The popular impression is that the political right wing is dogmatic, unreasonable etc, while the left-liberals are the people who listen to logic and reason. But is it really so? The latest ‘controversy’ over the “deleted words” from the preamble of India’s constitution forces us to rethink such notions. For those who’ve just climbed out […]
Even as the controversy around ‘ghar vapasi’ is yet to die down, anti-caste crusader K K Sarachandra Bose is planning a different kind of ghar vapasi based on ‘caste’ – he wants everyone to become Brahmins. To this end, Bose has urged for support from top Hindu religious leaders to join him in his mission […]
“Police detained the 50 protestors against moral policing, and only some got to lock lips on the way to police vans,” said the DNA Newspaper in its day-after story on the Kiss of Love event that happened in Kochi. The DNA article on Kiss of Love was titled “Under khakhi shadow, Kiss Day dies in […]
Every ideologically driven person — whether leftist (love everyone), or rightist (trust none) — must eventually learn to understand and incorporate the other side to become a successful leader. Looking at Narendra Modi’s actions since taking over three months, one can safely say that the Indian Prime Minister has made that transition to a large […]
To hear his well-wishers-turned-worriers, one would think it’s the end of Narendra Modi’s five year term, and he’s achieved nothing in it. Well-wishers tear at his conspicous “silence” on issues that make headlines every day, the absence of big bucks reforms in his government’s first budget, and his “fear” of making a clean break with […]
How can the evils of India’s caste system (varna sampradaya) be addressed? Many may say education, reservation etc.. But Member of Parliament Hansraj Ahir has come up with a unique solution – give state support for inter-caste marriages. In a query sent to the Social Justice ministry, Ahir asked if the government could and had […]
Shipping company Mercator Ltd said it has got shareholder approval to raise $15 mln in foreign currency loans. The company said the approval was given through postal ballot. The debt would be raised in the form of foreign currency convertible bonds or FCCBs. The FCCBs will have a an initial conversion price calculated at 58.5740 […]
Uttar Pradesh sees the highest number of complaints of discrimination against students belonging to the scheduled castes and other backward classes, according to government data. Uttar Pradesh, which accounts for about 17% of India’s total population, accounted for 57% of the total complaints regarding discrimination against students belonging to scheduled castes and other backward classes. […]
It must be one of the great ironies of Indian politics that it was a party known for its staunchly upper caste base that finally brought OBC wave to national politics. While many political observers have praised the BJP for “destroying the caste politics” of backward leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and dalit leader Kumari Mayawati, […]
