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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 -
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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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US pilot rescue in Iran must be seen more than war cost. Nation protects its warriors

Ajay Ahlawat -
A live American pilot paraded on Iranian state television would have been an intelligence windfall and a propaganda coup of historic proportions.

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Economy

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

WEF Team -
ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

Defence

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

Keshav Padmanabhan -
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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