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 […]
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India’s Great Leap Forward
A year on the Prime Minister’s Great Idea may have turned out to be a dud Mao ZeDong’s Great Leap Forward [1] has to be the most outstanding example of
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The end of infatuation with Modi and regrets – aka – rats fleeing sinking ship
We’ve been seeing this phenomenon all through since the 2014 Lok Sabha election that swept the BJP to power in India. Assorted supporters of Modi and BJP backing off warily
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Dweshbhakts want you to unsee #GauriLankeshMurder
Gauri Lankesh was murdered She was a target of Hindutva forces. She had spoken about this before. Yet, supporters of the government would like us to believe anything except
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Scenes from protests nationwide against Gauri Lankesh’s murder
[events_map country=”IN” width=”100%” height=”500″ scope=”2017-09-06″] Nationwide protests The killing of Gauri Lankesh brought about a wave of anger around the country as journalists and other citizens alike spontaneously declared protests
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Yet another rationalist murdered. Yet another step closer to losing fear #GauriLankesh #RationalistMurders
Senior journalist and rationalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at home today. Her killers knocked on her door and when she opened it, they gunned her down. Yet another vocal
Citizens or Subjects
Many of the problems and issues in India – witness the political debate and the controversies that are so rife on twitter and other social media – are to do
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Statewide protests in Maharashtra and #JawabDo campaign on 4th anniversary of murder of Dabholkar’s murder
#JawabDo campaign on Social Media Lyrics of “Jawab Do” जवाब दो (थीम सॉंग) जवाब दो… जवाब दो… जवाब दो… जवाब दो, जवाब दो, अब हमें जवाब दो बित गये
Maratha kranti morcha: What are Maratha Morcha demands?
This article about the Maratha Kranti Morcha was published in 2016. It remains as valid today, as Maratha Morcha Mumbai shows power on the streets. The gigantic Maratha rallies in
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