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TopicArticle 15

Topic: Article 15

New backward class lists to be drawn, 50% ceiling stays — what SC Maratha quota verdict means

Apoorva Mandhani -
Ruling that state govts don't have power to identify socially and educationally backward classes, SC laid the groundwork for new SEBC lists to be drawn for all states & UTs by the President.

Chetan Bhagat likes the three-language formula, Swara Bhasker says Article 15 ‘gives her hope’

Achyut Mishra -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Anger was the reason I made Article 15, plot was just a tool, writes Anubhav Sinha

Anubhav Sinha -
I did not expect this kind of popular reaction from Article 15. Ayushmann Khurrana always believed it would.

Ayushmann Khurrana’s Article 15 wants you to believe caste system came from outer space

Dilip Mandal -
No matter how many Ambedkar statues it shows, Article 15 doesn’t call out the continued Brahmin hegemony in power circles.

Article 15 takes off on Badaun, Una cases, stirs debate on depiction of trauma in Bollywood

Samira Sood -
ThePrint speaks to filmmakers, victims' families and psychologists to understand why films on real-life traumas are made and their possible impact.

Ayushmann Khurrana’s Article 15 will make ‘upper’ castes uneasy – as it should

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Anubhav Sinha’s Article 15 has all the ingredients of a good film, but stops short of being great.

6 things an anti-caste woke must be mindful of in Ayushmann Khurrana’s new film Article 15

Dilip Mandal -
The movie ignores the fact that caste has changed its location and now resides in top universities and power corridors of the country.

Disappointed with govt for leaving Section 377 decision to ‘court’s wisdom’ : Justice Chandrachud

PTI -
The SC Judge, who was part of bench that decided to decriminalise gay sex, questioned the government for not taking a call on sensitive issues such as the recent challenge to Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

Expanding Article 15 to include discrimination against disabled people

Nipun Malhotra -
From GST to buses, trains and flights, policies ignoring the disabled community constitute active discrimination.

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Opinion

16th BRICS Summit was about building dollar-free world order. India can use it to expand trade

Seshadri Chari -
For New Delhi, a USD-free system is not an immediate priority nor an existential necessity to unconditionally support the China-Russia agenda.

Pakistan is playing a dangerous sectarian game. Anti-Shia extremism is gaining ground

Geopolitics has reached third inflexion point since WW II, Cold War. An opportunity for India

Economy

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

ThePrint Team -
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Defence

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

Smruti Deshpande -
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

National Interest

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Shekhar Gupta -
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.

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