JNU to set up committee to look into incidents of 'anti-national' slogans on campusThe decision comes a day after pictures of slogans like "Indian-Occupied Kashmir", "Free Kashmir", and "Bhagwa Jalega" scribbled on the Sch...
02 Oct, 2023, 08.42 PM IST
BJP identifies Hinduism with Brahminism, ignores 90% of India: SP's Swami Prasad MauryaAccording to Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya, the BJP sees Brahmin religion as "Hindu religion". He accused the ruling party of ...
06 Aug, 2023, 06.13 PM IST
Breaking out of the Indra-jaalThis metaphor of Indra-jaal is used in political treaties of Kamandaka, as well as Kautilya where it is associated with diplomacy. Kautilya...
17 Oct, 2020, 12.15 AM IST
Constitution draft was prepared by a Brahmin: Gujarat SpeakerGujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi on Friday claimed that Dr B R Ambedkar had given credit for preparation of the draft of the Const...
03 Jan, 2020, 10.40 PM IST
Will the particular characteristics of Tamil culture have a political impact?Understanding this culture is not something that comes naturally to people outside Tamil Nadu.
24 Feb, 2019, 02.25 PM IST
View: Soft Hindutva approach can prove disastrous for CongressHindutva certainly has a definite meaning, unmistakable to those at its receiving end.
28 Nov, 2018, 07.03 AM IST
If Ambedkar had been alive today, he would’ve been charged with sedition, says scholar Anand TeltumbdeBrahminism and Brahminical are not to be understood as related to a community or caste called Brahmins as explained by Babasaheb Ambedkar h...
25 Nov, 2018, 10.27 AM IST
Face-off: Decoding the two sides of Kalaignar Karunanidhi's personalityWhile Karunanidhi's biggest failure was his divisive rhetoric — the mindless promotion of caste hatred, his impetus to a socio-cultural mov...
16 Aug, 2018, 01.50 PM IST
View: The good news: India won’t become a Hindu Pakistan. The bad news…This then is the Muslim state and it coheres to what Tharoor says may happen to us if the Hindutva project rumbles on: keeping Indians out ...
22 Jul, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
Why the move for a separate Dravida Nadu is bound to fail: S A AiyarAfter a Constitutional amendment made demands for secession unlawful in the 1960s, the DMK dropped its demand for a separate Dravida Nadu, ...
01 Apr, 2018, 08.26 AM IST
Old conflict, new hope: Lingayat as a religion? A quick primerVeerashaiva-Lingayats believe Yeddyurappa will give them justice, while the Siddaramaiah government is accused of conspiring to split the c...
24 Mar, 2018, 11.15 PM IST
Union minister Hegde hints at removing 'secular' from ConstitutionI feel happy because he (the person) knows about his blood, but I don't know what to call those who claim themselves secular, said Hegde.
26 Dec, 2017, 12.16 PM IST
Does Ram Nath Kovind's elevation mark a paradigm shift in RSS-BJP ideology?Ram Nath Kovind may have to take a call on matters unforeseen and without past examples and how he goes about it will determine his place i...
21 Jul, 2017, 06.16 AM IST
Supreme Court stops short of allowing non-Brahmins as priests in Tamil NaduThe courts would examine if the appointment to a particular group of temples was violative of any agamas (rituals, customs) and whether it ...
17 Dec, 2015, 06.22 AM IST
Does Nepal's new Constitution really call for India's intervention?As much as India denies having anything to do with the border blockade, it is widely believed by Nepalis that big brother is again trying t...
04 Oct, 2015, 10.36 AM IST
Nehru-Gandhi family ensured that Babasaheb Ambedker loses elections: BJP"Rahul Gandhi is going to visit the birthplace of Dr Ambedkar, but his family has made a mockery of his contribution," MP BJP chief said.
26 May, 2015, 11.02 PM IST
Most corrupt people come from OBC, SC and ST communities, Ashis Nandy saysAt a panel discussion at the festival, Nandy said, "Most corrupt people come from OBC, SC and ST communities".
26 Jan, 2013, 02.42 PM IST