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‘I felt like a messenger,’ says Nirmala Lakshman, author of The Tamils — A Portrait of a Community

In The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community, Nirmala Lakshman presents a meticulously researched yet highly accessible account of the Tamils and their history. In a conversation, she talks about the book, its themes, and if there is something like ‘the Tamil way’. In 2023, Bharathidasan University’s department of remote sensing claimed to have found evidence in the Bay of …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

As Congress honours the ‘shining legacy’ of Periyar, here’s what Jawaharlal Nehru said about the anti-Hindu activist

Op India

In a rather ironic twist of political remembrance, the Congress party on 24th December decided to honour anti-Hindu activist EV Ramaswamy aka Periyar on his death anniversary. The same DMK icon, the Congress party today called a “pioneer of social justice and rationalism”, whom Congress stalwart and India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru called a “lunatic”. Today, we honour his …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Same hate that Nazis had for jews, being normalised against Brahmins by DEI programs, shows a research

Op India

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion or simply DEI has become a mainstay in the West with major companies and institutions inducting DEI programs and policies in a bid to build a supposedly more inclusive, equitable and tolerant environment for diverse communities. A recent study published by Rutgers University and the Network Contagion Research Institute titled INSTRUCTING ANIMOSITY: HOW DEI PEDAGOGY PRODUCES …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

‘In Hinduism, no matter how much you try to regiment, there are still elements of fluidity’

The Hindu

Manu Pillai tells his audience how a Bala Murugan temple deity in Kerala’s Alappuzha district acquired the rather catchy moniker, “Munch Murugan.” When a small boy in the region fell ill, his parents took him to this Murugan temple to pray for his recovery. Inherent fluidity Pillai, who was responding to Subramaniam’s question on whether the inherent fluidity of Hinduism …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

William Dalrymple: “This is a book about the diffusion of Indian ideas”

Hindustan Times

So much of The Golden Road, not necessarily in fact, but in sentiment, is about the feeling that many Indians grew up with: the idea that ancient India was a kind of “golden bird” and the civilizational center of the ancient world. “It’s what Tagore nicely said when he went to Angkor, ‘Everywhere I could see India, yet I could …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Treat Sub-Castes of Vishwa Brahmins as One Caste in Survey: HC to Govt

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the state government to treat the sub-castes Ausula, Kammari, Kanchari, Vadrangi and Silpis as being Vishwa Brahmins/Vishwa Karma, while recording data during the socio-economic survey, instead of recording them separately. Justice Surepalli Nanda was dealing with a petition filed by Vishwa Brahmin Advocates Welfare Association and its secretary Pendota Srinivas, against the state government …

Caste Vishwa Vishwa Brahmin

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Garud Puran: Understanding The Significance Of Death Feast And Thirteenth Day Rituals In The Garud Puran And Gita

ABP News

Garud Puran: In Hinduism, it is customary to conduct a thirteenth-day feast for the peace of the soul after a person's death. The tradition of Brahmbhoj on the thirteenth day has been followed since ancient times, but it is now referred to as 'death feast.' The Garud Puran mentions that after death, the soul remains with its family members at …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

As Walmart rolls back DEI policies, here’s how a recent research reveals DEI training perpetuates bias against Brahmins, Muslim victimhood and racism

Op India

After Toyota, Ford, John Deere, and Boeing, the world’s largest retailer Walmart has announced its decision to roll back its ‘Diversity, Equality and Inclusivity’ or DEI policies. DEI training programs fostering bias and prejudices against Brahmins A joint research report published by Rutgers University and the Network Contagion Research Institute titled INSTRUCTING ANIMOSITY: HOW DEI PEDAGOGY PRODUCES THE HOSTILE ATTRIBUTION …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra Election 2024: BJP’s OBC Strategy Defeated Maratha Power Block

The Hindu

Published : Nov 26, 2024 11:31 IST - 8 MINS READ For those following the Maharashtra Assembly election, the result announced on November 23 came as a surprise: Not because the BJP-led Mahayuti won the State, but because of the enormous margin of its victory. The biggest factor that proved decisive in the BJP’s success to overcome the “Maratha Challenge” …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Keeping up with UP: Is politics in Uttar Pradesh turning bipolar?

