Topic: brahmins
Brahmins of Twitter are feeling like Jews under Nazi Germany, thanks to Jack Dorsey
Author Advaita Kala’s opinion — that ‘constant hitting out against Brahmins’ was akin to ‘what Nazis did to Jews’ — found echoes in Congress & across Twitter.
Why do the poor in India vote for Right-wing parties like the BJP?
The poor’s support of Right-wing parties is puzzling as they are choosing parties that work against their economic interests.
Indians have imported casteism to the US & a black journalist writes on the need to ban it
Civil rights laws do not explicitly ban discrimination based on caste. It was not seen as an issue in America when those laws were written.
Dear Indian parents, no, we don’t live in a post-caste world if your child still wears the thread
A lot of parents, in trying to raise kids who are caste-free, end up raising kids who are caste-blind. My parents never even talked about caste at home.
Under Modi government, the PMGSY road scheme is connecting every last Indian
Beneficiaries of the programme from Manipur, Meghalaya and Odisha talk about how their lives were transformed thanks to the newly built roads.
Rahul Gandhi’s Rs 72,000 income pledge: Are populist freebies the only way to win elections?
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday pledged to give Rs 12,000 per month to every family in India if the Congress is voted to power in the 2019 elections.
Defence
India inducts Chinook helicopters, adds muscle to military along China border
Each Chinook helicopter can lift 45 soldiers, artillery guns or even light armoured vehicles to high altitudes. It can also fly through narrow mountain valleys.
Why Rahul Gandhi’s Congress is in danger of morphing into a clueless NGO
Congress has questions but no answers, ‘leaders’ but no winners. Weeks before polls, it’s behaving like a virtuous, anti-establishment NGO just doing its thing.