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Caste Politics
The British Caste Law: Reflections on the Role of Hindus
The UK government announced its long-awaited consultation on the caste law in March 2017. It may be time therefore to reflect upon three and more years of concerted campaign against the law.
Geopolitics and Bharat’s caste fault lines – Part 2
Bharat is an old civilisation but a relatively new state. And a degree of confusion prevails between the significance of the former in relation...
Sacred Hindu Land in Western Uttar Pradesh Under Demographic Assault
These three tweets by True Indology, a twitter account that you must follow if you’re on twitter, got me thinking about how far we...
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha: An Attack on Traditions
Udupi is a city in the state of Karnataka. It is popular for the Krishna Mutt and is also known as Parashurama Kshetra. The...
How Corrupt & Nepotistic is ‘Secular, Progressive’ Politics?
SP Yadav clan
The ongoing feud in the Samajwadi Party, between CM Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Ramgopal Yadav on one side, and party patriarch 76-year-old Mulayam...
“Secularism Means Right To Hit Lord Rama With Slippers”: Christodas Gandhi, IAS (Retd.)
Christodas Gandhi, a retired IAS officer from Tamil Nadu, said on a live TV debate that "Secularism means having the right to hit Lord...
Celebrate Onam & Ignore the Hinduphobes
Onam celebrations in Kerala this year extend from 13-15 September, with the grand second day of Thiruvonam falling on 14th September. But much to the disappointment of an average...
4 Dalit Victims that Rahul, Kejriwal and Media Won’t Outrage Over
After Rohith Vemula, the Dalit youths who were brutally assaulted in Una have become the latest cause célèbre for our self-proclaimed social justice champions...
Are Dalits Just Cannon Fodder for Media and Political Agendas?
Media Slant While Covering Dalit Issues
Most of the English media went hysterical over the recent case of Dalits being flogged and harassed in Una,...
BSP’s Naseemuddin Siddiqui Leads Mob Asking 12-year Old Girl Be ‘Served’ To Them
The protests over objectionable remarks by BJP's expelled functionary Dayashankar Singh against BSP chief Mayawati, took a turn for the worse when senior BSP leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui...