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Hindus

Editor's picks

‘But Cruz… that has got nothing to do with Hinduism’, they said

Kansaratva - 26 November, 2018

A foreigner talks to 3 Indians who insist that everything has got nothing to do with Hinduism, other than patriarchy, of course

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Here is why I left the Left

Ahmed Shariff - 21 November, 2018

I feel so uncomfortable around the Left, it is not a question of whether you will offend them, it’s just a question of when.

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Journalist refutes Twitter’s claim of ‘private photo’ following outrage over controversial placard

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2018

It appears that Twitter has realized that it crossed a big red line with the placard declaring "Smash Brahminical Patriarchy"

Editor's picks

Sabarimala: Consent of the Governed vs Divine Right

Shreyash - 17 November, 2018

In both Sabarimala and firecrackers ban, there has been widespread disobedience and if the state wants to implement these policies against the will of people, a disproportionate amount of force will have to be used.

News Reports

Kamal Nath heard playing communal politics while talking to Muslim clerics, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 14 November, 2018

Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath tells Muslims "we will deal with them later".

Editor's picks

Clipped or not, Barkha mirrored the Nazis in her video by giving genocide a convenient context

Nupur J Sharma - 13 November, 2018

A similar rationale as Barkha Dutt's was given by the Nazis of Germany to justify their anti-Semitism and genocide of Jews and Altnews justified it

News Reports

Muslim petitioners in Ram Janmabhoomi case come out in support of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s out of court settlement efforts

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2018

They assert that an out of court settlement in the Ram Janmabhoomi case will be better for Hindu-Muslim relations while complimenting the spiritual leader.

Opinions

Journalists and pseudo-scholars must try harder if they wish to tarnish the image of Rajiv Malhotra

Rohan - 7 November, 2018

The concept of 'emic and etic', as he says, groups people as insiders and outsiders, to explain social realities observed in religious studies, anthropology, psychology and a number of other social sciences.

Culture and History

A silent Diwali…

Saket Suryesh - 5 November, 2018

Autonomy does not take long to turn into a dictatorship.

Editor's picks

You want to save the Earth? Then ban beef, not firecrackers

Abhishek Banerjee - 5 November, 2018

The arguments for banning beef are exactly the same as those for banning Diwali firecrackers. With the happy exception that a ban on favourite can actually save the world.

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