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UP’s syncretic warrior cults facing Hindutva challenge

Be it the attack on the Gogamedi shrine in the Hanumangarh district of northern Rajasthan or the Neja Mela in the Sambhal district of western Uttar Pradesh, Hindutva’s systemic attack on India’s syncretic traditions, past and present, reveals its rigid and Brahmanical ideological orientation: imposition of a strictly hierarchical, exclusionary and structured notion of faith and practice

The ‘Burkini Battle’: France’s Capitulation to Extremism

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 Egypt is considering tougher sentences and stiffer fines for...

T S Satyan: Father of Indian photojournalism and a silent genius behind his lens

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Five Truths about the Hijab that need to be told

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Tribal Voices: The Bhasha Research and Publication Centre

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Indian Nationalism v/s Hindu Nationalism

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The Sangh’s Hypocrisy on Dalits, It’s Time to Read ‘Bunch of Thoughts’, Again!

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