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How ‘The Button’ Introduced Me to the Violence in Aligarh
Extract from Zeyad Masroor Khan's book 'City on Fire: A Boyhood In Aligarh'.
#BookExtract #ZeyadMasroorKhan #UttarPradesh #IndianMuslims #muslims #communalism #islamophobia #AntiMuslimsRiots #hindutva #HinduMobs #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india
https://article-14.com/post/city-on-fire-a-boyhood-in-aligarh-6583b4a07c37f
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How ‘The Button’ Introduced Me to the Violence in Aligarh
Extract from Zeyad Masroor Khan's book 'City on Fire: A Boyhood In Aligarh'.
#BookExtract #ZeyadMasroorKhan #UttarPradesh #IndianMuslims #muslims #communalism #islamophobia #AntiMuslimsRiots #hindutva #HinduMobs #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india
https://article-14.com/post/city-on-fire-a-boyhood-in-aligarh-6583b4a07c37f
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The World of Village Deities in Karnataka
A goddess once discouraged her devotees from building a shrine for her. She wanted to be left free to wander as she pleased whereas the shrine door would restrict her movements. The doorless shrine her devotees then built for her still exists on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
https://thewire.in/books/book-extract-the-world-of-village-deities-in-karnataka-another-india
#BookExtract #ChandanGowda #karnataka #mythology #folklore #religion #Siddalingaiah #dalits #caste #casteism #RuralIndia #india #books #bookstodon
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The World of Village Deities in Karnataka
A goddess once discouraged her devotees from building a shrine for her. She wanted to be left free to wander as she pleased whereas the shrine door would restrict her movements. The doorless shrine her devotees then built for her still exists on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
https://thewire.in/books/book-extract-the-world-of-village-deities-in-karnataka-another-india
#BookExtract #ChandanGowda #karnataka #mythology #folklore #religion #Siddalingaiah #dalits #caste #casteism #RuralIndia #india #books #bookstodon
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A Fear That Refuses To Go
How revocation of Article 370 has reinforced old insecurities. An extract from Anuradha Bhasin's A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of Kashmir After Article 370 (HarperCollins).
#kashmir #jammu #article370 #article370abrogation #militarisation #HumanRights #IndianArmy #CRPF #UnionGovt #BookExcerpt #BookExtract #books #bookstodon #india
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What does the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh believe in and who are its heroes, asks this book
An excerpt from ‘RSS: The Long and Short of It,’ by Devanura Mahadeva. Translated from the Kannada by SR Ramakrishna.
#BookExcerpt #RSS #DevanuraMahadeva #kannada #hindutva #HinduNationalism #fascism #india #modi #books #bookstodon #BookExtract
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What does the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh believe in and who are its heroes, asks this book
An excerpt from ‘RSS: The Long and Short of It,’ by Devanura Mahadeva. Translated from the Kannada by SR Ramakrishna.
#BookExcerpt #RSS #DevanuraMahadeva #kannada #hindutva #HinduNationalism #fascism #india #modi #books #bookstodon #BookExtract
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The Savarna Reaction to Equitable Distribution of Opportunities
The Savarna argument is that they are not responsible for the historical wrongs perpetrated on Dalits, but must avenge the wrongs allegedly perpetrated on their forefathers by Mughal rulers.
#BookExtract from K.G. Kannabiran ‘The Speaking Constitution: A Sisyphean Life in Law’, HarperCollins India, 2022.
#books #bookstodon #MastIndia #india #casteism #HumanRights #activism #TheIndiaCable
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The Savarna Reaction to Equitable Distribution of Opportunities
The Savarna argument is that they are not responsible for the historical wrongs perpetrated on Dalits, but must avenge the wrongs allegedly perpetrated on their forefathers by Mughal rulers.
#BookExtract from K.G. Kannabiran ‘The Speaking Constitution: A Sisyphean Life in Law’, HarperCollins India, 2022.
#books #bookstodon #MastIndia #india #casteism #HumanRights #activism #TheIndiaCable