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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicValmikis

Topic: Valmikis

The Great Indian Sanitation Scam. General castes bag govt jobs, Valmikis do the work

Across India, proxy, ‘badli’, or ‘ewaj’ work is rampant in sanitation jobs. ‘They want our jobs but they don’t want to do our jobs.’

How 3 reservation bills introduced in Lok Sabha are likely to impact BJP’s vote share in Jammu & Kashmir

3 bills seek to include Paharis to ST list in J&K, add ‘Valmiki’ as synonym for Chura, Bhangi, Balmiki & Mehtar groups in SC list & redefine 'socially & educationally backward classes' as OBC.

How one visit from Priyanka Gandhi could bring Lucknow’s Valmiki Basti back to Congress fold

Residents of Valmiki Basti in Lucknow's Luv Kush Nagar say Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's visit made them feel special, and BJP, whom they voted for in 2017, hasn't fulfilled its promises.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.