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August 15th is not a day for celebration. It's a day for paying attention. We turn 1947 into a morality play—bad people did bad things, good people tried their best, everyone learned important lessons about tolerance. Case closed, problem solved. Except we are ignoring the instruction manual
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The political landscape is a dynamic canvas, perpetually reshaped by the currents of public opinion and the tectonic shifts of societal evolution. While there are various ways for change to occur, including the use of force, the most subtle procedure would be that of swaying public opinion. It is the
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The greatest trick a religion ever pulled was convincing people it wasn't a religion at all. Walk into any drawing room in Delhi, Mumbai, or Bangalore and mention you're proud of India's Hindu heritage. Watch the temperature drop. See the sudden interest in phones,
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Cultures are the battlefield where civilizations rise and fall – the quote seen earlier on this platform applies well as one moves to observe the current crises that our society has been enveloped in. Certain elements who parade around proclaiming to be the torchbearers of culture and linguistic pride – are rather
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Here's what I've been thinking about lately: we're witnessing the quiet extinction of self-determination, and most people don't even realize they're participants in their own effacement. It starts innocuously enough. You're scrolling through your feed when an algorithm
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As the world moves forward, a visible spectrum of political echo chambers is now being observed, undergoing oxymoronic fusion. While most religious circles navigate themselves through the recurring dynamics in social paradigms, less thought surfaces when it comes to the Hindus. Be it the Islamists, Christians, Jews or Sikhs, what
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Congress isn't a political party. It's a mindset. A way of thinking about power that jumps from body to body, decade to decade, century to century. The pret atma—the wandering spirit—of Indian politics. In 1947 the leaders had a choice. Stand on principle or
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The pattern reveals itself everywhere once you start looking. Group A declares Group B their enemy. Group B, instead of rejecting this entirely, accepts the frame and spends decades trying to prove they're the good version of what Group A claims to hate. Group A moves the goalposts
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Secularism stands for religious neutrality, but in India, it's morphed into a rigged game where some faiths become punching bags while others enjoy protective bubbles. All while the gatekeepers pretend they're being fair. There's dictionary secularism: religion and state kept separate. Clean lines. No
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Ahinsa wasn't what you're taught it was. When the British left India, they didn't leave because they lost. They left because they found the perfect exit door. When you're a colonizer, you have two ways to go home. You can be kicked
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When you're labeled an Eminent Historian, you get a free pass. Your claims don't need the same burden of proof that others require. Say something with enough confidence, and your reputation does the heavy lifting. "Trust me, I'm an Eminent Historian" becomes
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Hindu society hasn't said the words. The words that matter. The words that define the boundary. That India has always been a Hindu homeland. That India will always remain a Hindu homeland. That those who can't accept this fundamental truth are mistaken or ignorant or worse