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Replug: Amidst all the talk on two Bharats, are we seeing a time horizon where India’s elite may abandon the country’s poor and vulnerable? The real question is: do the elite not care enough about the need for redistribution? By Deepanshu Mohan

From 2017: Given that the majority of Hindus eat meat, how and why is the democratic state anxious over a non-vegetarian diet? https://lnkd.in/gJGJViXu Suryakant Waghmore

Today, madrasas are seen as dens of fundamentalism and illiberal thought, obsessed with religion. These critics say that such an education fails to equip students with the tools to enter the mainstream. Adhiraj Parthasarathy & Saurabh Seth disagree. Read their argument to know why.

After migrating to the Promised Land, several members of India’s Jewish community opted to come back to their land of birth. Ajay Kamalakaran revisits history. https://lnkd.in/gSfB_JJr

#climatechange | Experts say that the sales of AC have witnessed a huge jump for the first time after 2011. It is estimated that between 2040 and 2050, India will overtake China in terms of AC sales. Vishal Kumar Jain reports. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gk92UM6P

The decision to privatise the steel plant has been pending for more than three years amid protests by workers’ unions and objections by the previous state government of the YSR Congress Party, the newspaper reported. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gfF3eK7K

Opposing the Enforcement Directorate’s appeal against bail granted to him by a lower court, Kejriwal said that the central agency was using illegal means of "pressurising" other accused persons in the case. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gp8EfKpF

How does meat become a source of contention, violence and even governmental repression in India? Is our vegetarianism based on compassion for animals? If yes, why does this lead to disgust, social distance and even violence against humans? https://lnkd.in/eZGNFJTB By Suryakant Waghmore

With the increasing heat, the AC market in India is steadily growing at an annual growth rate of around 15% estimated to be till 2028. According to reports, the sales of ACs doubled in May. Vishal Kumar Jain reports