Not Religious Or Economic, The Beef Is Just Political
The issue revolving around the beef ban first came to light on a national level when the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq took place in Dadri by a strong mob of rowdy right wing elements. After the...
View ArticleWatch: What ‘India’s Most Seditious’ Have To Say About Patriotism And The Media
Comedian Kunal Kamra seems to be on something of a roll since his stand-up act on Indian patriotism went viral. Since then, the straight-spoken comedian has gone on to launch a podcast series, where...
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रमन सरकार के भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ विपक्ष लगा रही है लोगों के बीच विधानसभा सत्र
भारतीय जनता पार्टी के प्रतिनिधियों का पुराना तरीका रहा है, जहां भी वो आरोपों से घिरते हैं, सवालों के जाल में फंसते हैं, वहां खुद को बचाने के लिए लोकतंत्र को अपने हिसाब से मरोड़ने में वो पीछे नहीं हटते।...
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Could This Popular Young Poet Be A Kejriwal In The Making?
While the affluent kept themselves busy celebrating Friendship Day and preparing for Rakhi, a future headline silently laid its foundation right in the heart of the national capital this Sunday. The...
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Why I Am Rooting For RJD’s Return To Power In Bihar
To me, it was very clear that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided Lalu Prasad Yadav’s premises with the aim of dissolving a government which was becoming an obstacle to the BJP led Union...
View ArticleBeyond Hindutva: Literature That Creates Space For Dialogue About Indian...
The curious debate on the search for a coherent Indian identity is now being influenced by extremist thoughts to become synonymous with a true blood “Hindu” identity. Literature has been long-standing...
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शरद बाबू आपका इतिहास आपको नीतीश कुमार को गलियाने की इजाज़त नहीं देता
जॉर्ज फर्नांडीज और शरद यादव से ज़्यादा बड़ा पाखंडी कौन हो सकता है। गैर काँग्रेसवाद की लंबी और कठिन तपस्या को जनता पार्टी के ढाई वर्ष के शासन के बाद ही जॉर्ज फर्नांडीज ने ठिकाने लगा दिया था। दोहरी...
View ArticleOf Nations, Nationalism And National Anthems
In the Young India Fellowship, Prof. Gopalkrishna Gandhi taught us a course titled “Mother India- Romance and Reality”. The basic idea of the course was to teach an enlightened form of nationalism to...
View ArticleThe Leftist, Rightist And Centrist Ideas That Have Made India What It Is Today
We live in difficult times. These are the times, when out of curiosity, one may ask questions about the stereotypes surrounding them, or out of naivety, put forward their views that unveils the...
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10 Events Since Independence That Changed India Forever
It’s been 70 years since India secured independence from the British, yet seven decades on, the country continues to be afflicted with poverty, corruption, caste discrimination, communalism among other...
View ArticleMust Read: A Freedom Fighter’s Experience Of Fighting For India’s Independence
(As told by Sri Atul Chandra Ghatak on 30/01/1997) In the year 1924, at Bilaskhan Village, I was born. My father’s name was Late Harakanta Ghatak. I did my education from Palang High English School. In...
View Article‘Sattar Saal Aazadi Ke’: A Poem About 70 Years Of Independent India
Today, India celebrates 70 glorious years of independence and has gone through various tragic and victorious times. “Sattar Saal Aazadi Ke” is a poem about how these past years of independent India...
View ArticleIndependence Day For A Pakistani Sindhi
As India celebrates its 70th year as an independent nation state, there is another history that it carries along. A history that reels in blood and sacrifice and dividing lines. This month also marks...
View ArticleVote Banks, Bigotry, Fake News: Indian Democracy Is Under Threat
The times that we live in are difficult, but beautiful nonetheless. There are disruptions happening in every field. Technology is playing the major role of being an agent of disruption. We, the youth...
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70 Years Later, It’s Time To Start Building The India Our Founding Fathers...
India – or Bharat – turns 70 today. We are a nation that was carved out not based on a common ethnicity or language but based on our common suffering and struggle. We are a nation of diverse...
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क्या अब ख़त्म होने लगा है प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के भाषण का जादू?
15 अगस्त 2017 का स्वतंत्रता दिवस भाषण कई लिहाज़ से बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है। प्रधानमंत्री का स्वतंत्रता दिवस के अवसर पर यह चौथा भाषण था। स्वतंत्रता दिवस के भाषण का चुनावी भाषणों से अलग होना अपेक्षित है। यह...
View ArticleNothing is certain in life apart from Death, and apparently TDS
One of the greatest feelings in the world is the message that tells you your salary for the month has been deposited in your bank account. But accompanying it usually, comes the slight irritation of...
View ArticleThe Tank, The Flag And My Nationalism Vs. Yours
As we are completing 70 years of our independence, I have begun to feel some self-congratulatory butterflies in my stomach. We have covered a long and tumultuous journey, yet stayed on the same bus,...
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TISS Students Held An Event To Discuss Dissent But This Is How A Fake News...
Even as we mark the 71st Independence Day of our country, dissent seems to meet with the same fate as it used to in the colonial era, with suppression and blatant character shaming. This is exactly...
View ArticleA Tale of State-Sponsored Persecution: The Ahmadiyyas of Pakistan
In July 2014, an angry mob attacked and burnt five houses over alleged blasphemy in a neighbourhood in Gujranwala, Pakistan. Mubashara Jarra survived the attack even as she saw her seven-year old niece...
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