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Why Are We Unable to Recognise Untouchability When It Hides Behind the Mask of Purification?

Listen to this article: After attacking the mentality represented by the Manusmriti, Rahul Gandhi has now opened a debate on untouchability. In doing...

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The Wire

Apoorvanand

Why 'Vande Mataram' Should Not Be Sung Beyond the First Two Stanzas

Listen to this article: Should ‘Vande Mataram’ be sung in its entirety? The Congress party appears to be in a dilemma on this question. We got a...

17.08.2026 30

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Can we reclaim the spirit of the Tiranga?

The Tricolour can hold its head high this year, despite the misfortune of its unfurling at the Red Fort by a man who does not deserve to hold it. It...

16.08.2026 30

National Herald

Apoorvanand

Why Premchand Thought That Elimination of Opposition Is a Threat to Democracy

Listen to this article: This article was first published on July 31, 2017 at 1.46 pm and has been republished on the occasion of Premchand’s birth...

31.07.2026 60

The Wire

Apoorvanand

The Movement Is Now Larger than Sonam Wangchuk and the CJP

Listen to this article: People are out on the streets – in Delhi, in Mumbai, in Shantiniketan, and in Jaipur. They are seething with a searing...

20.07.2026 40

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Time to Confront the Larger Corruption Without Which the Ram Temple Would Never Have Come Into Being

Listen to this article: The theft of offerings at the Ram temple which stands on the site of the demolished Babri Masjid, which was built with the aid...

13.07.2026 30

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Isn't the Threat of Violence Against Muslims Already a Form of Violence?

Listen to this article: There has been a renewed intensification of violence and hate propaganda directed against Muslims. Not that it had ever really...

07.06.2026 40

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Tomorrow Is Bakrid, a Once-a-Year Occurrence, but the Festival of Hate Against Muslims Lasts All Year

Listen to this article: Bakrid is approaching. How do we know that? It is not the word of the local maulvi, but the statements of Bharatiya Janata...

27.05.2026 40

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Hindutva Targets Muslims as Women of All Religions Face Violence in Their Marital Homes

Listen to this article: Twisha Sharma, Nikki Bhati, Manisha. These are the names of three young women who were killed because they were married into...

23.05.2026 40

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Parties Opposed to the SIR Ought to Have Shunned the West Bengal Election. Now They Have Normalised the Deletion of Voters

Listen to this article: The most consequential message to emerge from the results of the 2026 assembly elections in four states and one Union...

07.05.2026 50

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Before the Vote, the Verdict: A Communal Campaign and a Tilted Playing Field in West Bengal

Listen to this article: Voting for the new legislative assembly in West Bengal is over and the results will be declared on May 4. But before that, a...

02.05.2026 60

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Hindu Society Looks Away, Letting Its Festivals Descend Into Obscenity and Hate

Listen to this article: This is a must-watch video for all Hindus. Since it is a video, the first thing you do is see. You see a crowd of young girls...

06.04.2026 60

The Wire

Apoorvanand

From Nirala’s Shakti to the Bulldozer: How Power Is Being Taught to Children in Today’s India

30.03.2026 40

The Wire

Apoorvanand

In Delhi's Uttam Nagar, Hate is Free But Muslim Safety Isn't

Listen to this article: There is peace in Uttam Nagar. And yet the air is tense with the apprehension of violence. Something untoward might happen....

18.03.2026 50

The Wire

Apoorvanand

On the road in Bihar, a conversation reveals how prejudice is manufactured against India’s Muslims

The spread of selective information about the killing of a Hindu man in Delhi during Holi helped drive a wedge between communit

15.03.2026 70

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Apoorvanand

All Occasions are Fit for Protest: What's the Objection to Being Shirtless

Outrageous, shameful, obscene, tasteless, pathetic, stupid, foolish, embarrassing, avoidable: this is how the protest by the Indian Youth Congress...

23.02.2026 60

The Wire

Apoorvanand

When we don’t demur in the face of injustice

18.01.2026 50

National Herald

Apoorvanand

Sweet Dreams of Luring Scholars While Driving Our Own Away

26.10.2025 40

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Which Hindi Do We Speak Anyway?

24.09.2025 60

The Wire

Apoorvanand