Patriotism cannot be found in humiliating our own people’s diverse productivity, and promoting a culture of consumption by some, toiling by others, who get only abuse in return.
...Full StoryThe BJP managed to win over the support of the marginalised communities by projecting Modi as an OBC leader. Here's what the grand old party can do to reverse it.
...Full StoryKamala Harris has made her racial identity central to her campaign. Like Barack Obama, she shows both audacity and hope. The world has never needed both more.
...Full StoryBut politicians like Jagan Reddy have sensed the yearning among the masses for English medium instruction and will provide this, despite the intellectuals hissing this is a 'World Bank agenda'.
...Full StoryThe policy pays no attention to teaching children the dignity of labour. This lesson is a must though for any society which wants to grow and be developed.
...Full StoryBut can he target Nagpur too? After all, that system also represents similar privilege based on hereditary entitlements.
...Full StoryUnlike the RSS, officials from civic bodies like the IAS and the IPS are trained to keep their religious biases aside, so long as they hold their position. Violation of that principle is the real anti-national activity.
...Full StoryIn Hindutva's view, the gods created the rich and poor based on karma and caste. Hence, there is no need to interfere much with poverty. Growth will occur as long as the rich get richer.
...Full StoryTejaswi Yadav calling Modi 'nakli OBC' and Akhilesh calling himself a real 'doodhwala' shows India is finally shaking off the shame associated with caste and talking about the nobility of labour.
...Full StoryWith his support to Sabarimala traditionalists, his book 'Why I Am A Hindu' and now, his thulabharam practice, Shashi Tharoor has shown his Hindutva colours. His transit seems simply a matter of time.
...Full StoryIs it right for the RSS to allow such massive personal glorification? Or ethical for a PM to want such a biopic while he's still in office and indeed, facing re-election?
...Full StoryThe elite have long denied rural children the right to quality education, which will make them eligible for jobs not just in India but world over. Jagan Reddy could now change that, and ignite new dreams.
...Full StoryThe RSS and BJP have never cared about the poor because the poor do not speak the language of Hindutva.
...Full StoryBoth the BJP and Congress differ very little on the kind of education they envision for India's young. Here's where the two Gandhis could make a real difference.
...Full StoryWhich army is currently protecting India’s borders — the vegetarian RSS army or the multi-cuisine, multicultural Indian army? And who can do a better job?
...Full StoryNo religious state, once-Hindu Nepal, Buddhist Myanmar, Islamic Pakistan, has been able to negotiate democracy. Our current government needs to keep this in mind while pushing an increasingly Islamic Kashmir to the brink..
...Full StoryHindu Mahasabha leaders recently 'shot' an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi and celebrated his 'death'. None of their senior leaders rejected such behaviour. It is with exactly such propaganda that they wish to change the moral fabric of India.
...Full StoryTeltumbde is a popular Dalit scholar and activist and his writings expressing deep disagreements with Maoists are very much in the public sphere. How did the state miss seeing them?
...Full StoryNot only the RSS chief, but several Congress anti-reservationists too have been dealt a huge blow. Modi's proposed quota could also change how we see caste itself.
...Full StoryBy saying that resistance to women’s entry into Sabarimala temple is a matter of custom and sentiment, the Prime Minister has let down all marginalised groups, including women.
...Full StoryWhen a group of people is repeatedly told they were born unequal, they forget how to frame demands for rights. This is in contrast to Christianity, which prompted the genesis of equal societies.
...Full StoryThe Sangh Parivar has started the movement to overthrow the communist government in Kerala. Vijayan must protect his turf, and all that liberal India stands for.
...Full StoryThe Sangh Parivar only bothers about the voice of the upper caste sadhus and sanyasis, not farmers and labourers.
...Full StoryThe formation of the Bahujan Left Front is a new experiment in the Indian constitutional democracy.
...Full StoryThe outcome of 2019 Lok Sabha elections depends on the Shudra realisation of their spiritual and socio-political status in the 'RSS Hindutva realm'.
...Full StoryNationalists must celebrate production, not destruction — whether that of an effigy or a masjid.
...Full StoryRight-wing forces are mobilising women against women’s right to spiritual equality in Hinduism.
...Full StoryLet there be a thousand inter-caste marriages.
...Full StoryThere is no talk of pro-agrarian development agenda because the RSS-BJP rules the nation only for the well-being of sadhus and sanyasis.
...Full StoryThe ritual of throwing food into fire started during the Rig Vedic times, continues to this day and nobody challenges it.
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