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Politics
The Deepest Cut
A poem that calls out the so-called elite and their support of the present regime in India.
In What Discourse Can We Converse With the Heartless: An Open Letter to the CJI
On June 26, I got a chance to meet with Supreme Court Chief Justice N.V. Ramana at an informal gathering of Indians in Washington DC. There I presented him with …
As Truth-Tellers Get Arrested, We Must Tell Our Children the Truth
Indians who are currently in their late teens or early twenties are unaware of the impact that events such as the Babri Masjid demolition or the Gujarat riots have had …
Konaseema? Kiski Seema? On the National Stature of Ambedkar
No matter how deeply intellectual and globally influential Ambedkar is, the upper-caste mindset would never miss an opportunity to reduce Ambedkar as a mere representative of the Dalit struggle.
The Sangh’s Dream of a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ is Not Even Shared By Most Hindus
In India, toxic propaganda and polarisation have so impacted the Hindu psyche that bigotry will not come down if India is declared a Hindu nation, as Hasan Suroor has suggested. …
