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‘The Idea of Ram, and the Idea of India’: Those using Ram as a political mascot must consider how their actions impact the ideals of an inclusive, democratic and just society India aims to be. Also: ‘PM Modi in Ram Temple Pran Prathishtha: End of Secularism as “Distance” Between State and Religion?’.
Shankaracharya of Jyotish Peeth, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, says in an interview that religious Hindus who care about Hindu Shastras are unhappy over consecrating a place which is not fully built.
Second part of Aditya Mukherjee’s presidential address at the 82nd session of Indian History Congress (IHC), conducted from December 28-30, 2023, at Kakatiya University, in Warangal, Telangana.
Nehru’s fantastic effort to raise India from what Tagore called the ‘mud and filth’ left behind by the British has now been replaced with the Indian people being pushed back into that same ‘mud and filth’ of ignorance, obscurantism, dis-empowerment, unfreedom and above all communal hatred.
‘Telecommunications Bill Lays the Ground for Totalitarian Control of the Internet’; ‘With Cleverly Drafted Telecom Bill, Government Tightens Grip on Digital India’; ‘Three New Laws Give the Govt Extraordinary Powers Over Journalism, Entertainment and Internet’; and ‘Telecommunications Bill, 2023: Of the State, By the State, and For the State’.
‘Nehru and Kashmir: After SC’s Article 370 Order, BJP Attempts to Distort History Again’; Also: ‘Modi’s BJP Has Confirmed Nehru’s Worries About the Jana Sangh’s Divisive Plans for Kashmir’.
Very few are actually asking why these poor subaltern kids were daring to repeat Bhagat Singh’s act, knowing that they will face serious consequences. Also: ‘Drop the UAPA Charges Against Youth Arrested in Parliament Jumping Case: PUCL’; and ‘Unemployment, Inflation: Rahul Gandhi Blames PM Modi’s Policies for Parliament Security Breach’.
‘Congress’s ‘Donate for Desh’ Recalls the Discomfort with Corporate Funding’; Also: ‘Over 20,000 Attempts to Hack Crowd-Funding Site in Past 2 Days, Claims Congress’.
December 6, Ambedkar Smriti Din, is significant in Indian history for one more reason – it was on this day in 1992 that the Babri Masjid was demolished. Former president Dr K.R. Narayanan has described this as the greatest tragedy India faced after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
‘The Reason For BJP’s Victories in State Polls Is Mundane. Misreading It Will Only Benefit Them’; ‘The Myth of BJP’s Hat-Trick and What the Statistics Really Say’; ‘Debate: Yogendra Yadav’s Analysis Downplaying BJP Wins in Assembly Polls Is Misleading’ and Yogendra’s Reply; ‘Why Congress Lost Chhattisgarh’.
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