#INDIA

As certain elements in Western Media have chosen to take a bigoted approach & attack @TulsiGabbard on her religious faith, I found an interesting article that gives a good run
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While the Congress has rewritten the narrative that it was the Gulf war that triggered the fiscal crisis of 1991, it was actually Rajiv aka Pappu Sr and his mostly
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A list of some of India's most badass women. 1. Shakuntala DeviHuman computer, mathematics genius, author, astrologer, politician 2. MS SubbulakshmiSupreme Carnatic singer, first Indian musician to receive Bharat Ratna,
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A thread about David Engerman's book, The Price of Aid. Lots of archival details and interesting history on how the Cold War competition played out in aid politics in India
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“After 12 days a threshold is crossed”: Men who work in Udyog Vihar at India s largest manufacturing and export firms “Big firm like to extract four hours production in
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'Not Allowing Homosexual Marriage A Violation Of Right To Life': PIL in Delhi HC Seeks Recognition Of Same-Sex Marriagehttps://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/not-allowing-homosexual-marriage-a-violation-of-right-to-life-pil-in-delhi-hc-
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Nehru's #AksaiChin Blunder! A must read. Both Indian & Chinese maps showed AksaiChin to be in India. In the 1950s Chinese built a road through Indian territory. Pt Nehru came
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1/nSo Zakat Foundation has silently edited its website. They have removed names of their partner orgs, has put posts about Yoga, Covid, Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas etc on the home
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What is Hindutva and why is it important? We have seen people saying things like "Hinduism is good Hindutva is bad" or "I am a Hindu but don't support Hindutva"
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Shattered to hear about the passing away of Mr R V Bhuskute, a great scholar and activist who worked tirelessly for land rights of Dalits & Adivasis.
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Humans need some kind of identity (often religion gives it). Same for nationalism. But Tribalism has a dark side- it makes us hate others. Pakistan and India are a victim
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This article seems interesting! Narinder Kumar is a immunologist! 50 deaths were recorded so far in India! out of 50 deaths, 2 patients were 25 and 38 years old, one
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Thread: Quick thoughts on the troop deployments and tensions in Ladakh between India and China in this thread, looking at motivations. You can catch up on the latest developments in
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On the rollback of #LabourLaws, see this thread of pictures by Artists for Progressive Politics, explaining the struggle and sacrifice that led to labour protections in India. (1/n) We have
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I wish there were more data, facts, evidence, logic based arguments; easy to offer opinions and make assertions esp in times of social media fuelled panic during a pandemic. Some
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Street shitters per capita.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_defecation India was weirdly detailed maps on this...https://riceinstitute.org/blog/more-maps-did-open-defecation-really-decline-in-india-between-2001-and-2011/ While Western cou
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