To observe the upcoming centenary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Prafulla Ketkar, Meenakshi Jain and J Nandakumar gave speeches at Delhi’s India Habitat Centre.
Caste is one form of social linkage that has mutated over centuries. From being fairly flexible and affording some mobility pre-CE, it became more closed and inward-looking, especially with the Islamic invasion.
Allahabad HC was dealing with a plea seeking to quash case of forgery & cheating. It noted that in FIR, the caste of all accused was mentioned, using terms like ‘Maali,’ ‘Thakur' & ‘Pahadi'.
India's social reform spirit has faded post-1947, with representation politics overshadowing deeper issues of caste & gender discrimination, economic progress, and meaningful change.
Professors Hilal Ahmed, Badri Narayan, Surendra Jodhka, and MP Manoj and poet Meena Kandasamy gathered in Delhi for a talk titled ‘Samaj se siyasat tak: Kaise toote jaati’.
Suchitra is not the only ‘insider’ leaking secrets in Tamil Nadu. Actor Bayilvan Ranganathan, who mostly discusses the lives of celebrity couples in Kollywood, also brings in the views.
Addressing students at Sciences Po university Friday, Congress MP said INDIA bloc will focus on inequality, strengthening backward communities and challenging idea of caste system.
The dogs will survive whatever orders are passed. But institutions are more fragile than we imagine. Once lost, the trust they embody takes generations to rebuild.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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