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TopicBahujan

Topic: Bahujan

Education is the only way ahead but SC/ST/OBC students trapped in status quo of merit

Raju Kendre -
Discourse around merit settles for convenience over equitable distribution of resources. Bahujan organisations want to change this.

SubscriberWrites: Dalit-Bahujan ‘rightward shift’ helped BJP but blending tribal identity will be a challenge

Nikhil Jois -
Draupadi Murmu’s presidency represents a watershed moment in the post-Bahujan phase of politics as new social groups are articulating demands, writes Nikhil Jois.

Kanshi Ram gave Dalit politics ‘new Bahujan genes’. Today, Mayawati is wedged in nepotism

Renu Singh -
Known as ‘Bahujan Nayak’, Kanshi Ram was never applauded by mainstream media, which failed to understand the mission of the Bahujan leader.

Diwali isn’t what you thought it was—It’s actually Deep Daan Utsav, a Buddhist festival

K. Kalyani -
For Dalits, festivals are important to rethink history. Deep Daan Utsav belongs to Ashoka—what history missed out on.

There was more to Vira Sathidar than ‘Court’. He fought caste with theatre for 40 years

Prashant Ingole -
Vira Sathidar found prominence only in 2014 with the National Award-winning film 'Court'. But he leaves behind a rich legacy for the young generation of rights activists.

Kanshi Ram’s Bahujan movement was also cultural, not just political

K. Kalyani -
BSP's diminishing political power doesn't mean all is lost for the Bahujan movement. Kanshi Ram Jayanti is a reminder the anti-caste revolution is alive among the masses.

Not just Mayawati, these are the unsung women who led Kanshiram’s Bahujan struggle

K. Kalyani -
Bahujan movement founder Kanshiram paid special attention to mentoring women leaders. But that rich history has now shrunk into the image of Mayawati.

BSP’s ‘Sarvajan’ slogan has been usurped by BJP. Mayawati should worry

Dilip Mandal -
BSP discarded its Bahujan slogan for Sarvajan. Now, neither the upper castes nor the Dalits have much to do with Mayawati’s party.

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Opinion

Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

Gemma Ware -
A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

Mark Tully made me a journalist. The profession was religion to him: Satish Jacob

Trump is a lot like Kaiser Wilhelm: ‘He’s vanity itself’

Economy

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Thomas Seal -
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Defence

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Vaibhav Pant -
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

National Interest

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

Shekhar Gupta -
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.

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