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Beyond the ‘plum’ posting: Why the caste lens still defines bureaucratic success

Following my recent blog on former IAS bureaucrat Atanu Chakraborty’s sudden exit as non-executive chairman of HDFC Bank, a few colleagues from the Gujarat cadre — mostly those I...

India Not a Hindu Rashtra, Say Sikh Organisations

So many Sikh ideologues have clearly stated that each...

The Blatant Omission of Muslims in ‘New India’

After Kashmir and NRC, the community’s trust in the...

To Be or Not to Be: The Identity Crisis of the Non-Savarna Indian

While for the Savarna Indian, to be without identity...

Mahatma Gandhi on Caste: the Varna-Ashrama System

To Gandhi, the rigid ‘varna’ system and the social...

‘Raven’: The new art of protest from the land of Sahodaran Ayyappan

When Adarsh Kumar Aniyal gave the title ‘A story...

Manual Scavenging still on: How Swachh is GOI’s conscience?

On October 2, 2014, the Government of India launched the...

‘Check Aadhaar card to keep out Non-Hindus’: Bajrang Dal to Garba organisers

Asked Garba and Dandiya organisers in Hyderabad to make...

SC/ST Act dilution row: Apex court allows review of previous judgement

In a shot in the arm for rights of...

Not just open Defecation, Dalit Girl Child was molested too, says Father: MP Murder

Father of Roshni, 15 brutally beaten to death on...

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