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Why the Shudras are lost in today’s India- Part 3

Why the Shudras are lost in today’s India- Part 3

In bringing them to where they are today, MK Gandhi and Ram Manohar Lohia were crucial not just as politicians, but also as thinkers who shaped Indian mores. Both were organic intellectuals of the Banias, both had prestigious Western educations and mastery over English, and both wrote and published extensively. They gained immense stature amid the largely Brahmin thinkers who...

Why the Shudras are lost in today’s India- Part 2

Why the Shudras are lost in today’s India- Part 2

NARENDRA MODI BECAME PRIME MINISTER in 2014 on the back of proclamations that he belonged to the Other Backward Classes, implying that he was a representative of the Shudras. Many accepted the proclamation without the scrutiny it deserves. Looking closely at Modi’s caste group, the Modh Ghanchis of Gujarat, we should be skeptical of his assertion of Shudra status. If the...

Why the Shudras are lost in today’s India- Part 1

Why the Shudras are lost in today’s India- Part 1

When the government implemented the Mandal Commission recommendations, in the early 1990s, it was meant to be a watershed moment for the Shudras. The measure reserved positions in government employment and public higher education for the Other Backward Classes—a category made up overwhelmingly of disadvantaged Shudra castes, traditionally labourers and craftspeople. The commission had identified these castes, part of the...

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Vizag gas leak: Death toll rises to 11, over 5000 Sick After Leak at LG Polymers Plant

Eleven people, including two children, have died while about 300 are hospitalised after a gas leakage from LG Polymers chemical plant in RR Venkatapuram village, Visakhapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh today. The Vizag factory was trying to open post lockdown when the incident occurred, DG NDRF told CNN-News18. Several people were taken to hospital after they complained of a burning sensation...

Vizag gas leak ‘disturbing’, closely monitoring situation: Amit Shah

Vizag gas leak ‘disturbing’, closely monitoring situation: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday described the gas leak at a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam as “disturbing” and said the central government is closely monitoring the situation. He said he is praying for the well-being of the people of Visakhapatnam. “The incident in Vizag is disturbing. Have spoken to the NDMA officials and concerned authorities. We...

Delhi Police is at the residence of Zafrul Islam Khan, chairman Delhi Minorities Commission

Delhi Police is at the residence of Zafrul Islam Khan, chairman Delhi Minorities Commission

Delhi Minorities Commission chairman Dr Zafarul Islam Khan, who was booked for sedition by Delhi police on 30 April, is being questioned at his residence on 6 May. The FIR was filed on the complaint of a Vasant Kunj resident. The complaint reached the Lodhi Colony office of the anti-terror squad, special cell, through the assistant commissioner of police (ACP)...

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