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Fair skin fixation, Beauty pagents, Aishwarya Rai, Diana Hayden

Tripura CM saying Diana Hayden is not an Indian beauty shows he neither understands women nor Constitution

It is much easier to slot women as divine figures without human characteristics or any taint of human flaws.

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World Bank, Supreme Court, Data Breach, Aadhaar card

Government admitting that it misled people into linking mobile with Aadhaar is not its only lie

Let there be no confusion that Aadhaar is a surveillance technology for all practical purposes.

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Baba Ramdev, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Asaram rape case, Asaram rape case

Why we flock to godmen, gurus and charlatans

With the spate of sordid sex scandals emanating from the realm of babas, it is hard not to be sceptical about all things 'spiritual'.

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Judicial overreach, Justice Chelameswar, Dipak Misra, CJI impeachment

Opposition is only doing its job by questioning judiciary

It is important to probe charges of impropriety against CJI Dipak Misra.

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Polarisation, Hindutva, BJP, Hate Speech

Of 58 MPs and MLAs accused of hate speech, 27 belong to BJP – the poison must be stopped from spreading

This fact needs to be seen in the context of other developments to get at the bigger, alarming picture.

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Pocso act, Godmen, Asaram Bapu, Asaram Bapu rape case

Convicted rapist Asaram appears like a superhero on his website

The stories offer horrid and most likely fictional lessons no one should take seriously.

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Hindutva, Lord Ram, Hindu nationalists, Audrey Truschke

Outrage over Audrey Truschke's controversial Ramayana tweet is a case of poor English

Misogynist pig is as much about being a pig as rogue elephant is about either rogue as in rascal or an elephant.