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- Sep 27, 2026
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Political Line newsletter Rishi Sunak, Ro Khanna, Dinesh DâSouza: united by colour; divided among white nationalists (opens the original)
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(This is the latest edition of the Political Line newsletter curated by Varghese K. George. The Political Line newsletter is Indiaâs political landscape explained every week. You can subscribe here to get the newsletter in your inbox every Friday.) Brown public figures in the United States and the United Kingdom have a tough time explaining their location in the wake of increasing nationalism, often accompanied by white supremacism. People on different registers are trying to fit into the n
Political Line newsletter: Ganesh Utsav as social remittance in the Hindi heartland (opens the original)
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Several videos of events related to Ganesh Utsav from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh surfacing online this year prompted me to make some inquiries. Ganesh Utsav, which used to be largely confined to Maharashtra, has travelled east to the Hindi heartland. The increasing popularity of Ganesh Utsav in the Hindi heartland is a marker of the social remittance of the migrants who travel between these States. It also suggests an increasing nationalisation of culture aided by social media consumption, alongsid
Nationalism beyond borders, the question of loyalty (opens the original)
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A section of Hindu nationalists in India has long questioned the national loyalty of its religious minorities. Under attack, Muslims and Christians have often sought to affirm their loyalty to the nation. But in a curious turn of history, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a key platform of Hindu nationalism, is now explaining to the world that loyalty to a nation is not determined by the faith traditions of its citizens. “There is no conflict in being Indian and being a citizen of another c
Political Line newsletter: Down Their Throats (opens the original)
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(This is the latest edition of the Political Line newsletter curated by Varghese K. George. The Political Line newsletter is India’s political landscape explained every week. You can subscribe here to get the newsletter in your inbox every Friday.) It is one thing to think of one’s own dietary habits as superior, and quite another to shove that preference down the throats of others. Dietary habits have evolved over centuries, depending on the availability of certain foods, the genetic makeup of
People of the Book | On the treatment of ancient, religious texts (opens the original)
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Two ongoing debates point to the double standards that Indian progressives confront. The central question relates to how an old text could be read and spoken about in the context of the present. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has made the complete rejection of Manusmriti the defining agenda of his politics, and points out that it dictates inferior roles for women; in Keralam, Islamic scholar Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar has said the Quran dictates an inferior role for women in society, say
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