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California becomes first US state to add caste as a protected category in its anti-discrimination lawsThe California State Senate has passed a bill by a vote of 34-1 to make caste a 'protected category' in the state's anti-discrimination law...- Joined Bharat Jodo Yatra for 'united India', shouldn't be seen as leaning towards a 'party': Kamal HaasanThe yatra, which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, will conclude in Srinagar by January 30 with Gandhi hoisting the na...
- Entirely possible for BJP to lose majority in 2024, says Shashi Tharoor"If you look at how well they (the BJP) did in 2019, they have essentially had every seat in Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan; or all but one se...
- Electoral bonds not transparent, should be scrapped: Former CEC Navin Chawla"Electoral bonds should be scrapped because nothing is transparent there. How can we live with something that is not transparent? There mus...
- Strategising India’s “Cooperative Geocultural” approach in Central AsiaThe geopolitical scenario is undergoing a sea change in the last few years in this part of the world. These radical transformations in the ...
- Is Indian food a collation of regional styles of cooking or is there a thread of commonality?If we seek to define Indian as a civilisational entity, how far do you go back in history to seek 'authenticity of cuisine'.
- Indians in Charlottesville anxious after violent rallyTwo police officers monitoring the demonstration died after a helicopter crashed near the protest site and 19 others were injured, though, ...
- Why Hindutva's foreign-born cheerleaders are so popularAs the BJP government, flush with recent electoral successes, consolidates its political supremacy, it is being cheered on by a set of fore...
- Rohan Murty responds to online petition to oust American Indologist Sheldon PollockThe online petition was signed by 132 academics and public figures seeking to oust Pollock, who is editor of the Murty Classical Library of...
- Rohan Murty says American Indologist Sheldon Pollock to stayMurty said that Sheldon Pollock will continue to oversee the translation of Indian classics into English for several more years.
- Smriti Irani's HRD ministry has come to agreement with global scholars to teach in IndiaIndia may not yet have managed to get the Ivy League to set up campus in India but is close to drawing in over 200 academics from global va...
- Ideological spat erupts over PM Narendra Modi’s Silicon Valley visitA familiar left vs right spat is developing over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to California's famed Silicon Valley later this month.
- Another book 'On Hinduism' by Wendy Doniger under attackAnother book on Hinduism by American indologist Wendy Doniger has come under attack from the same Delhi-based group which had compelled the...
- Pulping of Wendy Doniger’s book: How 'hurt sensibilities' of fringe groups muzzle scholarsIgnorance of the law is no defence against it. However, when one seeks to represent a culture or a nation, one expects better homework.
- Penguin India withdrawn copies of Wendy Doniger’s controversial book The HindusPenguin maintained a studied silence on the matter and refused to comment, though author Doniger replied by email to some news outlets.
- President Pranab Mukherjee gives certificate of honour to language expertsRobert P Goldman who translated Valmiki Ramayan into English and noted indologist George Cardona were given certificates of honour by Presi...
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