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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...
Reading The Hungry Tide: A brilliant book which overlooked the caste factor
My first visit to the mountains was full of...
Kancha Ilaiah wants schoolchildren to sing the song of equality
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The scholar has penned a poem and has made...
Thousands of Muslims in Bihar take out a rally to demand 5% reservations
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On 23rd February, under the Muslim Arakshan Morcha, thousands...
When Narendra Modi saw the cleaning of toilets as a spiritual experience
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First Published on: January 23, 2016 Senior journalist Rajiv Shah...
Manual scavenging, social exclusion of past even today play crucial role India’s sanitation outcome
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Why have government latrines been rejected by villagers for...
The never-ending attack on AMU, India’s top-ranked university
In the World University Ranking of 2018 conducted by...
Incomes Shrink As Cow-Related Violence Scuttles Beef, Leather Exports: New Report
Mumbai: India’s cow protection movement is hurting farmers and...
Muslims have now become ‘Neo- Dalits’ in Indian Society
Just few days back, a book titled ‘Denial and...
Sabarimala: Purification Ritual Goes To The Heart Of The Constitution, It Shows Untouchabilty: Jaising
Countering Senior Counsel K. Parasaran's submission that the bench...
NSA for Cow Slaughter: Majority Appeasement by MP’s “New Lotus”?
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