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Kishore Kunal: Meet the former policeman whose Ayodhya map was torn up in the Supreme Court

Beyond a city landmark or the contentious Bobby case of 1983, a legendary Patna cop continues to stay afloat in public memory. Kishore Kunal, former Indian Police Service officer of the 1972 batch, had one such moment yesterday.

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Celebration of diversity: Second Hindu College Pride parade conveys a sense of hope, freedom

Amid cheers and the shouting of slogans seeking “Azadi” from the shackles of heteronormativity and homophobia, Hindu College witnessed the second edition of its Pride parade on September 18. The parade, organised by the Women’s Development Cell of the Delhi University college with help from its various societies, saw participation…

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Challenging the institutionalised ‘common sense’ of India’s political discourse

Terms of discourse, much like terms of trade, are favourable and unfavourable to some. The dominant position in setting these terms, as held by the Left in India’s academic institutions and a major section of the English media, led to an unchallenged common sense. As a result, the rival political…

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A history lesson for Atul Kochhar

It’s obvious the celebrated Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar does not know his roast poussin from his lamb rump. For starters, how could an apparently savvy, accomplished and trained chef not tell the difference between Muslim and Islam when he castigated Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra? In the tweet to Chopra, Kochhar…

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#Cobrapost sting and Hindutva in the newsroom

The lines between editorial and marketing departments are more blurred than media organisations would like to acknowledge. This has been well established by documentation of paid news cases. The Cobrapost sting reinforces the fact that media’s business model is advertisement-centric.

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An uncivil ‘Hindu Rashtra’

The quest for civility-based relations remains the major demand of the Dalits and Muslims of India. Civility here is considered as simply practising “humane actions” while interacting with non-group members.

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Dear friend. Come visit Jamia

On May 8, a Facebook post urged the Hindu students of Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia university to assemble at a sweet shop near the campus. Contrary to what one would expect, the meet was less about mithai and more about pitai.

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How the Citizenship Bill is reopening old wounds in the Northeast

A visit to Assam and Meghalaya by members of a Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the contentious draft Citizenship (Amendment) Bill of 2016 has brought to the fore old fractures between communities that were in the process of healing, and raised fears of fresh unrest in a region that turned towards…

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‘I am an Indian, a Kannadiga and a Lingayat,’ says Kalburgi’s son

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah have been alleging that those behind the Lingayat movement in Karnataka are trying to create a divide in the Hindu community.

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#KarnatakaElections: How will the state’s mutts influence voters?

It is not news when Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah visits a temple or seeks benediction from the head of a mutt. But when Congress leaders do so, it raises eyebrows. According to a Congress leader, party president Rahul Gandhi and chief minister…

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Bantwal, Karnataka’s most brazenly communal constituency

Section 144 was imposed in Dakshina Kannada’s Bantwal taluka, 25 km from Mangalore, from the very first day of Ramzan (May 26) last year. The prohibitory orders were in place for almost 56 days. Despite the precautionary measures, the taluka in coastal Karnataka witnessed two murders and several instances of…

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The battle against rape begins in the living room

The revulsion over the Kathua and Unnao rape cases was fresh in the minds of people when another instance of ugly Indian male chauvinism came to the fore.

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Women in media: The power and the struggle

Each year, the Network of Women in Media (NWMI), India, holds a national meet for its members, who hail from a range of platforms in states across India. On January 4-6, Chennai’s Anna University hosted over 100 female journalists – early-career reporters, long-time veterans of print newsrooms, old friends, new…

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#KarnatakaAssemblyElection: Ayodhya, Tipu and Kits for Minority Journalists

For those who believe elections in India are about roti, kapda, makaan, here is a reminder that they are wrong. Sanjay Patil, the Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker from Belagavi (Rural), who has been given the ticket by the party again this time, is emphatic that the May 12 election is…

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Brothers in Arms: The Sangh and the Kibbutz

MS Golwalkar, BJP’s guruji, wasn’t closeted about his admiration for Hitler. His ideas of Hindutva and Hitler’s ethnic cleansing had much in common. Both believed in the creation of modern nation states with only pure races—one by expelling Jews, the other by desiring a similar fate for Muslims. Their vision had…

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