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Tribal Youth Killed by Bastar Police, Mistaken for Naxalite, Family Claims He Was a Government Cook In a tragic incident in Chhattisgarh’s Indravati Tiger Reserve Park, Bastar police allegedly killed a tribal youth, Mahesh Kudiam, branding him a Naxalite. According to a press note issued by the police on June 10, seven Maoists, including prominent figures like Sudhakar and Bhaskar, were killed in an encounter. However, Mahesh Kudiam’s family refutes these claims, asserting that he was not a Maoist but a government-employed cook who provided meals for children at a local government school. Mahesh, a father of seven, was reportedly a salaried employee, with the government depositing his wages into his bank account every month. His family alleges that he was unjustly targeted and killed, raising serious questions about the Bastar police’s actions. While villagers have acknowledged that the other six individuals killed in the encounter were M...

Days before American warplanes struck Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 22nd, satellite imagery captured a flurry of activity at the fortified Fordow site. Trucks and vehicles moved with purpose, suggesting Iran was clearing sensitive equipment. The strikes, authorised by President Donald Trump, hit Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, yet Iran reported minimal damage and no nuclear contamination. Secret talks in Oman between American and Iranian envoys had faltered just weeks earlier. Was this a choreographed act of geopolitical theatre, or a genuine clash narrowly averted from catastrophe? The notion of a staged conflict—a “global act”, as some call it—has gained traction among sceptics. Social media posts  claim Iran used American warnings, relayed through Omani intermediaries, to evacuate key assets, rendering the strikes symbolic. Trump, known for boasting about dealmaking, has hinted at such arrangements in the past, famously claiming he could resolve global crises with a phone call....

In pre-colonial India, administrative surveys akin to what might be termed "Khanasumari" (or "Khānēsumārī," a Marathi/Kannada word for census-like counts) frequently included caste data, reflecting the integral role of caste in social and economic organization. While not as systematic or centralized as modern caste censuses (e.g., the British colonial census of 1931 or the planned 2027 Indian census), these surveys collected caste information to facilitate taxation, land revenue, labor allocation, and social hierarchy management. This article explores the historical evidence of caste data collection in pre-colonial India, particularly in the context of regional surveys that could be associated with the term "Khanasumari." Historical Context of Caste Data Collection Caste, encompassing both varna (the four-fold system of Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra) and jati (specific sub-castes), was a cornerstone of pre-colonial Indian society, influencing occup...

టి.చిరంజీవులు ఐఏఎస్(రిటైర్డ్) మరియు చైర్మన్, బిసి ఇంటలెక్చువల్స్ ఫోరమ్, తెలంగాణ “పుట్టుకతో మనిషి స్వేచ్చాజీవి, కానీ ప్రతి అడుగులో అతను సంకెళ్లతో బంధించబడ్డాడు” అని ఫ్రెంచ్ విప్లవ కవి మరియు తత్వవేత్త “రూసో” ఈ మాటలు చెప్పినప్పుడు అతను వర్ణవ్యవస్థలో బానిసతనం చవిచూసిన భారతీయులను ఊహించి ఉండకపోవచ్చు. కానీ ఆయన మాటలు ఈ దేశంలోని కోట్లాది బహుజనుల జీవన గాథలను అక్షరాలా వర్ణించాయి. భారతదేశంలో పుట్టుకే పాపమై, కులమే శాపంగా మారిపోయిన వారు శూద్రులు, అతి శూద్రులు. మానవ హక్కుల నుంచి దూరం చేయబడి దాస్యశృంఖలాల్లో బంధించబడి వేల ఏళ్లుగా “సేవ చేయడమే నీ ధర్మం” అనే జెండా కింద అణచివేయబడ్డారు. మనుధర్మ శాస్త్రము, బ్రాహ్మణ ధర్మ వ్యవస్థ, రాజరికాల చేతిలో బహుజనులు కేవలం ఒక విలువ లేని శ్రామికులుగా మిగిలిపోయారు. భారతీయ సామాజిక వ్యవస్థ వేల సంవత్సరాలుగా మనుషుల్ని వర్ణము, కులము పేరుతో విడదీసి అగ్రవర్ణాల చేతిలో శూద్రులను, అతిశూద్రులను అతి క్రూరంగా అణచివేసి వారికి మానవ హక్కులు లేకుండా చేసి నిర్ధాక్షిణ్యముగా దోపిడీకి గురిచేసింది. మను ధర్మశాస్త్రం శూద్రులను మిగతా మూడు వర్ణాలకు సేవకులుగా పేర్కొంది. అలాగే “న స్త్రీ స్వాతంత్...

In India, where caste silently dictates access to education, jobs, and dignity, the promise of a caste census in the 2027 national count has sparked a fragile hope. Trina Vithayathil, a sociologist and author of Counting Caste , sees a chance to chart the tangled web of caste, gender, and religion. Yet she warns that without ironclad transparency and accountability, the census could slip into India’s long tradition of “bureaucratic deflection”—a tactic to bury caste data and shield systemic inequities . Will 2027 finally confront caste head-on, or will it be another dodge in a decades-long game? A Breakthrough in Bihar Bihar’s 2023 caste survey offers a tantalizing glimpse of what data can do. Published in October and expanded a month later, it exposed deep disparities, spurring swift changes to reservation policies for marginalized groups. For advocates, it was a victory: evidence driving equity. But Vithayathil, in her book ( Counting Caste , Cambridge University Press, April 30, 202...

