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Are the many incidents of what seems like the mischievous political behaviour by representatives of the Sangh Parivar mere monkey tricks or do they point to the suicidal instincts of the Bharatiya...
View ArticleBJP's 'Hindu' Model
The Sangh Parivar had better understand that their "Hindu" model is never going to work. The more they drive their supremacist project, the more they would alienate people.read more
View ArticleNo Swachh Bharat without Annihilation of Caste
Bharat will not be swachh unless the caste ethos is completely eradicated.read more
View ArticleRecurring Shame of Maharashtra
The least one can do is to spare Phule and Ambedkar from the caste cauldron.read more
View ArticleGhar Wapsi
Most converts to Islam and Christianity, being from the lower castes who had converted to escape the yoke of caste bondage of Hinduism, would be reincarcerated into the hellhole of Hinduism which their...
View ArticleSaffron Science
The space given to pseudoscience of the Hindutva variety at the Indian Science Congress must be viewed as part of the ominous process of all-round saffronisation that is presently underway.read more
View ArticleAAP as a Start-up and the New 'App'
The Aam Aadmi Party is quite like a technology start-up that gives established giants a run for their money with its agile business model, nimbleness and ability to innovate. Will it create the new...
View ArticleThe Holy Cow
The ban on cattle slaughter threatens the livelihoods and ways of life of vast numbers of people--mostly belonging to the so-called lower castes--engaged in the production, distribution and consumption...
View ArticleDeconstructing 'Ambedkar'
Ambedkar's samata is not samrasata and his world view is not the neo-liberal, social Darwinism that it is being made out to be.read more
View ArticleWhither Justice?
Justice is a far cry today. The judicial process has been hijacked by the wealthy and the powerful. Witness the course of Salman Khan's "hit and run case," or the net result of J Jayalalithaa's...
View ArticleOrganiser on Ambedkar: Repeating a Big IIT-M Lie
The Hindutvavadis have been desperate to co-opt Ambedkar as a saffron icon. But, as an editorial in their mouthpiece, Organiser, justifying the Ministry of Human Resource Development-foisted...
View ArticleGreatest Threat to Internal Security
The state is not worried about the guns of the Naxalites. It is scared about the dissent they foment.read more
View ArticleIn Thy Name, Ambedkar
There is a rush for memorials dedicated to Ambedkar. The Sangh Parivar is leaving no stone unturned to appropriate Ambedkar who, given his vitriolic comments on Hinduism, should have been their...
View ArticleShaming the Shameless
Sahitya Akademi; Kalaburgi; Dabholkar; Pansare; Beef; Cattle economy; Dadri. By returning their awards writers and artists have taken an important step to fight growing fascism in the country. The...
View ArticleWTO's Nairobi Ministerial
At the 10th ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to be held at Nairobi, Kenya, from 15–18 December, the discourse on higher education being public/merit/private good and the...
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