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The Haldwani Purification Ritual and the Untouchability of Presence: Caste, Purity and the Politics of Belonging

Akhilesh Kumar Two days after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a public rally at Haldwani’s Ramlila Maidan in Uttarakhand on August 8, a shuddhikaran havan was conducted at the same venue. Members of the Shri Ram Sena Dharmarth Seva Nyas Sangathan performed the ritual to purify the site. The organisation cited the slogans raised at the rally …

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India’s Gen-Z Movement: Challenges Ahead for the Teachers and the Buddhist Way Forward

Dr. Nishant Kumar The resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education, Government of India (a Gen-X person born between 1965–1980), has come as a shock, as it was considered impossible to get a resignation from any minister of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government from 2014 till now. However, the students of Gen-Z (born between 1997–2012, …