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The cultural push and push-back questions

To remain relevant, irrespective of whether one donates for the Ram temple construction, Indians should ask a few questions of the fund collectors. The RSS and its affiliate organizations, including the ruling BJP, have launched the most massive public fund collection drive for construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, which will be built by …

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Conflating the freedom movement and the temple agitation

The freedom movement for Indian independence and a free India stood against the mighty British Empire and sounded the death knell for colonialism across the world. By comparing it to an agitation to build the Ram temple, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has devalued the freedom struggle. Mani Shankar Aiyar has asked of Congress leaders, “……rather …

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Communal politics, the Delhi Riots, and the BJP

The BJP leadership, which is over-sensitive about the subject of election victories, and is fully aware of who delivers the ruling party its electoral dividends, obviously chose not to disappoint the perpetrators of violence. If violence could only be stopped after 96 hours, it is entirely possible for the union government to control it within …

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Déjà vu in Mumbai’s Politics

Today, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena is offering an alternative political platform to Shiv Sena’s Hindutva politics. But we need to see how long Raj Thackeray’s new theatrics last, and how much of an impact it will create in the state’s politics. It is a déjà vu moment in Maharashtra’s politics, particularly in Mumbai. Raj Thackeray, in a …

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The relevance of Keshav Sitaram Thackeray, Uddhav Thackeray’s grandfather

Prabodhankar Thackeray’s lofty legacy is knocking at the doors of Uddhav Thackeray and the Shiv Sena today. Will it prevail? “There is always a sacred veil to be drawn over the beginnings of all governments.” This statement by Edmund Burke is used by the publisher in the preface of Uddhav Thackeray’s grandfather Keshav Sitaram Thackeray’s …

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‘तेव्हा तुम्ही कुठे होता?’ आणि ‘आता का बोलत नाही?’

  सन २०१६ मध्ये ऑक्सफर्ड शब्दकोशाने ‘पोस्ट-ट्रुथ’ (Post-Truth) या शब्दाची ‘Word of the Year’ म्हणून निवड केली होती. ज्या प्रक्रियेचा जगभरातील समाजावर प्रचंड परिणाम झाला आहे, अशा प्रक्रियेचे वर्णन करणाऱ्या नव्या शब्दाला ऑक्सफर्ड शब्दकोशातर्फे हा मान देण्यात येतो. सन २०१६ मध्ये बहुसंख्य नागरिकांची इंग्रजी मातृभाषा असलेल्या दोन देशांमध्ये – युनायटेड किगडम व संयुक्त राष्ट्र अमेरिका– …

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