Annus Horribilis 2021 Leaves India Frayed, but Fight Must Continue; Also: 2021 – The Year of Evictions
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Annus Horribilis 2021 Leaves India Frayed, but Fight Must Continue; Also: 2021 – The Year of Evictions

Our normal was bad enough with communal strife and anti-Dalit violence, but the new normal is far worse. Hate became the calling card of 2021, and India went several rounds down the spiral. Also: A report by HLRN says that over a quarter of a million people were evicted in India during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Greatest Honor of a Star: an Unforgettable Goal Against Pinochet
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The Greatest Honor of a Star: an Unforgettable Goal Against Pinochet

Carlos Caszely is the most popular and beloved player in the history of Chile. But his greatest achievement is this: in an official ceremony inside the palace, in the vigor of killings and shootings of opponents, Carlos Caszely refused to shake hands with dictator Augusto Pinochet.

Press Release on Haridwar Dharma Sansad; Ex-Service Chiefs, Others Demand Action Against Communal Event
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Press Release on Haridwar Dharma Sansad; Ex-Service Chiefs, Others Demand Action Against Communal Event

Press Release and Statement on the ‘Dharma Sansad’ organized in Haridwar from Dec 17 to 19 wherein several religious leaders and those associated with Hindutva extremist organisations gave an open call for Hindus to arm themselves and eliminate Muslims from the country.

BCCI’s Functioning Is But a Mirror to How the Country Is Being Run
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BCCI’s Functioning Is But a Mirror to How the Country Is Being Run

Those who really run the BCCI are intimately connected to, if not proxies of, the political leadership running the country. The shenanigans in the running of the BCCI mirror the trickery and deceit at play in the running of the country. That is the real message from the Kohli saga.

How Modi’s BJP Ensures that the Two-Nation Theory Flourishes in India
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How Modi’s BJP Ensures that the Two-Nation Theory Flourishes in India

The creation of Bangladesh in December 1971 was supposed to put an end to the two-nation theory. However, in one of history’s cruel ironies, 50 years later, a version of that theory is alive and flourishing in India, the very nation which had rejected the theory in the first place.