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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

How the Ulema are Perpetuating Male Hegemony in the Name of Islam

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Centre’s response to drought ‘lacking in compassion’: economists, activists to Modi

Photo credit: Indian Express170 leading activists, economists, sociologists urge...

How caste is alive and kicking in Bengal

Photo courtesy: youthkiawaaz.comBengali middle class society is seen as...

Kanhaiya Kumar in Mumbai: “I Have Great Respect For Our Prime Minister..but…”

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Swacch Bharat Abhiyan Invisibilises Caste and Glamourises the Broom: Bezwada Wilson

Photo Credit: hrw.orgSwacch Bharat Abhiyan invisibilises the linkage between...

It’s A Myth That The British Raj Liberated Indian Women

In the wake of the shocking declaration of the...

Hindutva Goons Torch Library, and the People of Kerala Hit Back – with Books!

The  Violent Attack on Thought and Discussion Through the...

BJP’s Draupadi Poster in UP Sends Ominous Signals

A Poster Of UP BJP Chief, Keshav Maurya as...

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