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Article 370 and Ambedkar: A #factcheck
Article 370 has been a talking point since it came into force. Since the current BJP government came to power, the Article 370 debate has often been at the forefront …
Fake news and the misuse of official statistics
Governments all over the world resort to spin to present themselves in the best possible light. The boundary between gloss and outright lies can often be blurred. Statistical information is …
Anatomy of an ‘unrest’
During my time away, a story that fascinated me — in a train-wreck kind of way, and as a cautionary tale of the danger of the media disseminating half-baked news …
The rise of Hindu supremacists – what is a legitimate citizen?
Big moral question these days, this business of who a legitimate citizen of India is. As fate would have it, as the super-Hindu government fucks up over and over, Muslims …
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Fact-checking the Gorakhpur massacre coverup
Before I get into deconstructing the coverup, let us get one thing straight. If the government were innocent, taking straightforward action would have been a simple issue. There would be …
Atheism, rationalism, free speech and communalism #NotInMyName
It is rare that one needs to speak up as an atheist and disown the speech or behavior of other atheists as communal hatred. Atheists are usually the smallest minority …
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3 Aadhaar vulnerabilities that anyone could exploit
The ongoing denial of UIDAI and the government of Aadhaar vulnerabilities remains a concern. Many people don’t understand how Aadhaar could be a problem. There are many and documented ways …
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Why does liberal thought not proliferate among the masses?
This post is the second in a series that discusses democracy and the idea of a shared country from the ground up. The previous post asked why, when the basis …
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