Mohan Guruswamy The Modi government has all but wiped out Indian supported and managed NGOs and think tanks. Today all the prominent policy thinktanks in Delhi like Brookings, Carnegie are foreign funded. The few that exist in cracks, like IDSA, CLAWS, CAPS, ICS, USI etcare government funded and seldom miss the cue of the masters. The independent thinktanks have all but disappeared because critical comment scares away would be donors. The only Indian thinktanks that flourish in Delhi like VIF, India Foundation etc are RSS, BJP and foreign (mostly Israeli) funded. They can hardly be called thinktanks and are really thought tanks pushing their zany ideas. Of the rest ORF has chosen to mainly function as an event organizer for the MEA and CPR lives precariously and vicariously on state funding that limits its independent discourse. NGO's like GREENPEACE too are not averse to resorting to untruths and half truths sometimes to suit the objectives of rival corporate interests. The Brent ...

From  Raunaq Yar Khan His Highness, Shazade Omar Faruk Effendi (1898-1969) elder brother of HIH Princess Durrushehvar ( 1914-2006) and son of erstwhile  Khalifa Abdul Majid II ( 1868-1944). After Khalifa Abdul Mejid's ouster in Turkey, he was financially distraught & powerless & so the Nizam 7th, HEH Osman Ali Khan of Hyderabad Struck a deal to marry his own son to former Khalifa's daughter & have their likely resulting decendant to succeed to the mantle of Khalifa,  as a head of Islam could be based anywhere. This deal obviously sidelined the Khalifas own son giving way to the khalifa line continuing through his daughter. However, this too never came to be as the Nizam was ousted by the Indian army in 1948 rerouting history entirely & conclusively..    Pertinent here that the Asaf Jahi Nizams themselves were descendants of the 1st Khalifa of Islam, Abu Bakar, R.A. who was the prophet's father In Law & succeeded the Islam's  ...

MOHAN GURUSWAMY:  Indian and Chinese troops are in yet another face-off in the Aksai Chin region. How this cold and wind-swept desert became a seemingly intractable dispute is a tale worth telling. It was the ambitions of two Kashmir Maharajas that saddled India with its two biggest security challenges. We know how Hari Singh’s vacillation led to the invasion of his realm by the Pakistani raiders in 1947. But what is not so well known is how the ambition of Maharaja Ranbir Singh led to the cartographic annexation of Aksai Chin into the kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir. On March 16, 1846, the British ceded to Gulab Singh, the Sikh state’s feudatory, as reward for his treachery towards his masters in Lahore, the lands they had thus acquired — the territories of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh “for the sum of RS 75 lakhs”. He in turn acknowledged the supremacy of the British government. Article 4 of the Treaty of Amritsar stated: “The limits of the territories of Maharaja Gulab Singh shall not ...

MOHAN GURUSWAMY:  Indian and Chinese troops are in yet another face-off in the Aksai Chin region. How this cold and wind-swept desert became a seemingly intractable dispute is a tale worth telling. It was the ambitions of two Kashmir Maharajas that saddled India with its two biggest security challenges. We know how Hari Singh’s vacillation led to the invasion of his realm by the Pakistani raiders in 1947. But what is not so well known is how the ambition of Maharaja Ranbir Singh led to the cartographic annexation of Aksai Chin into the kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir. On March 16, 1846, the British ceded to Gulab Singh, the Sikh state’s feudatory, as reward for his treachery towards his masters in Lahore, the lands they had thus acquired — the territories of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh “for the sum of RS 75 lakhs”. He in turn acknowledged the supremacy of the British government. Article 4 of the Treaty of Amritsar stated: “The limits of the territories of Maharaja Gulab Singh shall not ...

Hindi Imposed Land not Hindi Heartland 

Source : Janes Click Podcast Role of Technology : 📍Technology, especially AI, enables faster data processing but requires awareness of limitations (e.g., bias in algorithms). 📍Emphasis on a data-centric approach: decisions should start with data, not technology, as data is accessible even without advanced tools. 📍Future tipping point for a technology-first approach would require reliable, auditable systems that transparently show data sources and analysis processes. Decision-Maker Needs : 📍Demand for rapid, visualized, and concise intelligence due to time constraints and the immediacy of modern information environments. 📍Growing recognition of OSINT as a “first resort” for contextual understanding before deploying classified resources. 📍Decision-makers seek interactive outputs (e.g., “what-if” scenarios) enabled by technology.

Voter rolls and CCTV footage are tools to be used to strengthen democracy, not ornaments to be locked up. The people of India have a right to be assured that no records have been or will be trashed This unprecedented 7.83 percentage point increase is equivalent to 76 lakh voters — much higher than previous Vidhan Sabha elections in Maharashtra. (Illustration by C R Sasikumar) Rahul Gandhi Jun 7, 2025 06:55 IST In my Parliament speech on February 3, and in a subsequent press conference, I had expressed my disquiet about the conduct of the November 2024 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha elections. I have doubted the fairness of Indian elections, not every time, not everywhere, but often enough. I am not talking of small-scale cheating, but of industrial-scale rigging involving the capture of our national institutions. But if some earlier election outcomes seemed odd, the outcome of the 2024 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha elections is glaringly strange. The scale of rigging was so desperate that, despit...

Cognitive biases related to caste, particularly in the context of "upper caste" and "lower caste," intersect with psychological phenomena like the Pygmalion effect and the Golem effect. Here's a concise explanation of these concepts and their connections: Cognitive Bias and Caste Cognitive biases are systematic errors in thinking that influence judgments and decisions. In the context of caste, biases often manifest as stereotypes, prejudices, or assumptions about individuals based on their caste identity ("upper caste" or "lower caste"). These biases are rooted in historical, social, and cultural structures, particularly in societies like India, where the caste system has deep historical significance. Upper Caste Bias : People may unconsciously or consciously assume that individuals from "upper castes" (e.g., Brahmins, Kshatriyas) are inherently more capable, intelligent, or morally superior due to historical privileges and societal...