State govts are getting into UPSC coaching game—not for business but as a strategy
From Gujarat to West Bengal and Kerala to Uttar Pradesh, state-run UPSC coaching centres are now part of the Rs 3,000 crore industry in India. But they don’t market themselves overtly, reports Nootan Sharma.
Kerala has a ghost houses problem, but the state just doesn’t want to get into it
Kerala government provides water and electricity to a million vacant houses. And it’s running out of ways to keep the money flowing, reports Vandana Menon.
Kalakshetra Chennai has a PoSH problem. Students fume, gag order imposed, art world shaken
Over a hundred students of Kalakshetra Foundation’s fine arts college have been pushed to secret online forums to share stories of sexual harassment by the ‘most influential person on campus’, reports Shubhangi Misra.
Prince Dixits of social media are a nuisance on Indian roads. Modi govt must put a brake
The videos with people misusing ADAS, pretending that the car is driving itself, is truly shocking, writes Kushan Mitra.
Deobandis Arabising Indian Muslims in name of Islam—a culture war Barelvis fought for 150 yrs
While Barelvis never stressed on labelling local customs as ‘Hinduwana’, Deobandis focused on a puritanical version of Islam. Both aim to dominate a new ‘Islamic’ polity, writes Amana Begam.
Prashant Kishor is right. Modi’s nationalist pitch makes him undefeatable, not Hindutva
Easy for intellectuals to laugh at Modi’s nationalist claims. But it is silly to dismiss them. Because the truth is that this strategy is working, writes Vir Sanghvi.
Four reasons the Sikhs are hurting. And it’s not about the K-word
‘Causes’ of anger are dera threat to Sikhism, incarceration of ‘Bandi Singhs’, inaction in sacrilege cases, & ‘if BJP-RSS want Hindu Rashtra, what’s wrong with Sikh Rashtra?’, writes ThePrint Editor in Chief Shekhar Gupta.