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How little green men can save Bollywood from boycotts & Bihar creates 31 new jobs

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Under BJP, Muslims are becoming new ‘bottom’ of society. It’s a message for Dalits, OBCs

The Indian State being ruthless to the Muslims is not new and certainly not unique to BJP rule. But what the ruling party is undertaking is a social re-engineering.

Babytai Kamble — the Mahar icon who was ‘reborn’ to write about Dalit women’s subjugation

Babytai Kamble's 'The Prisons We Broke' subverted the traditional, casteist representation of Dalits across Indian literature. It gave women a voice.

Why Bengal and North India failed to produce any Phule, Ambedkar, Periyar

Almost all prominent social reformers and anti-caste leaders emerged in two geographical and administrative locations—Bombay and Madras presidencies—during British rule.

Law & order big hitch in SP’s push for non-Yadav OBCs in west UP. They’d rather vote back BJP

When it comes to the BJP’s OBC vote-base, unemployment and inflation have aggrieved voters, but they are still willing to place their bets on the party.

BJP SC Morcha to hold week-long celebration of Guru Ravidas Jayanti, with eye on Dalit votes

BJP is expecting lakhs of devotees to visit Varanasi’s Sant Ravidas temple ahead of 16 Feb birth anniversary. It has decided to felicitate temple saints, among other programmes.

BJP rolls out fleet of OBC, Dalit leaders as star campaigners for 1st phase of UP polls

The first phase of voting for the state assembly elections on 10 February will mainly cover western UP, which has a large population of Dalit, OBC, and Muslim voters.

Ravidas Jayanti & the Dalit vote — why Punjab parties got EC to shift polling date by 6 days

The EC Monday postponed Punjab assembly elections from 14 to 20 February, avoiding a date on which lakhs of voters would likely be out of state to honour Sant Ravidas.

Violence goes viral — Dalits in Rajasthan have a new tool against atrocities, their phones

What happens when a video of a crime against a Dalit in Rajasthan goes viral on the internet? The police and state can’t ignore it.

How ‘Trads vs Raitas’ plays out online as Hindutva fault lines emerge after Bulli Bai row

As the probe into the Bulli Bai & Sulli Deals cases progresses, two alt-Right groups that mushroomed in India’s digital ecosystem have begun clashing online.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.