caste Archives - Different Truths

February 5, 2025
Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Governance, Opinion, Politics, Subaltern & Dalits

Focus: Faith, Caste, Class and Politics in Prayagraj Deaths

Prof Bhaskar discusses the tragic death of 30 people, in Prayagraj, during a holy dip, highlighting the risks faced by millions, mostly marginalised, seeking spiritual salvation, exclusively for Different...

July 11, 2023
Manthena Damodara Chary
Poem

The Spirit of India

A patriotic poem by Manthena Damodara, in Different Truths. India is not, in essence, a piece of earthIt represents a sea of marvellous mirth Tradition has its reputedly robust roots Facilitating...

August 17, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Vajpayee Was Diametrically Opposite to Modi: Gujarat Riot in 2002 was a Dividing Line

Behind the current proximity between the party and its mentor is the attitudinal difference between Vajpayee and Modi. Unlike Vajpayee, Modi has always belonged to his party’s more hawkish...

June 13, 2018
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Break Those Shackles

A protest poem where there is liberation in death, where one breaks the shackles of caste and colour, by Sarala, exclusively for Different Truths. Oh! Let me break those shackles ...

June 11, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues

Creamy Layer Turns Messy and Uncanny: Supreme Court Bench Skips Most Contentious Issues

The decision by a vacation bench of the Supreme Court in a case about reservation in promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes last week may not have been...

June 4, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Gossip, Rumour and Test-Tube Sita: Guessing Game over Pranab Da or Mamata Di

There’s no limit to the cycle of birth and rebirth; to rumour and gossip. Mamata Didi’s post-mortem of the BJP in Purulia after leaving to the vultures the carcass...

June 1, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Farrago under the Cendre with Ankyloglossia-Cured: Idioms of Modi Begin to go Over Indian Heads

The fact of the matter is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hold on the political narrative might be slipping but the Indian-American’s hold on the world’s top spelling bee contest...

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,...

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...

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