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Bengal's Dalits reduced to political pawns as BJP, TMC play caste card ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls

BJP is trying hard to use Dalits and OBCs, both Hindi and Bengali-speaking, as battering rams to raid the fort of its friend-turned-foe Mamata

JNU's selective outrage over alleged sexual offenders reeks of hypocrisy that must be structurally addressed

JNU: The fact that one complainant is fighting a lone legal battle and another set has found support in a campaign that made national headlines shows it is not the person but the ideology of the offender that matters more.

West Bengal Panchayat Polls: Why TMC, Mamata Banerjee are embracing janeu-dhaari politics to counter BJP

There’s something curious going on in the state of West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee, who has for long battled charges of minority appeasement, has taken a sudden and sharp turn towards janeu-dhaari politics.

France's conservatives choose Laurent Wauquiez as leader: 42-year-old is a staunch critic of Emmanuel Macron

France's conservatives chief Laurent Wauquiez is a hard-hitting critic of Emmanuel Macron, whom he dismisses as out of touch with rural France and weak on security.

From discrediting intellectuals to incompetent appointments: All the ways Narendra Modi regime has changed India

Over the past few weeks, we've been seeing a range of articles on how Indian polity and society have changed since the demolition of the Babri Masjid. The Ram Janmabhoomi movement (along with the India-China War of 1962 and the Emergency milieu) was a crucial turning point in the political fortunes of the Hindu right. It is, however, important to point out what all has changed in terms of polity, state policy and social responses in India since the Modi government first came to power in 2014.

Amid changing nature of sex as an activity, debates over Raya Sarkar's list represent post-colonial binaries

The reactions against Raya Sarkar's list is fascist in their language, which ironically, is similar to the language of 'anti-national' used by the Hindu right

Amit Shah attends Delhi leg of Janaraksha Yatra, lashes out at CPM over political violence in Kerala

BJP chief Amit Shah on Sunday said that "politics of violence" is in the nature of the communists as he lashed out at the CPM over the political violence in Kerala.

Pinarayi Vijayan slams Mohan Bhagwat for remarks on minorities: 'Don't need advice from those who turned back on freedom struggle'

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan lashed out at RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, saying that Keralites did not need any advice on nationalism from those who had turned their back towards the freedom struggle and served the colonial rulers.

Of 'presstitutes' and media: Don't blame just BJP, art of sycophancy emerged during Congress reign

After the recent fracas on live television between NDTV anchor Nidhi Razdan and BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra, here’s a word or two about “presstitutes”.

Muslim women do not need saving

It is essential to look past this stereotype to recognise the agency of Muslim women.