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Rajasthan Quota for the OBCs and Rethinking Reservation Policies
Rajasthan assembly passed the bill to grant 5 % seats to the five OBC communities that include Gujjars and Gaderiyas. There are similar demands from the dominant OBCs in other states as well.
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#NameThemShameThem and Hypocrisy of Savarna Feminists
On 23rd October 2017, Raya Sarkar, 24 years old law student published a Facebook post compiling a list of male academics and professors (mostly from so-called upper castes) accused of sexual harass…
Opinion Polls or Directed Propaganda
As John Dewey remarked in his paper “Ethics of Democracy”, the ballot is not just a numerical representation of the citizen, but it also indicates opinions, ideology, and choices of the people. The…
Courageous Raya Sarkar and #MeToo and #NameThemShameThem Campaigns
It took over two decades for the leading ladies of Hollywood to speak against the media mogul who harassed them by the virtue of the power he holds in the film industry. The #metoo campaign really …
Dussehra Diwali Versus Vijyadashmi and Deepdan-Utsava
This month the Hindus celebrate two of their main festivals: Dashahra and Diwali. The Buddhists celebrate Vijayadashmi and Deepdan-utsava respectively on the same days. The Brahmanist scholars clai…
Buddhism and Social Revolution
When Babasaheb Ambedkar embraced Buddhism publicly in 1956 in Nagpur, he planned to have conversion ceremonies throughout India: Agra, Chennai, and Mumbai were on the planning map. The conversion m…
Raging Political War in India – Gujarat Elections
The Gujarat elections will be an important indicator of the things to come in the future. The Indian Express today carried a brilliant piece of Gujarat election by Christophe Jaffrelot and Kalaiyar…
Do Depressed Classes Desire Temple Entry? – What Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Said
N. B. :- Gandhi requested Dr. Ambedkar to lend his support to Dr. Subbarayan’s Temple entry Bill and that of Ranga Iyer-when both met on 4th Feb. 1934 at Yeravada Prison. Dr. Ambedkar declined in p…
Independence of Democratic Institutions in India under Threat
Democracy as a concept is the interrelated set of ideas and democracy as a working model is the set of interconnected but independent institutions. The idea of democracy can be looked at from vario…
Festivals in India and No Value of Human Lives
Festivals are important for human societies. They are the occasions to celebrate and most of them offer occasions to commune with other human beings. Indian society, particularly caste-ridden Hindu…
Politics of Reservation in Temples in Kerala and Temple Reforms
Travancore was a progressive princely state and Maharaja of Travancore was counted among one of the progressive Maharajas during the British Raj. The Travancore Temple Management Board has applied …
Why does Rahul Gandhi Want to Protect RSS/BJP?
India’s backward classes must understand that the Congress party is not their friend. Its rule of many decades had done next to nothing to mitigate the problems facing the backward classes. Rahul G…
Food Insecurity is a National Problem
India ranked very low in the Global Hunger Index. It should send alarming bell across not only policymakers, but also across political parties, civil society, and media. Hunger is one of the bigges…
Theft in Caste System
When Prof. Kancha described Bania capitalism in India as social smuggling, the Banias in South threatened with violence and death threats. He had to undergo self-imposed house arrest. The word he u…
Congress wants Dalit votes for Rajput CM in Himachal Pradesh
Presently in the 68 member Himachal Pradesh (HP) Assembly, Congress has 36 MLAs and BJP has 26 MLAs. The assembly election is scheduled on 9th Nov’17 and the result will be declared on 18th Dec’17….