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View: BJP’s artful illusion:How fringe reinforces the mainstreamA fringe has an organic connection to the mainstream because, after all, without the mainstream, there cannot be a fringe.
Indian publishers nervous about taking books that might offend Hindutva: Wendy DonigerAfter her book was banned in India and a criminal case filed against her, the author is wary of coming to India.
Centre is run by RSS: Teesta SetalvadAccusing the BJP government at the Centre as one being "run" by RSS, social activist Teesta Setalvad today alleged that issues like "Sanskr...
The feedback is Class X boards were better: Smriti IraniWe implemented pension portability for all IITs. We're looking at pension portability for central universities too.
NCERT curriculum chief Parvin Sinclair resigns over alleged financial irregularitiesProfessor Parvin Sinclair, a mathematician and educationist, was appointed as the NCERT director in January 2012, by the then HRD minister ...
UPSC row: Delhi High Court red-flagged CSAT in 2013In May 2013, Delhi HC had red-flagged errors in the CSAT examination conducted by UPSC but had left it to the central govt to rectify them.
Blowing out candles on birthday cakes: Why right-wing activists are against the traditionBlowing out candles may have started for practical reasons, but it became a tradition in itself, and it is in that spirit that it seems to ...
Why the Indian namaste is the most hygienic form of greetingWestern scientists who have recently hit upon the fact that the common handshake has the potential to cause a harmful transfer of germs.
Lessons Indian liberals can learn from their opponents: Undying dedication & unceasing workThe opponents of secular India work round the clock, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year and do not stop. They are ubiquitous, at home and a...
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...
Poke Me: After banning Doniger's book on Hindus, will you ban Kalidasa next?By insisting that Hinduism's stories and histories should fit the narrow cast of your ideology, you haven't proved to be a bigger Hindu, Ba...