Ram Janmabhoomi
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Should Babri Masjid have been moved to Pakistan?
In a deliberately provocative piece, X.T.M proposes a rules-based doctrine for sacred-site disputes (excavation, relocation, compensation) given unequal sacred weight, and argues that standardising Hindi on Khari Boli rather than…
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Hardliner Who Also Liked Going To The Movies
In a self-described personal opinion piece on L. K. Advani, the author traces his background and entry into the RSS, argues he drove the Ayodhya movement that shifted power from…
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Playing with fire ?
After the Babri demolition conspiracy verdict acquitted all 32 accused, the author, rewatching a 2000 Advani interview, weighs three accounts of how the demolition happened and concludes that, if it…
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Belief and Reclamation
The Emissary frames the 5 August 2020 Ayodhya temple foundation as a civilisation’s long-awaited reclamation, retelling Ram’s journey in the Ramayana and arguing that its classification as itihasa, history rather…
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Ram temple
Razib Khan, saying he knows only the superficial story of the Ayodhya temple foundation, points to Slate and Al Jazeera pieces on it and on Modi’s role, and asks readers…
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Browncast episode 74: Maratha Bro Amey Talks Immigration, Ayodhya, etc
BrownCast episode 74: Razib talks to Amey, the site’s self-described resident Maratha philosopher, about US immigration policy, the Ayodhya dispute and whatever else comes up. The conversation is open-ended, with…
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Browncast Episode 73: Conversation with Sadanand Dhume
BrownCast episode 73: the hosts speak with Sadanand Dhume of the American Enterprise Institute, who also writes for the Wall Street Journal, about Konkani Brahmins, Hindutva, the Ram Mandir, the…
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The Ram Mandir Verdict in India. From Dr Hamid Hussain
Hamid Hussain gives his personal reading of the Supreme Court’s November 2019 Ayodhya judgment, which awarded the site to Hindus after a decades-long dispute, against the background of the 1992…
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Babri Masjid & our shared Macaulay Caste
Zach shares Rajmohan Gandhi’s proposed four-step settlement over the Babri Masjid, in which both sides and the state acknowledge past wrongs, a Ram temple rises and a new mosque is…
