Five Ways in Which Narendra Modi Is Weakening Indian Federalism
Abolishing statehood for Jammu and Kashmir is the most savage attack on the federal principle ever undertaken by a prime minister.
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In Karnataka, As it Did in the Segregated US South, Bigotry Will Hurt the Majority too
Majoritarianism does not leave the majority untouched.
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Full Text: ‘If Netaji Had Been Alive No One Would Have Dared to Issue Calls for Genocide’
In this interview with Karan Thapar, Netaji’s grandnephew Sugata Bose said the freedom fighter would have been “quite dismayed” to see how the minorities are being discriminated against in today’s India.
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Five Years of UP’s Animal Slaughter Ban: Poor Pushed Out of Meat Trade, Meat Out of Meals
UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s closure of abattoirs, meat shops has left butchers without livelihood, animal rearers have been forced to end their business and consumers have been forced to reduce or stop eating meat. Despite an Allahabad high court order, most major UP cities do not have authorised state-run slaughterhouses.
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A Historicity of Savarkar’s Rehabilitation Project
An aggressive campaign is under way to rehabilitate VD Savarkar as a legendary Indian nationalist and great freedom fighter who spent 50 years in the Cellular Jail. A comparison of these claims with the writings of Savarkar and record of his activities available in archival records.
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Gandhi’s Last Fast
In today’s climate of intolerance, the relevance of Gandhi’s last fast and his demands is ever increasing. Excerpts from Kumkum Sangari’s article, “A narrative of restoration: Gandhi’s last years and Nehruvian secularism”, first published in 2002 in the wake of the Gujarat riots.
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Full Text: ‘Damage to Indian Democracy Under Modi Is Lasting’
The noted academic and journalist says India has transformed into an illiberal, majoritarian and intolerant country with an authoritarian regime under Narendra Modi.
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How the RSS Distanced Itself from Gandhi’s Killer
Among the many lies the assassin had told in court, the one that endured the most was his claim that he had left the RSS and joined the Hindu Mahasabha.
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Ali Ibrahim Khan and Narendra Modi: the Past and Present of Kashi Vishwanath
The Prime Minister thanks Maharani Ahilya Bai Holkar and Maharaja Ranjit Singh for being the inspiration behind the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Project. However, both of these did not construct the corridor. It was built by Nawab Ali Ibrahim Khan, whom the PM has chosen to ignore.
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The Age of the Unicorn, Brought to You by IIT Kharagpur
The geniuses at IIT Kharagpur have come up with a new hoax. They have declared the unicorn that appears on Indus valley seals to be a representation of “sage Risya Sringa” of the Ramayana, thus “proving” that those ancient carvers of the Indus valley seals were one and the same as the Vedic people.
