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Not long ago, Muslims and schemes for Muslims would be high points of election speeches of mainstream political parties. Not a word now. Not a word.
...Full Story#Twitterban trended on Twitter as Koo-getters trashed Twitter on Twitter because trashing something on Twitter is still something trashing something on Koo is yet to be.
...Full StoryWe have fought multinationals, economic liberalisation and today a large number of us are fighting the farm laws, with the belief that the laws will ultimately make paupers out of us poor farmers.
...Full StoryWhile the people on the right side of things could clang utensils for a cause, those on the left have had little causeful days in the corona times. Ideology needs the oxygen of a grievance. It came in tractor trollies to Singhu border.
...Full StoryJewellery is the crassest form of consumerism. Tanishq sells ornaments, stuff symbolising riches, not value.
...Full StoryDr Kafeel Khan has been an icon of resistance since his imprisonment. The man had neither an ideology nor a grievance worthy of making him an icon. Today he has both and worth their weight in gold.
...Full StoryTo begin with, Rahul Gandhi has to become party president instead of just exercising power without accountability.
...Full StoryOur communities have not gone through the drill of fighting SARS viruses and the utter lack of community health centres has made community spread impossible. To acknowledge, that is.
...Full StoryThere's schadenfreude among Sachin Pilot's so-called friends when Ashok Gehlot hoots him for being a handsome, English-speaking lightweight as if only age and treachery have substance.
...Full StoryBrahmins of UP have been nursing a perceived wound since 2017 on an ideological plain. Vikas Dubey’s encounter that looked like a murder by the state, has given that ideology a grievance.
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