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Agra, the Taj of Dalit politics of Uttar Pradesh, is under siege
During a fairly long period under the Mughal rule, especially between Akbar and Shah Jahan, Agra prospered as the capital of Hindustan. Today it is considered as the Dalit capital of North…
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Panicky BJP groping in the dark for a name to succeed Nitish Kumar
Nervousness grips the top brass of the Bharatiya Janata Party as it is struggling over the chief ministerial face for Bihar, where the Assembly election is due in October-November. If Union Home…
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Charlie Chaplin had to run away from the US when he was treated as a Communist sympathiser
In the following examples, there is a small comfort for those students who are being dumped into the detention centres of the United States or deported to their respective countries or flown…
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When ‘tolerant’ Emperor Akbar’s body was dug out from the grave and burnt
When Sunil Ambekar, the chief spokesperson of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, clarified to the Times of India on March 19 that “The glorification of Aurangzeb should stop. The tomb issue is not irrelevant;…
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Similarities in the political systems in India and Israel; here it is easier for BJP to revive
Without taking into account the prevailing eco-system which favours the growth and expansion of the rightist forces across the globe, several media commentators often end up holding Gandhis—Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka—responsible for…
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Struggling Syrian regime opens new front within the country but not against Israeli forces
Oblivious of the presence of the United States-led Israeli Defence Forces in the vicinity of Damascus, the Ahmed al-Sharaa government in Syria has unnecessarily opened a new front in the western coastal…
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Fear of Western hegemony withering away grips Europe
As you sow, so shall you reap. The crisis the West is facing in Ukraine is of one’s own making. There is absolutely no denying the fact that the United States, along…
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Cricket: Champions Trophy and the seamier side of Day-Night matches
Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Somewhat similar is how most ruling classes across the planet, especially in the Third World countries, behave. At a time when Pakistan’s largest metropolis, Karachi, and three…
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Americas, Israel, Australia, New Zealand owe their creation to illegal migrants
The origin of illegal migration to America can be traced back to 1492 when Christopher Columbus first ‘discovered’ the so-called New World. When it suits the Western masters they fully encourage such…
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From ‘middle class’ Delhi, over to Bihar, the land having highest lower income group voters
Nine months after the Delhi election, none but Bihar, the state overwhelmingly dominated by the lower-income group population, will go to the polls. Following the relatively poor performance in last year’s Lok…
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Why do Muslims prefer one ‘B-team’ of the BJP over the other in Delhi?
If Aam Aadmi Party and All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen are both the B-teams of the Bharatiya Janata Party—as many independent political observers feel—why is it that such a large number of Muslims of…
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BJP imitating Nehru, not Bhagwat in celebrating Independence, Republic days
If January 22, 2024, was the ‘true’ Independence Day for India, why was there no celebration at the national level on its first anniversary? Instead, four days later the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya…
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Facing a succession crisis, JD (U) fiddles with the name of Nitish’s son
The likely launch of Nishant Kumar, son of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar into politics, probably around Holi, confirms the fact that there exists a vacancy not only for the post of…
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Trump’s wild card on Canada, Panama and Greenland catches Western establishment off guard
If the over-ambitious Trump Empire engulfs Canada, Panama, and Greenland it would not be surprising. The United States had not long back, snatched California, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and parts…
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Gaza cease-fire exposes fragility of the West; Erdogan-led Turkey loses respect
Given the track record of the United States-led Israel one cannot predict that the temporary cease-fire with Hamas, and even for that matter, Hezbollah will last long. Yet what will remain ingrained…
