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Coming out after almost six months in jail for his alleged role in a scam over the now-scrapped Delhi liquor policy, Arvind Kejriwal declared that he would resign as Chief Minister and would take up the post again only if the electorate clears him on what he calls frivolous accusations
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The "bulldozer" mode of justice picked up in the country after the police operation to nab gangster Vikas Dubey in July 2020 in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur led to the death of eight policemen, who were killed in a gunfight with the associates of the gangster who trapped the cops.
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Israel's war goals have been expanded to include the return of residents of the northern region who were evacuated near the Lebanon border due to attacks from Hezbollah.
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The caste census is generating heated debate, but even its most ardent proponents are not able to articulate a plan about how to use the resulting data
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While the NDA allies and social justice party leaders like Chirag Paswan and Ramdas Athawale have opposed the Supreme Court decision allowing sub-categorisation among SC-STs, the Opposition parties including the Congress have maintained a strategic silence.
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Carry out the caste survey objectively, carefully and sensitively, with the right spirit, so that the benefits of reservation reach the deserving beneficiaries
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Union Minister Chirag Paswan had voiced concerns about the recent Supreme Court verdict permitting sub-categorisation of SCs and STs for reservation. He speaks to Outlook on the caste dynamics in his home state of Bihar
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The recent SC judgement on sub-categorisation is against the constitutional mandate
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The sub-categorisation debate has taken an interesting turn after the Bharat Bandh, with different political parties and factions adopting varied stances
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Distinct from quick technical solutions offered by the judiciary, the Dalit-Bahujan movements have suggested new momentum and reforms in the agenda of social justice
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Hindu nationalists demand the denial of reservations to Christian and Muslim tribals even as they pursue their own 'reconversion' drive
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The recent SC ruling on sub-classification within the SC and ST categories temporarily lifted the hopes of tribal communities in Jharkhand
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The mainstream society thinks reservations are against right to equality. It’s high time they are seen in the context of right to justice
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A lot has changed in the last 75 years of the history of Indian democracy, but the upper caste mentality remains the same
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Among Manipur's tribals, there is a fear that the tenuous unity achieved after years of inter and intra-tribal rivalry and bloodshed could be undone by sub-categorisation in reservation
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Long before the rise of Bahujan politics in the north, the public sphere of Tamil Nadu was shaped by affirmative action aimed at social justice
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After OBCs were granted a 27 per cent quota and reservations in local self-government bodies, the Maratha agitation against reservation based on social backwardness took a U-turn
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The proposed sub-categorised reservation may have limited impact on addressing sub-caste inequality in representation and development
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Although the Muslims in India share a few basic Islamic precepts, and in times of extreme communal crisis, act as a single religious community, they are in normal conditions both horizontally and vertically divided vis-à-vis their socially constitutive categories
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A leader of Omar Abdullah’s stature removing his topi to appeal for votes reflects the intense pressure of the current political climate
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Actor-director Rajat Kapoor's adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, Karamjale Brothers, retains the original’s story and spirit but unfolds in a hilarious, quasi-farcical tone
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The widely differing balance of power between the military and civilian leadership in India and Pakistan has significantly impacted democracy in the two countries
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These poems by Smita Sahay speak about how her experience is intertwined with the coal mines and coal miners of Jharia
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The recent conclave of Finance Ministers in Kerala has set the ball rolling on bringing states together to raise the demand for higher devolution by the 16th Finance Commission. Even if the Commission does not approve an enhancement, it is possible to prevent any reduction in the divisible pool and restrain the Centre from cheating the states through cess and surcharge route
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Actor-director Rajat Kapoor's adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, Karamjale Brothers, retains the original’s story and spirit but unfolds in a hilarious, quasi-farcical tone
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