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India This Week

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Congress UP Plans Under Brahmin Influence; Point, Counterpoint; Challenge in the Air; Fix Responsibility for J&K Fake Encounter; UPA-II, Older but No Wiser

In Pursuit of the Hip in Patna

Shubhangi Swarup

There is a Patna that is emerging with all the splendour and comedy of urban modernity.

Understanding Dalits: Rahul’s Stepping Stones

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Rahul Gandhi’s original aim, as he once said, was simply to visit the homes of the poor, regardless of caste. The poorest huts only happened to be Dalit.

India This Week

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Diggi’s Naxal Barb Hints at Disquiet within Cong; Upper House for Big Egos; Kamal Nath’s Nemesis

The Rahul Plan

Jatin Gandhi

In the electoral fray of Uttar Pradesh, the Congress led by Rahul Gandhi aims to win over major Dalit sub-castes disenchanted with Mayawati.

Far from TV studios, in the deep forests of Gadchiroli, nobody cares about national sovereignty, the State or the Sensex. The only battle is to fool death and avoid getting injected with an odorous liquid that delays the rotting of a corpse.

Indo China 1962

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A quick peek back into the past serves as a reminder of what China is capable of.

The Men the Government Sacrifices

Rahul Pandita

Sending ill-prepared soldiers to a territory they know nothing of to tackle Naxals is akin to the practice of throwing men into rivers as sacrifices to appease gods.