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The Double Stage on Campus: Caste, crisis & UGC equity regulations (2026) controversy
This paper applies the theoretical concepts of the “scene” and the “obscene,” developed in my earlier work on caste and “schizophrenic modernity”, to analyse the dispute over the University...
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The incumbent Chief Minister's controversial statement, singling out states withing the Indian union, virtually painting them as undesirable, came on the eve of Assembly elections
UP professor throws Muslim girl out of class for wearing hijab!
Actions against hijab-wearers went unchecked in Karnataka, matter now escalates and spreads to other states
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BC Nagesh claims saffron scarf-wearing mob of "students didn't want to gherao” the Muslim girl, says no student was around her when she shouted "Allah hu Akbar"
Busted! Times Now anchor fails to make important distinction between ban on Islamic traditional veils
Tries to school Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai for her Tweet about the Hijab controversy in Karnataka; gets fact checked and schooled himself!
Opinion: A salute to Muslim sisters from Karnataka
The hijab controversy could be a deliberate attempt by the right-wing to attack how Islam is understood and practiced by its followers
Paigam-e-Mohabbat: UP citizens call for harmony
To answer the growing threat of communalism, Varanasi’s civil society groups come together to spread the message of love and societal unity
Hijab controversy: All schools and colleges to remain be shut for the next three days in Karnataka
The Karnataka High Court will continue to hear the hijab case on Wednesday February 9; videos of right-wing groups creating unrest flood the internet
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Gauhati HC upholds Assam Repealing Act 2020 that was used by the state government to convert gov’t funded madrasas into regular government schools
No Hijab in class: Will Puducherry be able to nip the controversy in the bud?
Meanwhile, Karnataka High Court will hear a plea against the hijab ban in several junior colleges today
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