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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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Two detained after mob attack on Muslim meat trader in Aligarh

Two detained after mob attack on Muslim meat trader in Aligarh

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Bangladesh halts visa services in Delhi, Agartala amid rising diplomatic strain

Bangladesh halts visa services in Delhi, Agartala amid rising diplomatic strain

Bangladesh’s Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain said he had been informed of death threats made against High Commissioner Riaz Hamidullah during the demonstration. Bangladesh has suspended consular and visa services at its High Commission in New Delhi and its Assistant High Commission in Agartala until further notice, citing heightened diplomatic tensions linked to recent unrest in the country. According to reports...

Pregnant woman killed over inter-caste marriage in Karnataka; father, relatives arrested 

Pregnant woman killed over inter-caste marriage in Karnataka; father, relatives arrested 

The couple had married against the wishes of the woman’s family and had been living in Haveri district. Pregnant woman killed over inter-caste marriage in Karnataka; father among accused A 20-year-old pregnant woman was allegedly killed by her father and relatives in Karnataka’s Dharwad district on Sunday in a case linked to her inter-caste marriage, police said. The woman, Manya...

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