Hindustan Times

Elections in Uttar Pradesh are turning bipolar and are now fought between two coalitions led by the Bhartiya Janata Party and the Samajwadi Party, compelling smaller parties to ride piggyback on either of the two ideological combinations, which have vertically divided the state. Since 2014, a resurgent BJP and the unswerving SP have been on a growth trajectory, both in …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Actor Kasthuri Shankar sent to judicial custody till November 29 over controversial remark on Telugu people

Hindustan Times

Actress Kasthuri, who made a remark on the Telugu-speaking people of Tamil Nadu that stoked a controversy, was produced before a court in Chennai on Sunday, which remanded her to judicial custody. Kasthuri Shankar was arrested for alleged 'anti-Telugu' remarks Kasthuri sent to Puzhal central prison She was arrested from Hyderabad on November 16 by a Chennai police team after …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Actress Kasthuri produced in court, lodged in jail

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: Actress Kasthuri, who made a remark on the Telugu-speaking people of Tamil Nadu that stoked a controversy, was produced before a court here on Sunday, which remanded her to judicial custody.She was arrested from Hyderabad on November 16 by a Chennai police team after the Madras High Court Madurai bench days ago rejected her anticipatory bail petition. The crux …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

William Dalrymple The Golden Road Book Review: Ancient India, Global Trade and Buddhism

The Hindu

Published : Nov 11, 2024 21:51 IST - 5 MINS READ William Dalrymple’s The Golden Road features a great amount of sea. The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World By William Dalrymple Bloomsbury Publishing Pages: 608 Price: Rs.999 There are several elements that stood out for me in the book. The Golden Road makes an important contribution in …

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2 months ago

Palakkad byelection: Candidates’ presence gives political tone to Kalpathy chariot festival

New Indian Express

PALAKKAD: As the festival flag was hoisted marking the beginning of the Kalpathy chariot festival at 11.30am on Thursday, all three Palakkad by-election candidates of mainstream parties — Rahul Mamkootathil of the Congress, C Krishnakumar of the BJP and P Sarin of the CPM — ensured their presence, stopping their house visit campaigns midway. Kalpathy temple, which is believed to …

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2 months ago

Demonstration calling for protection of Brahmins a attempt to malign DMK govt: A. Raja

The Hindu

Strongly reacting to a recent demonstration in Chennai, which called for protection of the Brahmin community, DMK deputy general secretary A. Raja on Tuesday said that not even a minor incident of violence had been reported against Brahmins in Tamil Nadu during the past four years. Ramasamy and M. Karunanidhi in a derogatory manner and were “planning to malign the …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Hot seat: Ganaur: BJP on backfoot, but rebel queers pitch for Congress

Hindustan Times

Ganaur assembly constituency in Sonepat is seeing a triangular contest with former Speaker Kuldeep Sharma of the Congress taking on BJP rebel-turned-Independent Devender Kadyan and the saffron party’s candidate, Devender Kaushik, who is the brother of former Sonepat BJP MP Ramesh Kaushik. By fielding Kaushik after dropping outgoing MLA Nirmal Rani and former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar’s loyalist Kadyan, …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

How Bal Gangadhar Tilak turned Ganesh Chaturthi into an anti-British movement

India Today

Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent leader in India’s struggle for independence, played a pivotal role in transforming Ganesh Chaturthi from a private religious observance into a powerful public movement against British colonial rule. Bal Gangadhar Tilak's vision involved transforming Ganesh Chaturthi into a grand community festival. Tilak’s vision of using cultural events to promote political change has left a lasting …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Haryana’s caste fault lines: Congress, BJP play to their strengths in ticket distribution

Hindustan Times

A measure of how caste calculations influence the electoral politics of Haryana can be gauged from the ticket distribution by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress for the October 5 assembly elections. An analysis of ticket distribution by the two national parties shows that it is the 33% backward classes and 22% scheduled castes which are being eyed …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

In Haryana, BJP banks on non-dominant castes

Hindustan Times

The Bharatiya Janata Party, which has seen a spate of resignations over ticket distribution for the upcoming assembly polls in Haryana, is banking on a coalition of castes that are numerically not dominant to retain power in the state, an analysis of the caste of the candidates shows. The outreach towards non-dominant castes – OBCs and the general category – …

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4 months ago

Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada: Read an exclusive excerpt from Shahu Patole’s book

