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Topic: Periyar

Periyar would have been happy seeing how couples celebrated Valentine’s Day this year

Manuraj Shunmugasundaram -
Were he alive, Periyar would be happy to see such young couples defy rightwing moral policing

Ambedkar is invoked as political capital, not for his actual ideas

Anand -
Posthumous fame of Ambedkar has become inevitable because he has become a trope for the Dalit mobilisation across the nation.

Periyar and Ambedkar were united in ideology

Kali Poongundran -
The only difference between Ambedkar and Periyar is that they were from different geographies, but they were united in ideology.

Ignoring Ambedkar would mean ignoring a significant vote-bank

P. A. Krishnan -
Dalits across the nation form a very vocal group in India, they represent a large demographic in the country.

Return of the angels

Shekhar Gupta -
Aims of social justice and purge of Brahminism achieved, Dravidian politics has dumped atheism as freebies are the new god.
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Opinion

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

+TFP Ashutosh Varshney -
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

Radhika Yadav’s murder proves the khap panchayat never left—it just moved back into the family

Bihar ADG linking farmers to rising crime uncalled for. Data just doesn’t support such claims

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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