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    Hopefully, Uttar Pradesh Shall Reject the Communal (Majority-Appeasing/Minority-Appeasing) Politics of the BJP, the SP and the MIM

    In the Bihar elections, following the Dadri incident in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP actually issued advertisements about cow protection as a part of its mandate, and played politics ...

    On February 5, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    Jyoti Basu on the Sangh Parivar on the eve of the Babri demolition

    Jyoti Basu, one of the biggest stalwarts of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPM had the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of any ...

    On January 17, 2016 / By Adil Hossain
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    The Communal Fuse in Uttar Pradesh and the Role of the BJP

    A man was very recently killed in rural Uttar Pradesh over rumours of his eating beef. The family claims it was mutton and not beef. What someone eats in ...

    On October 1, 2015 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    The Curious Case of Sabir Ali in the Backdrop of the Bihar Elections – A “Bihar Decides” Feature

    The BJP means different things to different people. To some, it conjures up the image of a non-dynastic party (though it has some dynasts within its party, and ...

    On September 11, 2015 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    Why Arun Shourie’s Critique of the Modi Sarkar Should be Taken in the Right Spirit

    Those voting for Narendra Modi in the 2014 General Elections included a section of blind hero-worshipers of Modi who had voted either out of extreme Hindu rightist views ...

    On August 11, 2015 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    Racism in India and why it needs to be discussed

    This is a significant issue that has received its due attention only recently. We, North Indians, have always thought of racism to be a Caucasian affair and felt ...

    On June 10, 2014 / By Karmanye Thadani

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