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The story of Reservations: Read this past before attempting to shape the future

The debate over reservation policy hinges almost entirely on how we read the history. The standard reading of history blames it all on Brahmins, Manusmriti, and the caste system. But how did it all start? Who threw the first stone, and who made the first policy?

Rahul Roushan

October 8, 2026

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Trading pronouns for power: The strategic mutation of Woke 1.0 into Woke 2.0

Raju Das September 30, 2026

The era of performative language policing is quietly ending. In its place, a vastly more disciplined successor has arrived. Explore the defining pillars of Woke 2.0 and the progressive left’s ruthless pivot toward institutional control.

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British rule and its long game to separate Indian tribals from Hinduism

Census and syllabus: How British rule played a long game to brand tribals of India as ‘non-Hindu’

dhruv September 29, 2026

By the 1931 census, the separation was formally complete. Tribal communities were officially listed as a religion separate from Hinduism across British India. Sixty years of work. Six censuses. Six different names for the same manufactured category. The legal identity vacuum was now fully established on paper.

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