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For long, Congress wavered on social justice. Now it’s waking up to BJP’s OBC politics
Many wanted Congress to focus on secularism, diversity and pluralism. But party has realised that the Shudra/OBC/Dalit/Adivasi aren't interested in these abstract ideas.
Shutdowns, debts, layoffs: Bengal tanners pushed to the edge say 3rd Covid wave will finish us
Bengal tanners say industry has incurred massive losses, and they have been left to grapple with ‘cancelled orders’, disruption in the supply chain and growing debt as they struggle to stay afloat.
Defence
Young sepoy killed in Ladakh was to get married in July, leaves behind terminally-ill dad
The news of Rajesh Orang's death brought scenes of despair to his house in the tribal village of Belgoria, Bengal, but there was also pride.
How Congress is like the Ambassador & why Indian politics needs a brand new set of wheels
Like the car, nothing the party has done to reinvent itself has worked. Only way forward is to offer something looking towards the future, not in image of glorious past.