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#secularism
Understanding secularism in India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/blunt-frank/understanding-secularism-in-india/
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Understanding secularism in India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/blunt-frank/understanding-secularism-in-india/
Times of India Blog
Understanding secularism in India
Secularism is perhaps the most misunderstood word in India. The reasons are obvious. A distorted understanding of Secularism has been deliberately planted and propagated for decades and it is not politicians alone who are at...
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#BR_Ambedkar
Can caste census help social development?
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/columnists/can-caste-census-help-social-development-.html
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Can caste census help social development?
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/columnists/can-caste-census-help-social-development-.html
The Pioneer
Can caste census help social development?
In a transformative country like ours, policy decisions based on caste data can change society for the better Dr BR Ambedkar's powerful call to annihilate caste not only challenged the entrenched power dynamics of the upper castes but also held profound implications…
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#communalism
Caste violence should be classified as an act of terrorism
https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/opinion-caste-violence-should-be-classified-as-an-act-of-terrorism
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Caste violence should be classified as an act of terrorism
https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/opinion-caste-violence-should-be-classified-as-an-act-of-terrorism
The News Minute
Opinion: Caste violence should be classified as an act of terrorism
During the State level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee (SVMC) meeting held on April 11, 2023, a presentation by the Tamil Nadu government revealed alarm
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Towards a more equal India
https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/towards-a-more-equal-india-123111301040_1.html
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Towards a more equal India
https://www.business-standard.com/opinion/columns/towards-a-more-equal-india-123111301040_1.html
Business-Standard
Towards a more equal India
Caste-based reservations may still be required but cannot be the primary approach to ensuring equity
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#Politics_and_society
#identity_politics
The Bihar caste survey and the social justice agenda
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-bihar-caste-survey-and-the-social-justice-agenda/article67533118.ece
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#identity_politics
The Bihar caste survey and the social justice agenda
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-bihar-caste-survey-and-the-social-justice-agenda/article67533118.ece
The Hindu
The Bihar caste survey and the social justice agenda
The caste survey in Bihar does raise questions that will profoundly affect our collective future as a nation
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Lesson from rat-hole miners — religion should not matter
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/express-view-lesson-from-rat-hole-miners-religion-should-not-matter-9049276/
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Lesson from rat-hole miners — religion should not matter
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/express-view-lesson-from-rat-hole-miners-religion-should-not-matter-9049276/
The Indian Express
Express View: Lesson from rat-hole miners — religion should not matter
In times of crisis, identities that otherwise seem dominant shrink and become smaller. It is this sentiment that the country should carry forward
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#affirmative_action
#identity_politics
Time to end reservations
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/reservations-caste-census-india-coalition-9061631/
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#identity_politics
Time to end reservations
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/reservations-caste-census-india-coalition-9061631/
The Indian Express
Tavleen Singh writes: Time to end reservations
Among the benefits that accrue is that you can claim vast tracts of valuable public land for this supposedly charitable activity. The whole system is corrupt, outdated and evil, and the people who barely benefit because of it are those deprived and discriminated…
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M. Kunhaman: A Subaltern Intellectual
https://www.eurasiareview.com/09122023-m-kunhaman-a-subaltern-intellectual-and-his-politics-of-defiance-oped/
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M. Kunhaman: A Subaltern Intellectual
https://www.eurasiareview.com/09122023-m-kunhaman-a-subaltern-intellectual-and-his-politics-of-defiance-oped/
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#inequality_exclusion
Jats in the modern world
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/jats-in-india-history-lifestyle-statewise-jats-numbers-in-india-9080587/
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Jats in the modern world
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/jats-in-india-history-lifestyle-statewise-jats-numbers-in-india-9080587/
The Indian Express
Jats in the modern world
A band of proud people, Jats, with their traditional outlook on worldly affairs, are now grappling with the politics of the nation that has transitioned into a democracy.
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#BR_Ambedkar
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Now and Then is about assertion of the marginalised and a new Bahujan feminist gaze’
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/dr-br-ambedkar-now-and-then-is-about-identifying-a-certain-gaze-and-talking-to-existing-structures/article67683420.ece
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Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Now and Then is about assertion of the marginalised and a new Bahujan feminist gaze’
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/dr-br-ambedkar-now-and-then-is-about-identifying-a-certain-gaze-and-talking-to-existing-structures/article67683420.ece
The Hindu
‘Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Now and Then is about assertion of the marginalised and a new Bahujan feminist gaze’
In the latest reported incident of atrocities towards people from the Bahujan community, a group of Dalit and OBC students were forced to clean the septic tank at the Morarji Desai residential school in Kolar district. The principal and a few staff were arrested…