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A Vote for BJP Is a Vote for Hate. Vote Against BJP.
Don't let hate spread like wild fire and destroy the subcontinent. Vote against BJP.
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The Murder of Our Republic
Congratulations to those who brought this about
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The Rule of the Rott
Let me introduce you to the Rule of the Toppled Tumblr: the rule that is blocking our way to an inclusive society
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To Cast a Critical Eye for Democracy
Cynical skepticism, prejudice, mistrust and other stuff that you need to account for for media literacy to have an impact.
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Democracy: Five Ws and H
Not necessarily in that order
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Walking Away Is Resistance
Religious Conversion as Resistance
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Why History? And Three Tales to Wrap Around It
Some years back, when I shared my decision to do a Masters in History with someone, he asked. “But why? Doesn’t studying history only make you want to…
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Shiva, Shani, and a Story for These Times
There is a story of Shiva that often slides into my mind these days. The one where he tried to escape the effect of Shani. Do you know that story? Shani…
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Rama and I: A Not Straight Love Story
I first met Rama in a novel-length Malayalam Ramayana for children called Mali Ramayana. I was six or seven years old. I knew of him before that of…
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A (Somewhat) Brief History of Hindu Nationalism: Part I
The Ideology that Led to Gandhi's Murder
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To my 'Good Hindu' Relatives and Friends: Your Silence Brought Us Here
I will record your silences and will tell your children about it. Because silence is complicity.
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Speak Up! Speak Up! Speak Up!
Or lose all you hold dear
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