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Part-time Businessman, Full-time Gaurakshak
Their eyes keep tabs on meat eaters and Muslims. Vigilante gaurakshaks are prepared to rape and kill to protect the cow.
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Where Have All the Moderates Disappeared?
Extreme viewpoints – be it conservative or liberal – are the noisiest. They get the most attention in today’s hyper-social world. In the process, everyone who’s not “visible enough” becomes part of the vast majority leading “uneventful” lives. But is being moderate equal to being mediocre?
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The Rise of the Right
The Brits aren’t the only ones coasting along on the fear of outsiders and loss of identity. The world is swiftly taking a turn right.
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An Open Letter to the Right-Winger Who is Not Wrong
Dear right-wingers, it is time to prove liberals wrong. We know you are so much more than blindfolded acolytes swearing by gomutra. Remember that with great power comes great responsibility. Your job is not over by having voted in someone with an overwhelming majority: Your task is to keep them on their toes for the next five years to prove that your faith has not been misplaced.
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Hasna Seekho: To All the Guys Who Made Us Laugh in this Time of Protests
As anti-CAA protests continue to rage on, at a time when everything seems, bleak, it’s the humour that’s kept many of us going. From tongue-in-cheek placards, stand-up routines, and internet memes, dissenters from the anti-CAA movement are finding a way to stay sane. For today, I recommend “Hum Kagaz (Filmy Version)” on Instagram.
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When Did Terror Make Inroads into My Sleepy Toronto?
My hometown Toronto has been in the news for a spate of attacks on its diverse population. Are they a part of a creeping culture of polarisation and dissent? Is fear the new normal in Toronto, the only city where I’ve walked down dark alleys in the middle of the night?
