COVER STORY
The famous temple in Gorakhpur is widely seen as a ‘power centre’ but priests and all those associated with it insist they have nothing to do with politics.
Outlook Magazine - 7 March 2022
Outlook
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The results of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls will depend on the stitching of electoral alliances with OBCs and poaching of their leaders. Other issues may be present but the icing on the cake will be provided by the support of OBCs.
In Unnao where the mother of a rape survivor is fighting for a seat in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, another mother has been lamenting the death of her daughter who was gang-raped by men who remain free.
In the Terai’s biggest district, different farming communities may have different reasons for their anger at the ruling BJP, but these appear to be converging in time for the polls.
Despite its progressive image and healthy score on social indices, women are absent from the state’s political scene
This election season, mouthpieces of specific groups are working overtime to drum up support for different ideologies or vote banks
Shaheen Bagh gave voice to India’s Muslim women. New, diverse collectives are now amplifying this voice of resistance and dissidence
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' is in the eye of a storm, as the real-life daughter and grandson of the brothel owner are fighting to ‘protect the dignity’ of the long-dead queen of Mumbai’s red light district
When it comes to elections, people from Muzaffarnagar to Mirzapur carry an extraordinary smugness of being the kingmakers, the state which elects the next prime minister
Muslim community doesn’t vote in a block. Rather, any perceived threat of their consolidation leads to a counter-consolidation among the majority community.
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The results of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls will depend on the stitching of electoral alliances with OBCs and poaching of their leaders. Other issues may be present but the icing on the cake will be provided by the support of OBCs.
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In Unnao where the mother of a rape survivor is fighting for a seat in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, another mother has been lamenting the death of her daughter who was gang-raped by men who remain free.
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In the Terai’s biggest district, different farming communities may have different reasons for their anger at the ruling BJP, but these appear to be converging in time for the polls.
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Despite its progressive image and healthy score on social indices, women are absent from the state’s political scene
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This election season, mouthpieces of specific groups are working overtime to drum up support for different ideologies or vote banks
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Shaheen Bagh gave voice to India’s Muslim women. New, diverse collectives are now amplifying this voice of resistance and dissidence
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Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' is in the eye of a storm, as the real-life daughter and grandson of the brothel owner are fighting to ‘protect the dignity’ of the long-dead queen of Mumbai’s red light district
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When it comes to elections, people from Muzaffarnagar to Mirzapur carry an extraordinary smugness of being the kingmakers, the state which elects the next prime minister
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Muslim community doesn’t vote in a block. Rather, any perceived threat of their consolidation leads to a counter-consolidation among the majority community.
OTHER STORIES
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The once economically prosperous state is now in the grip of unending farm distress. What ails the state and why has no government been able to do anything?
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By paying lip-service to Dalits without addressing their real concerns, all political parties have invisibilised Punjab’s largest oppressed community
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With 'Jamjaal', the world awaits the emergence of a Gujarati Proust, novelist Nazir Mansuri, whose magnum opus—expected to be the world’s longest novel—is a work in progress
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The Statue of Unity would leave you mesmerised, by its stature and ambience
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A 90 minute drive from the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Katra, the place is notable for the Skyview Gondola - India’s highest international class sustainable ropeway
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London-based Glory Kabe is a vegan lifestyle chef who runs Sip & Cook’In - an Afro-Vegan online cooking class where food is delivered directly to your door and you get to enjoy a cooking class whilst listening to a dope playlist. Among her fans - Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs
