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BJP workers, supporters want Giriraj Singh as next Bihar CM

Why is BJP afraid of Rahul’s Mansarovar Yatra?

BJP leader Giriraj Singh is again in news. This time he has shared a picture of Rahul Gandhi’s Kailash Mansarovar yatra and claimed it a photoshopped one. Singh tweeted the image and said that it is a photoshopped image of him. He asked- “where is the shadow of the stick?”[Read More…]

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmavat' to release on January 25

SC refuses plea to ban release of ‘Padmavati’

 The Supreme Court on Friday refused a plea seeking to ban the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s controversial “Padmavati” epic drama featuring Deepika Padukone as a Rajput queen. The court said it could not intervene since the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) was yet to decide about its certification.[Read More…]

Religious minorities feel insecure in India: US reports

Religious minorities feel insecure in India: US reports

The United State Department said in its annual International Religious Freedom Report that India in 2016 has become more religiously intolerant and the state of freedom continues to deteriorate. The report which was released on Tuesday accused Hindu nationalist groups, such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Vishwa Hindu[Read More…]

The crisis of identity: Who is an Indian?

The concept of identity: Who is an Indian?

Since the moment we are born, we’re labelled as ‘Hindu’, ‘Muslim’, ‘Sikh’, ‘Christian’, ‘SC’, ‘Adivasi’,  and what not. This is where our first confrontation with the concept of identity arises. Identity, as Merriam-Webster dictionary puts it, is the condition of being the same with something described or asserted. So, identity, as a matter[Read More…]





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