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The Haryana reservation bill faces a tough task ahead. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Haryana Reservation Bill Passes First Test, but Will Find it Tough to Clear the Next By Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar on 18/04/2016 • Leave a comment The bill takes the total quota in Haryana to over 50%, in violation of Supreme Court guidelines, and seeks to provide reservation on religious ground, which the apex court has previously rejected. Credit: Sean Ellis/Flickr Commons Venerating Casteism in the Quest of the ‘Idea’ of India By Subhashini Ali on 15/04/2016 • 2 Comments Given the source of Gurgaon’s new name, one is forced to ask – can respect for Ambedkar and the Constitution co-exist with the veneration of the casteist Dronacharya as the ideal guru? VIolent protests by the Jat community have broke out across North India. Credit: PTI A Conspicuous Silence in Murthal on Rape Allegations By Jahnavi Sen and Akhil Kumar on 12/03/2016 • 1 Comment The local community has dismissed all reports of sexual violence and rape, but the atmosphere in Murthal is shrouded in mystery. modi khattar cropped 2 How a Conspiracy of Incompetence Unleashed Anarchy at Delhi’s Doorstep By Harish Khare on 04/03/2016 • 1 Comment The manner in which the RSS poster boy in Haryana faltered in the face of the recent Jat agitation tells us a lot about the qualities of a swayamsewak. Protesting Jats have destroyed homes and establishments. Credit: PTI Understanding the Caste Politics Behind the Jat Agitation By Chander Suta Dogra on 23/02/2016 • 2 Comments As the quota violence wears down and the government ponders over the detailing of its proposed new legislation to give Jats reservation, one wonders what steps will be taken, if any, to bridge the ugly caste divide brewing in Haryana. Long shadow over civil liberties. Credit: Shome Basu Muslim Residents Fearful After Gurgaon Police Make First ‘Beef’ Arrests By Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty on 04/02/2016 • 5 Comments A complaint by cow protection vigilantes led to swift – and some say brutal – police action. And after testing the meat seized and concluding it was beef, the police handed it over to the vigilantes who then disposed of it. Bhagat-Singh-3 (1) How the BJP Chose an RSS Pracharak Over Shaheed Bhagat Singh By Chander Suta Dogra on 24/12/2015 • 5 Comments In its desperate search for historical icons of its own, the BJP doesn’t mind casting aside the memory of the most revered Indian martyr. Too Poor to Bother About Democracy? Women in rural Haryana. Credit: Shubham Basu/Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0 The Supreme Court Just Delivered a Deadly Blow to the Idea of Universal Adult Franchise By Alok Prasanna Kumar on 10/12/2015 • 7 Comments Haryana’s rural masses, especially women and dalits, burdened as they are by indebtedness and inadequate government investment in education and sanitation, will henceforth run the risk of being disqualified from standing for local body elections. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar raising a mace at a function to commemorate the first anniversary of the state government in Sirsa on October 24. Credit: PTI RTI Reply Shows Haryana CM Made Tall Claims about Accomplishments of US Trip By Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar on 28/10/2015 • 3 Comments Two months ago, he said he had clinched food processing industry investments worth Rs 5,000 crore and several thousand jobs for the state during a trip to the US. But a Right to Information query now reveals that no such agreement was signed during the visit. bhagwatcr A Government of the RSS, by the RSS, for the RSS By Harish Khare on 11/09/2015 • 5 Comments Why are liberal souls losing their shirt just because the Prime Minister and his ministerial colleagues all chose to put in an appearance before the RSS chief and his advisers? sanjiv chaturvedi Sanjiv Chaturvedi: Modi is Not the Anti-Corruption Messiah We Were Waiting For By Chander Suta Dogra on 08/08/2015 • 4 Comments Like many people I took the PM’s election slogan of ‘Na Khaoonga, na khaane doonga’ at face value… I am hugely disappointed, says the Magsaysay Award winning bureaucrat-turned-whistleblower dlf How Haryana Under Hooda Diluted Zoning Rules to Help DLF Leisure Project By Chander Suta Dogra on 02/06/2015 With missionary zeal, the erstwhile Hooda government tried to remove obstacles in the path of DLF’s ‘leisure’ project in Gurgaon. kp (1) While Going After Vadra’s Land Deal, Why is the BJP Not Probing DLF? By Chander Suta Dogra on 29/05/2015 Was there a quid pro quo for DLF in return for its sweetheart deal with the Congress president’s son-in-law? The Haryana government is silent on Khemka’s letter that suggests there was.