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Politics
Muslim Brahmin axis rides high (on elephant back)
The BSP gives more Lok Sabha tickets to Brahmins and Muslims. The poster welcomes this Dalit-led coalition as an inverted pyramid that must trouble caste-hustlers.
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Politics
Poor or Backward? (that is the question)
The poster prefers reservations for the poor over caste-based claims to backwardness, arguing that the current contest only sharpens grievance, with a report on the Supreme Court refusing to stay…
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Science
Red planet beckons
A post marking India’s Mars orbiter crossing the halfway point of its journey on 9 April 2014, with insertion planned for 24 September.
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The Ideological War
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Politics
Seeking Jaziyah from muslims
The poster argues that Muslim block voting for the Congress is a modern jizya, and has brought backwardness without security. He hopes Muslims will demand both security and progress as…
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Bangladesh war hero is history
On the sale of INS Vikrant, the poster argues India has never written proper history and that the 1971 war should be retold around its victims, mainly Hindus driven out…
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Science
Killer worm reaches the terrible twos
A post on the Heartbleed bug in OpenSSL encryption, which let anyone read the memory of vulnerable servers and exposed passwords and keys.
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Politics
Did (Indian) muslims win the Kargil war?
A report on Azam Khan’s claim that Muslim soldiers won the Kargil war, with the poster’s hope that moderate Muslims who coexist with others will outweigh those seeking purity.
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Politics
Blasphemy laws in the 21st century
The poster says India’s religious-offence laws date from the 19th century and urges intellectuals to defend free speech beyond Hindutva cases, with an article on the culture war facing India…
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Economy
Indelible (not quite) ink: Maharajah brand
A report on the Mysore factory that makes the indelible ink used on voters’ fingers around the world, which the poster sees as an Indian technology success.
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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