speaking States would continue to include Hindi and English and one of the modern languages from other parts of India, while the study of languages by students in non-Hindi speaking States would include the regional …

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Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad is BJP proxy: Mayawati
5 years, 9 months ago

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad is BJP proxy: Mayawati

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday alleged that the head of the Dalit outfit Bhim Army, Chandrashekhar Azad, was contesting in Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of a “conspiracy” by the BJP to divide Dalit votes. In a statement, Ms. Mayawati said: “It is well-known that the organisation was founded by the BJP which used it …

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Is there a case for reservation for the forward classes?
5 years, 11 months ago

Is there a case for reservation for the forward classes?

The Hindu  

Yes | Meenakshi Lekhi Social justice is not possible if we exclude the economically backward sections of our society Social justice is inclusive in nature. Further, to those who mistake the provision of reservation under the Constitution to be applicable only to the SCs/STs and OBCs, I wish to remind them that the present quota, introduced through the 124th Constitution …

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