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Jan 20, 2022
On Thursday, farmers from a village in Dausa gathered in Jaipur, outside the residence of CM Ashok Gehlot, and protested against the Rajasthan government’s confusing policies that have resulted in banks auctioning the agricultural land of farmers on failure to repay loans.

Jan 20, 2022
Usanas Foundation, an India-based geopolitics and security think-tank, recently dug deep into the network of Wahhabi organizations’ network in India and their role in the radicalization and spread of terrorism in the country. In a report published in the Sunday Guardian, the think tank’s founder and head of research explained how Qatar-based Sheikh Eid Bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association, also referred to as Eid Charity, has been funding millions of dollars to organizations associated with the Wahhabi school of thought since 2008-2009.

Jan 20, 2022
M Lavanya, a student of standard 12th in Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School, Thirukattupali in Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, killed herself after she was allegedly tortured by her school authorities for refusing to convert to Christianity. Reportedly, the school had said that she must convert to Christianity if she wishes to continue her studies in the school.

Jan 20, 2022
The seventh person to convert to Islam from the village in 2009 was the one who would carry out bhajan and aarti in the village temple. That is when the villagers protested
Bharuch, on the mouth of river Narmada, is about 200 km from Ahmedabad. I have very early memories of visiting the place with family. My grandmother was born and brought up in Bharuch and I have grown up hearing stories of how she had seen Gandhiji walk towards the Dandi beach on the historic Salt March in 1930.

Jan 20, 2022
Recently, a leaflet calling out celebration of ‘Urus Sharif’ for a Sufi Saint on Lohagad Fort situated near Pune, made its way on social media
To be on the wrong side of history is a choice – more so when the attempts to reclaim an invader identity are unapologetic. Be it inventing fictional military commanders in his cavalry to claiming false religious associations with forts built by him, the attempts to paint Chhatrapati Shivaji a ‘secular’ king have come a long way. For the unabashed Chhatrapati of the Hindavi Swarajya that he was, Shivaji Maharaj was no bigot.

Jan 20, 2022
On January 18, the Bombay High Court commuted the death sentence of serial killer sisters Seema Gavit and Renuka Shinde to a life sentence. The court cited inordinate delay and indifference by the state government in dealing with their mercy petition as the reason for reducing the sentence.

Jan 20, 2022
Digvijay Singh had once stated that Kashmiri Pandits were unnecessarily forced to leave the Valley by Jagmohan and that Hindus and Muslims lived together for Centuries in Kashmir
Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth, said Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. Though there are many opinions on who exactly said these words, the words are a depressing and scary reality. A blatant lie, often garbed in attires of nuance, perspective and doubt, often does end up becoming the widely believed truth.

Jan 19, 2022
On January 19, Aparna Yadav, wife of Samajwadi Party’s Mulayam Singh Yadav’s ‘step son’ Prateek, joined Bharatiya Janata Party. While joining the party, she said that she admires PM Modi’s work and that nation always comes first for her.

Jan 19, 2022
Savitri Devi who spent all her life as a homemaker is a mother to seven children including 3 daughters and 4 sons
When Yogi Adityanath as a young adult decided to leave for Gorakhpur, his mother initially thought he had landed a job in some government office. But when the news of his vow of sainthood broke, she broke into tears. It was unimaginable for her to see one of her boys, who had shown a brilliant spark for life in childhood, going away from her suddenly. Today when Yogi has emerged as a Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, her eyes contain the same tears when she reminisces in his memories, brimming with pride.