If we have to resist majoritarianism, we must turn to the three ideological pillars of Dravidian politics: Regionalism, rationalism, and social justice in new ways.
Ministries, agencies, police, governors, election commission, judiciary, media— all stand compromised. The only alternative left is to walk with the people and talk to them.
The picture, with a message about 'freeing the country from the shackles of hate and undoing damage done by BJP-RSS', was tweeted as part of Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra campaign Monday.
The video purportedly shows a controversial Catholic priest telling Gandhi that ‘Jesus is a real god’. Congress says BJP is desperate after the success of the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'.
Critics say it's a bad strategy to not cover election-bound Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh in the yatra. Congress argues it wants to consolidate the existing voter base.
The yatra was designed to listen to the people of India, said the Congress leader. The opposition, he added, is not scared of BJP despite the agencies at its disposal.
Speaking at the launch of the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Kanyakumari, Gandhi said the tricolour did not come easily as it was earned by Indians of every religion, region and language.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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