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Varanasi, UP: No to war, we want peace

A vibrant protest and silent hunger strike (maun upwas) was undertaken by citizens of Varanasi protesting US-Israel’s unprovoked war on Iran; the protest took place at the symbolic Ambedkar Park on Saturday, March 7, under the banner of Sanjha Sanskriti Manch

Murder(s) at and of Lalit Kala Akademi

On April 8, 2024 the Lalit Kala Akademi (LKA)...

A Cooperative Housing Society “embraces” the Vision of Viksit Bharat 2047

The Ruling Party released their hastily prepared manifesto with great fanfare with a rather compliant commercial media giving it much coverage and publicity.Chandru Chawla, a free-lance writer takes a satirical look through the lens of a Housing Society, whose quirky members are a microcosm of what’s happening around the country.This Housing Society has members of the privileged class, who are hard core fan boys of the Beloved Leader. They place a higher priority on the long term attention shifting narratives of a Leader clinging on to Power, while compromising on what the Indian people need immediately and urgently addressed

Anti-Rupala Rajputs ‘have no support’ of numerically strong Kshatriya communities

Personally, I have no love lost for Purshottam Rupala,...

Karnataka: While Congress lead increases, a neck to neck fight challenges party workers & organisation

With ten days to go for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka, while the state's voter preference is leaning towards the Congress, there are serious challenges in the run up to the polls reveals a Final Phase Survey conducted by Eedina.com. The survey estimates that the Congress will get more than 13-18 seats and the BJP-JD(S) alliance will get closer to 10-13 seats.

What’s Bill Gates up to? Have ‘irregularities’ found in funding HPV vaccine trials faded?

After having read the 72nd report of the Department Related Parliamentary...

What are you doing Bro? Cyrus writes a 20 Point, Open Letter to Rahul Gandhi

In a hilarious and sarcastic dig, the author, a senior freelance journalist, lays out exactly what in the Indian National Congress’ manifesto (released on April 5, 2024) is irking the privileged and socially entrenched chatterati and this includes the country’s omnipresent television anchors; and why a re-assertion of India’s commitment to the constitutional vision at this juncture in our journey is something that ought to be celebrated

Modi v/s Modi – Will the Real PM Please Stand Up?

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Militarising Minds, Hindutvaising the Nation | Training Future Military Leaders Imbued in Hindutva Supremacism?

How the policy of PPP (Public Private Partnership) Model in Sainik Schools is counter to all Constitutional principles and values

PSST! Shall we inform the reader or let sleeping bonds lie?

The senior editor questions the strange shadows and silences in the pre-eminent and dominant Indian media industry on the obvious follow-ups to the mammoth Electoral Bonds Scam and points out how, from the questionable role of the State Bank of India (SBI) to former, Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley there are some crucial stories still crying to be done

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