Castes - Different Truths

May 24, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
People, Place

Religious Fervor and Symbolism of Weddings in Andhra Pradesh

Ruchira tells us about weddings in Andhra Pradesh, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Nearly four years ago, along with my family, I had flown down to...

May 19, 2018
Elsy Satheesan
Poem

The Caste of Cars

Here’s a social commentary and protest through the caste of cars, by Elsy, exclusively for Different Truths. Cars are moulded in many casts, and they have their castes too....

May 3, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Modi Fails to Make Wave in Karnataka Campaign: BJP Unnerved by Deft Moves by Siddaramaiah

Notwithstanding the BJP leaders and cadres feeling elated, Modi’s speeches have failed to motivate the average Kannadiga. People expected him to talk about the economic development of the state,...

May 2, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Sharad Launching Bihar Party with National Agenda

Misrule of Nitish and his betrayal of the secular forces, aligning with communal forces are the key issues that would constitute the core of the Sharad’s attack on Nitish...

April 16, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Suddenly, Our PM is Hard-Pressed for Time: Modi Has cut it Too Close to D-Day

Illiah’s “reminder” to the PM that his government was voted to power not by the upper castes but by the Dalit and the OBC, and therefore the PM, who...

April 10, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Amit Shah Diatribe is a Sign of Nerves: Dalit Anger can Upset Modi Juggernaut

Modi’s advice to the BJP MPs to reach out to the Dalits suggests that the party has realised that it has made a serious mistake by rubbing the Dalits...

April 4, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Riots-by-Design Are Scaring the Allies of BJP

BJP’s allies are abandoning it progressively, triggered by Asansol riots. Here’s a report, for Different Truths. The restiveness among the BJP’s former and present allies has spread from the...

April 2, 2018
IPA Service
Humour, Politics

Jai Ramji Ki to All in Cambridge Analytica: Truth of Wylie about What Indians Eat, Drink and Die For

Seventy years after the British left India, ending its colonial trip in the subcontinent, it was left to a Canadian expat in Britain to tell “we the people of...

March 26, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues

SC Dilutes Scheduled Castes & Tribes Act Drastically: Country-Wide Demand for Immediate Judicial Correction

A shocking judgement of the Supreme Court on the Scheduled Castes & Tribes Act and a weekly round-up of the major decisions of the courts in India as also...

February 22, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

BJP, Congress Play Caste Politics in Madhya Pradesh By-Elections

The BJP leadership named Minister Yashodhara Scindia as the main campaigner and tried to convert the election into a fight between Yashodhara Scindia and her nephew Jyotiraditya Scindia, but...

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