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Vivek Deshpande
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How India’s attitude to corruption exposes Hindutva’s shallow claims about real patriots
If the majority community is more committed to the nation than others, why is there so much corruption?
Vivek Deshpande
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Droupadi Murmu as President would be a triumph for the Sangh – but perhaps not for India’s Adivasis
By nominating Murmu as its presidential candidate, the Sangh has completed its last leg of appropriating all of India’s major identities.
Vivek Deshpande
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Decoded: Why RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is calling for Hindu-Muslim tensions to be dialled down
The Sangh knows well that short-term hate will attract international scrutiny and could derail its long-term plans to establish a Hindu Rashtra.
Vivek Deshpande
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How the Kerala government’s appeal in the Supreme Court may dash the release hopes of UAPA prisoners
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India at 75: What is the place of women’s writings in the historical imagination of the nation?
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‘What’s behind the flag?’: India’s cartoonists prompt a laugh on the country’s 75th Independence Day