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TopicUntouchability

Topic: Untouchability

Goa is silent on caste. It’s invisible, and not in English

Karanjeet Kaur -
In Bahishkrut Gomantak, Dadu Mandrekar shows a Goa that exists far away from the dive bars, heritage tours, and laid back beach shacks.

Don’t punish people for untouchability. Use state propaganda instead — Dakshayani Velayudhan

Dakshayani Velayudhan -
On 29 November 1948, when the Constituent Assembly discussed untouchability, Dakshayani Velayudhan argued that the best way to address it was through sustained state propaganda.

Stop seeing caste from western lens. Move away from ‘Sanskritisation’ to ‘Vaishyavisation’

Jaithirth Rao -
In Caste as Social Capital: The Complex Place of Caste in Indian Society, Professor R. Vaidyanathan’s intellectual debate acquires a new sharp edge.

I once supported SC quota for ‘Dalit’ Muslims and Christians, but here’s why I don’t anymore

Dilip Mandal -
Caste-based discrimination is common across South Asia, but untouchability exists primarily within Hinduism. Muslims and Christians practising untouchability contradict the tenets of their religions.

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

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

Uttarakhand SCs boycott Brahmin cook’s food. It’s more effective than untouchability laws

Arvind Kumar -
Many school students protested Sunita Devi being removed for being a Dalit cook in Uttarakhand by not eating food made by her Brahmin replacement.

Practice disease distancing — how India can use corona crisis to kill its caste virus

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd -
The coronavirus does not care whether one is a Dalit or Brahmin, Muslim or Christian. Modi govt and media must stop recommending ‘social distancing’ as a measure.

India’s caste & untouchability had a role in Pakistan’s creation, writes Islamabad columnist

Parvez Mahmood -
The castes could neither inter-dine nor intermarry – two aspects that were often brought up by proponents of the two-nation theory.

Having limited Mahatma Gandhi to sanitation, Modi is ignoring his central message

Shivam Vij -
On Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, what India should be talking about is non-violence.

Ambedkar was wrong, Gandhi wrote against untouchability in Gujarati journals too

Urvish Kothari -
Ambedkar said it at a time when not many authentic compilations of Gandhi's writings were available.
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Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

Phiroze J Shroff -
If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Dharali floods a wake-up call for IMD, NDMA to buck up—the Himalayan region is vulnerable

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

Economy

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

Neelam Pandey -
New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Defence

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

Snehesh Alex Philip -
One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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