Monday, 4 July, 2022
TopicMandal Commission

Topic: Mandal Commission

Forget about Dalit voters. Tell us why upper caste Hindus voted for BJP like never before

Dilip Mandal -
India’s upper caste analysts have held Dalits & backwards responsible for Modi’s return to power, keeping their own group away from scrutiny.

V.P. Singh’s Mandal vs Kamandal is set to see a sequel in 2019 anti-BJP fight

Anurag Bhaskar -
The opposition needs an icon like V.P. Singh who can bring Dalits, OBCs and other oppressed groups together before 2019 elections.

Taberez Neyazi’s book traces Hindi media’s journey from an also-ran to a potent force

Samarth Singhal -
Taberez Ahmed Neyazi’s new book traces the journey of the Hindi media post-independence, and shows how they adapted to socio-political stimuli.

There’s no accurate data on Other Backward Classes. 2021 census should start counting

Tejas Harad -
During the past month, a state-wide rally and a conference have been organised in Maharashtra to mobilise OBCs over the issue of caste census.

If Lallu is brighter than Mohan…?

Shekhar Gupta -
The question that found solution to India's most difficult political problem: too much stability

Still Mandal, still mandir

Shekhar Gupta -
Mandir and Mandal are the last big ideas to alter our national power equations. Since then, nobody has been able to catch India’s imagination.
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Attendees pose for a group photo at the 48th G7 Summit on 26 June | PTI

G7 infra plan a lifeline developing nations can’t ignore but first crack this code, like BRI

Shibani Mehta -
Silk roads are getting bumpier but Beijing will maximise its pursuit of global leadership as long as it perceives that Washington seeks to deny it any.
Home Minister Amit Shah waves to the supporters during the inauguration of the Chandlodiya-Khodiyar Railway under-pass at Chandlodiya railway station in Ahmedabad, on 2 July 2022 | ANI photo

Not national security or politics, Amit Shah has a new obsession—the ‘sahakari kshetra’

File photo of Chinese president Xi Jinping | Bloomberg

Chinese leadership touring ‘democratic’ Hong Kong, Pakistan. There’s a message for mainland

Economy

Illustration by Soham Sen

Keep calm and carry on: Unlike wheat, rice isn’t hot yet

Sayantan Bera -
The world is worried that India might restrict exports of rice after wheat, pushing prices higher and worsening global food security.

Defence

Army personnel give military honours to the soldiers of Territorial Army's infantry 107 battalion who lost their lives in the Manipur Landslide, 2 July 2022, Siliguri | Credits: ANI Photo/ ANI Pic Service

A look at the Territorial Army — The Indian military’s task force hit by the Manipur landslide

Suchet Vir Singh -
The Territorial Army, a part-time military organisation for Indians who may have other jobs, is essentially a volunteer force that can be quickly mobilised in the defence of a state.

National Interest

Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest

Shekhar Gupta -
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.

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