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VOICES
| 6-minute read
Why Narendra Modi kept Mohan Bhagwat in the dark over 10 per cent EWS reservation
Not 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.
VARIETY
| 5-minute read
Sabarimala row: While he defends 'tradition', will PM Modi also guarantee protection to Bindu and Kanakadurga?
By 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.
POLITICS
| 7-minute read
Is spiritual citizenship possible for Dalits and Adivasis within Hinduism?
When 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.
POLITICS
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Why Pinarayi Vijayan must take the RSS-BJP head-on in the Sabarimala fight. The fight is now for more than the one temple
The 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.
VOICES
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Why the Ram temple is more important for the RSS than farmers and their pain
The Sangh Parivar only bothers about the voice of the upper caste sadhus and sanyasis, not farmers and labourers.
VOICES
| 7-minute read
Telangana polls: What the coming together of Left and Ambedkarite parties means
The formation of the Bahujan Left Front is a new experiment in the Indian constitutional democracy.
VOICES
| 7-minute read
Why there is no scope for the liberation of Shudras in RSS' Hindu Rashtra
The outcome of 2019 Lok Sabha elections depends on the Shudra realisation of their spiritual and socio-political status in the 'RSS Hindutva realm'.
VOICES
| 6-minute read
Amritsar train tragedy: Why BJP and Congress should stop the culture of 'celebrating' death
Nationalists must celebrate production, not destruction — whether that of an effigy or a masjid.
POLITICS
| 7-minute read
Sabarimala: Why BJP wants to 'empower' Muslim women but is against equal rights for its Hindu daughters
Right-wing forces are mobilising women against women’s right to spiritual equality in Hinduism.
VARIETY
| 5-minute read