Editorial Note: One of the powerful arguments wielded against any resurgent narrative using India’s civilization basis , is the bugbear of “Untouchability“. A very powerful “stick” with which to beat down any discussion of Bhaaratiya social structures , social values , societal resurgence based on native practices and principles. Powerful …
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The United States Commission on International Religions Freedom (USCIRF) is in the news and as guessed for all the wrong reasons. They have released their annual report for the year 2020 – in which India has been put under the Countries of Particular
It has been almost four months since the first case of CoVid-19 was detected as per the official sources in Beijing, China[1]. However, unofficially it has been well over six months since the outbreak of the deadly virus. As on date, almost the whole world is in
The run up to the elections in Karnataka in 2018 saw an interesting turn of events in which Lingayats were declared to be a separate religion and were accorded the status of a minority which was eventually quashed by the Central Government. Independent India
