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From the Urdu Press: 'Caste census move historic... wrests key Opp plank'; 'Rahul apology on anti-Sikh riots sets an example for others'

May 19, 2025 12:10 pm

“While parties are trying to extract political mileage over caste census, focus should remain on the roadmap to be firmed up... all players must seize on it to deepen social justice”: Siasat

Will nod to caste census usher in Mandal 2.0? Deciphering the BJP play

May 19, 2025 12:10 pm

While some in the BJP may have been uneasy about caste enumeration, given the “Mandal-isation” of the party in the last decade, there were those who were uncomfortable about opposing it.

Caste census plans stir disquiet, questions in both Congress and BJP ranks

May 19, 2025 12:10 pm

When it comes to power, caste calculations come into play in everything from candidate selection, to berths in Cabinet formation, to positions of influence in the organization.

Bengali Hindus know how to worship. They don’t need lessons

April 11, 2025 6:31 pm

The man in a recent viral video, or for that matter, anyone who questions Bengali Hindus’ meatatarian spirituality, must understand our complex history

In Aga Khan IV passing, the loss of a guiding light

February 06, 2025 6:52 pm

What appealed to me as an educator was the vision enshrined in the Aga Khan Strands.

Aryan Mishra's killing: Is the ideology being protected by the gau rakshak worth the price?

September 09, 2024 9:31 pm

The gau rakshak is not a ‘vigilante', but, for all intents and purposes, a sub-contractor of the police department. Why are civilians, without training or constraints, enforcing cow slaughter laws?

Pune Porsche Crash: Things wouldn't be this bad if India's criminal justice system wasn't broken

May 24, 2024 11:40 am

Were criminal trials to be concluded within a year with appeals being heard and disposed in another year, the situation would be different. Parents would be scared to hand over car keys to minors and bartenders would be equally careful in serving alcohol to them.

If Congress and CPM attack each other in Kerala, what happens to INDIA?

April 22, 2024 10:45 pm

Instead of pulling each other down, the INDIA bloc would do well to focus on its avowed goals. Leaders like Rahul Gandhi and Pinarayi Vijayan should use their intelligence, resources and oratory skills to convince voters why the alliance matters

Urgently need: A law to protect consumers from deep fake ads

October 24, 2023 12:45 pm

India is still lagging in defining pertinent terms such as consent, personality rights, deep fakes, dark patterns, AI and its limits that encapsulate the rights of consumers, data principals and personalities

BJP leader calls off daughter's wedding to Muslim man: Only the mob is free

May 23, 2023 1:36 pm

What does the bride-that-was-to-be think? What does she think of her right to choose her own happiness or, for that matter make her own mistakes, being decimated by small-minded politics?

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