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The BJP has defended the move as a "compromise", claiming they are the party's best chances for a victory in the area. The Central leadership, which presumably approved the move, has been silent despite numerous Congress demands for an explanation.

The vigour with which the government is making an assault on the scientific temper only confirms that it is actually frightened of it. This is the reason why authoritarian regimes are often intolerant of those who champion the spirit of science, but encourage scientists who will launch satellites and develop nuclear weapons — even as they break coconuts, chant hymns and press “Enter” with their fingers laden with auspicious stones.

बस झालं की राव आता, किती तो काथ्याकूट, चर्चा, उप-चर्चा, प्रतिसाद, प्रति -प्रतिसाद, धागे-दोरे, चऱ्हाटं, गुंता, गुंतवळ… कुठल्याही गोष्टीची एक हद्द असते राव! मागच्या पंधरा दिवसांपासून मिपा उघडलं की सारखे तेच तेच विषय पुढे येताहेत. इतक्या धाग्यांमधून आता सर्वांचं सर्वकाही सांगून झालंय असं वाटत असताना नवीनच एक धागा तोच विषय घेऊन येतो आणि जुन्या धाग्यांबरोबर फेर धरून बोर्डावर नाचत राहतो. पुरे झालं आता हे सगळं! चला, नवीन काही लिहूया, वाचूया, बघूया, भटकूया, व्यायामूया, शिजवूया, खाऊया, पिऊया…

In a move which is bound to stun the nation and upset a few political equations, members of the Devendra Kula Vellalars, who have the Scheduled Caste status, have made up their mind to relinquish the same. Yes, the Vellalars are all ready to give up the privileges that the Central, as well as the Tamil Nadu (where they hail from) governments provide them under the system of reservation.

In the aftermath of the Kathua rape case, we witnessed another phony outrage by the self-appointed moral guardians of society. However, none were as revolting as the placard carrying actors from Bollywood. When Bollywood did manage to muster its voice, it was only to malign an entire community and its religious symbols. One actress, who has named her son after a genocidal maniac who reveled in the sexual exploitation of women, was also seen carrying a placard. Another actress whose father can be seen beside Dawood, the dreaded underworld don, in pictures that were doing the rounds on social media, was also seen carrying a placard that appears to target the Hindu faith more than the actual perpetrators of the heinous crime. And there is a third one who felt reduced to female genitalia after watching Padmaavat. There is no outrage from their side, and considering their glorious track record, it will be worthless to expect anything from them.

Twenty three chapters which include lessons on Sikh Gurus, their teachings, the struggle of the Sikhs against the Mughals, the Sikh empire including chapters on Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Anglo-Sikh War are among the the deletions by the PSEB.

Adding to the controversy, Professor Gurmeet Singh Sidhu, HoD, Religious studies, Punjabi University has stated that PSEB had omitted major parts of Sikh history and that the version present in the books was factually wrong and that there was a clear distortion of history. If this is the state of affairs in Punjab, where Sikhism was born and took shape, what can we expect the other states to be studying about Sikh history?

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While he doesn’t deny that his employers might have worked with other political parties as well, the Congress party was nonetheless their biggest and most trusted client in India.

हमें समझना चाहिए कि हमारे मार्ग भिन्न होंगे। सभी एक ही मार्ग पर नहीं चल सकते, न ही एक ही धर्म का या तथाकथित 'शाश्वत मूल्यों' तक का पालन कर सकते हैं। नतीजतन, हमें एक-दूसरे के मार्गों का मूल्यांकन करने से, या जबरदस्ती उन समानताओं को ढूंढने से बचना चाहिए जो होती ही नहीं हैं। हमें भिन्नताओं का सम्मान करना सीखना होगा। यह कोई प्रतियोगिता नहीं है। हमें दूसरे धर्मों को केवल बर्दाश्त' ही नहीं करना चाहिए, उनका सम्मान भी करना चाहिए। मैं आपके मार्ग का सम्मान करता हूं और आप मेरे मार्ग का सम्मान करें (मगर जरूरी बात यह है: सम्मान दोनों ओर से होना चाहिए, किसी एक ओर से नहीं)।