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Topic: Ayyappa

By siding with Sabarimala devotees, Shashi Tharoor has failed the liberal in him

Anand Kochukudy -
Shashi Tharoor has displayed the dexterity and flexibility of a skillful politician by making a U-turn on Sabarimala.

How saviours of Ayyappa are gaslighting women over Sabarimala

Ruchita Chandrashekar -
Religion and God are often used as pawns for negotiating behaviour, for justifying actions, thoughts and beliefs.

What Kerala’s communists stand to gain from two women entering Sabarimala

Rohini Swamy -
The women — Bindu, a lawyer, and Kanakdurga, who works with the state govt, entered the inner sanctum of Sabarimala shrine early Wednesday.

Another Sabarimala-like crisis is brewing in Kerala

Rohini Swamy -
Neyyar tribals are up in arms against a HC verdict that allows women trekkers on Agasthyarkoodam peak as they believe it to be the abode of a celibate god.

If Supreme Court has to intervene at Sabarimala, it must do so for all religions

Swami Venkataraman -
On Sabarimala, Supreme Court cannot force Hindus to abandon traditions that cause no harm.

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Economy

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Esha Mishra -
Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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