Hindustan Times

Even before the advent of Islam in Maharashtra in the thirteenth century with Alauddin Khilji’s conquest of Deogiri, non-vegetarianism was an integral part of the religious and festive way of life in Hindu culture. From pre-Buddhist times to the time of Emperor Ashoka, animals like bullocks, buffaloes, horses, sheep, goats and chicken were sacrificed for various reasons and rituals. Recipe …

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5 months ago

When Dravidian Government Appointed A Cop to Supervise Sanskrit Pandits

News 18

In the previous installment of this series, we saw how a new precedent and rule was concocted at Presidency College, Madras, as a result of vicious and sustained Dravidian propaganda aimed at destroying Sanskrit. Accordingly, a five-member body of Sanskrit examiners was formed: three Brahmins, two non-Brahmins and one from a “really” backward caste. So, he said, “Of course, they …

Students University Caste Sanskrit Cop Pandit Brahmins

6 months, 1 week ago

Hatred for Brahmins invariably breeds animosity for Hinduism: J Sai Deepak on pervasive anti-Brahmin sentiments

Op India

Eminent Supreme Court lawyer and author J Sai Deepak recently called out the anti-Brahmin sentiment that has been in circulation among some elements in the Hindutva fold during the book launch of “Rearming Hinduism: Nature, Hinduphobia, and the Return of Indian Intelligence” by Vamsee Juluri, the video of which was posted on the Sangam Talks YouTube channel on June 27. …

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7 months, 1 week ago

HistoriCity | How the turbulent history of Banaras was shaped by syncretism, dynasties, and long-standing conflicts

Hindustan Times

HistoriCity is a column by author Valay Singh that narrates the story of a city that is in the news, by going back to its documented history, mythology and archaeological digs. An English traveller and East India Company official, Peter Mundy’s account from this period writes: “Haider Beg, the governor of Allahabad province, dispatched his officials to demolish certain temples …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Will Bhadohi roll out the red carpet for BJP amid triangular fight with BSP, TMC?

Hindustan Times

Famous for weaving world-class carpets, the Bhadohi parliamentary constituency, where the lotus bloomed in 2014 and 2019, is witnessing a triangular fight among the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Samajwadi Party-supported Trinamool Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. The carpet artisans and other associated with this industry feel that their issues hardly find poll resonance …

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‘I felt like a messenger,’ says Nirmala Lakshman, author of The Tamils — A Portrait of a Community

As Congress honours the ‘shining legacy’ of Periyar, here’s what Jawaharlal Nehru said about the anti-Hindu activist

Same hate that Nazis had for jews, being normalised against Brahmins by DEI programs, shows a research

‘In Hinduism, no matter how much you try to regiment, there are still elements of fluidity’

William Dalrymple: “This is a book about the diffusion of Indian ideas”

Treat Sub-Castes of Vishwa Brahmins as One Caste in Survey: HC to Govt

Garud Puran: Understanding The Significance Of Death Feast And Thirteenth Day Rituals In The Garud Puran And Gita

As Walmart rolls back DEI policies, here’s how a recent research reveals DEI training perpetuates bias against Brahmins, Muslim victimhood and racism

Maharashtra Election 2024: BJP’s OBC Strategy Defeated Maratha Power Block

Keeping up with UP: Is politics in Uttar Pradesh turning bipolar?

Actor Kasthuri Shankar sent to judicial custody till November 29 over controversial remark on Telugu people

Actress Kasthuri produced in court, lodged in jail

William Dalrymple The Golden Road Book Review: Ancient India, Global Trade and Buddhism

Palakkad byelection: Candidates’ presence gives political tone to Kalpathy chariot festival

Demonstration calling for protection of Brahmins a attempt to malign DMK govt: A. Raja

Hot seat: Ganaur: BJP on backfoot, but rebel queers pitch for Congress

How Bal Gangadhar Tilak turned Ganesh Chaturthi into an anti-British movement

Haryana’s caste fault lines: Congress, BJP play to their strengths in ticket distribution

In Haryana, BJP banks on non-dominant castes

Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada: Read an exclusive excerpt from Shahu Patole’s book

When Dravidian Government Appointed A Cop to Supervise Sanskrit Pandits

Hatred for Brahmins invariably breeds animosity for Hinduism: J Sai Deepak on pervasive anti-Brahmin sentiments

HistoriCity | How the turbulent history of Banaras was shaped by syncretism, dynasties, and long-standing conflicts

Will Bhadohi roll out the red carpet for BJP amid triangular fight with BSP, TMC?