Elections Won or Lost, BJP Is Succeeding in Realising its Hindutva Dreams
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Elections Won or Lost, BJP Is Succeeding in Realising its Hindutva Dreams

The battle for a ‘Hindu rashtra’ has to be won in the minds of the people before it can be legitimised in Parliament. This requires a three pronged strategy: enlist support for the cause; discourage any opposition; and create on-ground conditions for a majoritarian state.

Why US Culture of Colonial Extraction Is Making People Sick, Destroying Planet
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Why US Culture of Colonial Extraction Is Making People Sick, Destroying Planet

Discussion with physician Rupa Marya about Deep medicine, which is “a way of understanding how social structures are making us sick and working to redesign those structures—as opposed to shallow medicine, which always points at the cause and the locus of suffering inside one person or one individual.”

Letter From a Birmingham Jail (1963)
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Letter From a Birmingham Jail (1963)

King writes: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” This letter became an important text for the civil rights movement in the United States. It has been described as “one of the most important historical documents penned by a modern political prisoner” and is considered a classic document of civil disobedience.

Life Expectancy of Adivasis, Dalits & Muslims Lower Than Upper- Caste Hindus: New Studies
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Life Expectancy of Adivasis, Dalits & Muslims Lower Than Upper- Caste Hindus: New Studies

Compared to upper caste Hindus and other backward castes, Adivasis die four years, Dalits three years and Muslims a year earlier, and the Muslim life expectancy has worsened over the last 20 years, according to two new studies. The disparities are not due to wealth alone …

Killed for Sporting a Moustache: Dalits in Rajasthan’s Feudal Villages Face Rising Tide of Caste Violence
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Killed for Sporting a Moustache: Dalits in Rajasthan’s Feudal Villages Face Rising Tide of Caste Violence

Attacks on Dalits have grown in Rajasthan since 2018. The upper castes are viewing growing assertion by scheduled castes as a challenge to caste hierarchy—a Dalit man forced to shave off moustache, others beaten for riding a mare on their wedding, Dalit women prohibited from wearing slippers.