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October 13, 2016
The prime minister has named Gandhi, Deendayal Upadhyaya and Lohia as three leaders who have shaped Indian political thought in the 20th century.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has a dismal past and lacks leaders of its own, which is why it is often accused of appropriating leaders belonging to other parties.
Of late, Prime Minister Narendra Modi too has been naming different...
October 13, 2016
The Class 10 and Class 12 boards are scheduled for November, giving students just about a month to complete their syllabus and prepare for the tests.
Image: Tauseet Mustafa/ AFP
As the school session in Jammu and Kashmir comes to an end this month, the state government has said board examinations for Class 10 and Class 12 will be held in November, much to the confusion and anger of...
October 13, 2016
Hate crime against Muslims in the US is at its highest level in 15 years. The #MuslimsHaveRights campaign assembles academics, activists and artists who refuse to accept anti-Muslim bigotry.
Image: AP/PA Images/Craig Ruttle
In August 2016, Khalid Jabara was shot on his front porch by his neighbour Stanley Vernon Majors in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It took place only 30 minutes after Jabara...
October 12, 2016
Sangh parivar’s cultural vigilantes force exit of Dalit poet and activist Pradnya Daya Pawar, along with eminent Dalit scholar Dr Raosaheb Kasbe from a lit-fest in Satara
Dalit poet and activist Pradnya Daya Pawar. Photo credit: Praful Gangurde
In what is being dubbed as an appalling attack on the freedom of expression of the litterateurs, renowned Dalit poet and activist Pradnya Daya...
October 12, 2016
आरएसएस ने आखिरकार 90 साल बाद अपनी वर्दी में बदलाव कर ही लिया। विजयादशमी के मौके पर संघ के कार्यकर्ताओं ने पहली बार खाकी हाफ पेंट की जगह फुल पैंट पहना। राष्ट्रीय जनता दल के नेता लालूप्रसाद यादव ने आरएसएस के इस बदलाव के लिए पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री राबड़ी देवी को श्रेय दिया है। राबड़ी देवी ने ही एक भाषण में आरएसएस के स्वयंसेवकों के लिए कहा था- “इन्हें संस्कृति का ज्ञान नहीं है। शर्म नहीं आती,...
October 12, 2016
आरएसएस के हिंदुत्व की प्रयोगशाला गुजरात में करीब दो हजार दलितों ने एक साथ बौद्ध धर्म स्वीकार करके बता दिया है कि संघ का प्रयोग बुरी तरह से असफल रहा है। मंगलवार को गुजरात के तीन प्रमुख शहरों में इन दलितों ने हिंदू धर्म त्याग कर बौद्ध धर्म अपना लिया। ये समारोह अहमदाबाद, कलोल और सुरेंद्रनगर में हुए।
Image: Javed Raja
गुजरात में ही गिर सोमनाथ जिले में ऊना कांड हुआ था जिसमें मृत गायों की चमड़ी...
October 12, 2016
Now we know what it is to be in the endangered minority whose rights and privileges may be at risk.
During the 2014 general election, I, along with many other NRIs, pledged my vicarious support to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Narendra Modi. Any arguments that called into question Modi’s dubious human rights record and worrisome support for the Hindutva-oriented Rashtriya...
October 12, 2016
With Spiralling Public Debt, now India Follows the infamous Gujarat Model
Narendra Modi came in as chief minister of the state in October 2001 and when he stepped into the state’s chief ministership post, Gujarat's debt stood at roughly 53,000 crore rupees. When he left his post, elevated to become prime minister, the public debt of the state of Gujarat was 165,000 crores....
October 12, 2016
The government has set up a cell to manage India's public debt and expects better results than those achieved by the Reserve Bank and the Finance Ministry.
Image: Reuters
If debt is bad, taking new loans to pay back old ones has all the makings of a debt trap and the Indian government seems to be doing just that. India owed Rs 57,75,685 crores to internal and external lenders in the...
October 12, 2016
देश भर में गौरक्षकों के नाम पर बढ़ रही गुंडागर्दी की घटनाओं के बीच आरएसएस के प्रमुख मोहन भागवत ने इन गौरक्षकों की हिमायत करते हुए इन्हें अच्छे लोग बताया है। नागपुर में अपने स्वयंसेवकों को संबोधित करते हुए मोहन भागवत ने जो बोला, वह प्रधानमंत्री के गौरक्षकों के बारे में दिए बयान से एकदम अलग था।
Image: ANI
प्रधानमंत्री कह चुके हैं कि अधिकतर गौरक्षक अपराधी होते हैं, जो दिन में गौरक्षक बन जाते...