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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 -
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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

Tamil Nadu politics is fracturing. Vijay entry can shake things up

R Rajagopalan -
There is an overall sense of ennui with the cynical, established and entrenched parties and politicking in the state.

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Economy

What happens to Haryana real estate agents now? Govt agency HSVP to act as broker, take commissions

Sushil Manav -
Gurugram: Stirring a storm in Haryana's real estate circles, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP)—the state's urban development agency—has taken on the role of...

Defence

Denmark tweaks its banned exports list, delivery of critical system for Tejas MK 1A starts 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
HAL has produced 10 Tejas Mk 1A and is now awaiting further deliveries of engines from American firm GE—delayed by two and half years, so far.

National Interest

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

Shekhar Gupta -
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?

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