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India’s middle‑class crisis: the great bifurcation and the Gen Z uprising
The student protests we have been witnessing in India can be explained in large part by the crisis facing the Indian middle class, marked in particular by graduate unemployment and a...
We must expand our notion of equality to encompass all around us: Teesta Setalvad
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This is what IIMB’s website reported on Teesta Setalvad-September,...
मराठों का नौकरियों में हिस्सा कौन खा रहा है? – Dilip Mandal
महाराष्ट्र में SC,ST, OBC का सरकारी नौकरियों का कोटा...
Confirmed: Teesta Setalvad spoke @ IIMB. Trolls lie and abuse Human Rights Activist again
IIM Bangalore has confirmed to Hillele.org that Teesta Setalvad...
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