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Casteism In Modern India


00:00:00 – Intro 00:03:06 – Prerna’s ground work 00:16:04 – Why certain castes convert ? 00:22:26 – Caste Construct 00:29:20 … More

Caste, Caste in India, Casteism, Jati, Varna

Moderate Muslims are Now Speaking Up


Lubna Zaidi, a British Muslim, speaking with Arif Hussain Theruvath, an Indian Ex-Muslim

Islam, Islamic Extremism, Muslims, Quran, Religious Extremism

Caste System and Caste Reservations in India – 5 Short Videos


Reality of Caste Reservation | Dhruv Rathee ft. ‪@mohak_mangal – Did Caste Reservations destroy India? | Dhruv Rathee ft. ‪@mohak_mangal … More

Caste, Caste in Idnia, Caste Reservations, Caste System, Casteism, Cste System in India, Reservations

Liberalism As a Way of Life


“Instead of distancing ourselves from mainstream liberal culture, I suggest that fulfillment and purpose can be found by delving deeper … More

Liberalism

Is Hindutva a Form of Islamophobia?


Hindutva Hindutva, a political ideology first enunciated by Veer Savarkar in 1923 in a book by that very name, is … More

BJP, Hindu, Hindutva, Ijtihad, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslims, Political ideology, Quran, RSS, Veer Savarkar

The Question of the ‘Brahmin’ and the ‘Dalit’


“As Fanon put it half a century ago: ‘I am not a potentiality of something; I am fully what I … More

Anshul Kumar, Brahmins, Caste System in India, Casteism, Dalits, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, JNU, Love, Poem, Poetry, Quotations, Quotes, WEB Dubois

Problems of Identity


“If you could understand the difficulty of being a Hindu in Pakistan and a Muslim in India, and the causes … More

Identity, Quotations, Quotes

Why I Voted for NOTA


I have gone and voted for NOTA (None of the Above). Why, you may ask. I am guided by political … More

2024 Elections, I Voted for NOTA, India Elections 2024, None of the Above, NOTA, Voting in 2024

A Re-examination of the Caste System in India


Introduction A friend insisted that I write about the Caste System in India so that others in society can be … More

Aryans and the Caste System, Caste, Caste System in India, Gita on Caste, Introduction to the Caste System, Jati, Origins of the Caste System, Purusha Sukta, Svadharma, Varna, Vedas on Caste

Far right, misogynist, humourless? Why Nietzsche is misunderstood


from The Guardian: Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx and Charles Darwin are the great triumvirate of 19th-century thinkers whose ideas still … More

Misunderstanding Nietzsche, Nietzsche, Philosophy of Nietzsche

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