Hindutva politics
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Economic Condition of Religious Minorities: Quota or Affirmative Action
RAM PUNIYANI
Muslims in India continue to face economic deprivation, social exclusion and the consequences of communal violence. A new report proposes a religion-neutral approach to affirmative action, focusing on caste, occupation and socio-economic disadvantage. Can the recommendations overcome political resistance and help build a more equitable society rooted in constitutional values and social justice?
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The Holy Cow
SUBHENDU SARKAR
Once slaughtered for Vedic rituals and prized in ancient feasts, the cow was later elevated to sacred status through political calculation and religious rivalry. Today, this gentle animal is weaponized anew. Beyond the rhetoric of piety lies an age-old strategy: exploiting dietary taboo as a political lever to enforce conformity, stoke communal division, and redraw…