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COUNTER CULTURE | Why do we want to militarise our gods?
1 year, 2 months ago

COUNTER CULTURE | Why do we want to militarise our gods?

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 05, 2023 11:00 IST - 6 MINS READ As the monsoon recedes with a thunderous clap, Khetwadi, a neighbourhood in South Mumbai, bursts into a chaotic celebratory din signalling the start of the Ganesh Chaturthi festivities. This is one edition of the idealised vision that Bal Gangadhar Tilak had in the late 19th century, to usher in …

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Why I oppose the premise that offending dialogues in Adipurush were meant to educate our children about Prabhu Shri Ram: This is not what we can settle for
1 year, 6 months ago

Why I oppose the premise that offending dialogues in Adipurush were meant to educate our children about Prabhu Shri Ram: This is not what we can settle for

Op India  

Recently, I had an interaction with a friend of mine who is from the movie industry. From star kids like Kareena Kapoor asking people to not watch them if they don’t like them, to Arjun Kapoor threatening viewers and Alia Bhatt mocking people for calling out rampant nepotism in the industry with bereft of talent star kids getting a free …

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God sent me to destroy the descendants of Kansa: Kejriwal in Gujarat
2 years, 2 months ago

God sent me to destroy the descendants of Kansa: Kejriwal in Gujarat

The Hindu  

Posters of Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal wearing a skull cap, coupled with the “anti-Hindu” label, marked the beginning of the politician’s two-day campaign visit to Gujarat on Saturday. The posters and life sized banners surfaced in cities and highways with a message “Anti Hindu Kejriwal go back” or “I don’t consider Hindu Gods” with …

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Lord Shiva may be from SC/ST as no Brahmin sits in crematorium: JNU VC
2 years, 4 months ago

Lord Shiva may be from SC/ST as no Brahmin sits in crematorium: JNU VC

India TV News  

Highlights JNU VC Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit said, "no God is a Brahmin and the highest is Kshatriya" She stressed the need for "caste abolition" to make the society better "We should understand the origin of our Gods anthropologically or scientifically," she said Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit has said that anthropologically and scientifically "no God is a …

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Living in the shadow of rebellion: India’s Gond tribe
3 years, 11 months ago

Living in the shadow of rebellion: India’s Gond tribe

Al Jazeera  

Reena* was a teenager when she became inspired by the speeches of a Maoist leader who lived in her small hamlet in Abujmad, located in the Narayanpur district of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Although the uprisings at Naxalbari in the 1960s were ultimately put down, the movement spread across several federal states, including Chhattisgarh, as the struggle against …

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