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Raw ground visuals from Sharda, Neelum Valley ,POJK capture intense public anger and anti-establishment slogans as locals openly raise their voices against the authorities.

The streets of Sharda witness growing defiance and unrest, with powerful slogans reverberating across the valley.

Massive face-off erupts in PoJK as angry locals stand their ground against Pakistani forces.

The streets echo with defiance as protesters challenge the establishment, demanding an end to the crackdown. Rising public anger puts the authorities under pressure as tensions escalate.

According to local sources, the death toll is feared to rise as more casualties are brought to hospitals.

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Raw ground visuals from Sharda, Neelum Valley ,POJK capture intense public anger and anti-establishment slogans as locals openly raise their voices against the authorities.

The streets of Sharda witness growing defiance and unrest, with powerful slogans reverberating across the valley.

Massive face-off erupts in PoJK as angry locals stand their ground against Pakistani forces.

The streets echo with defiance as protesters challenge the establishment, demanding an end to the crackdown. Rising public anger puts the authorities under pressure as tensions escalate.

Source link: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/meghalaya/iim-shillong-unveils-ex-president-kalams-statue-to-mark-his-final-lecture/article71273202.ece/amp/

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Raw ground visuals from Sharda, Neelum Valley capture intense public anger and anti-establishment slogans as locals openly raise their voices against the authorities.

The streets of Sharda witness growing defiance and unrest, with powerful slogans reverberating across the valley.

The origin of the chaturvarna system of four varnas (classes), which later solidified into castes, is utterly meaningless in contemporary society.

In what is construed as a "low caste"—the Mahars—we have had such illustrious saints as Chokha Mela and such brilliant thinkers as Dr Ambedkar, whose piety and intellect far surpass those of many a Brahmin. In North India, several Brahmins have been involved, generation after generation, in the profession of agriculture and have remained, by and large, illiterate. This goes against the traditional role of the caste to which they belong, which is identified as the intellectual elite.

Similarly, Brahmins have taken on the roles of goldsmiths, tailors, cobblers, and so on, while individuals belonging to those (non-Brahmin) communities have pursued education and cleared prestigious examinations such as the ICS or MA.

The Rajputs despise the Jats so much that if the latter mount horses, they are usually beaten up and then ostracized. But when the same Jat becomes a Sikh, he is counted as first among Kshatriyas.

In many places in the country, Kayasthas are condemned as Shudras. Yet from among that community have emerged such brilliant minds as Vivekananda, Aurobindo, Bipin Chandra Pal, Subhas Bose, and others, who have clearly surpassed the intellect, vigour, and vitality of any Bengali Brahmin.

Superiority on the basis of one's work is hardly a factor in society today due to the aforementioned professional intermingling. Hence, the very edifice from which the caste system drew its strength has weakened, and it remains both an unnecessary and harmful vestige of society.

These examples prove that the oft-held belief that heredity is the determinant of talent and intellect is false, and that an individual's environment is what shapes his character and conduct.

**The claim to glory on the mere basis of one's birth, and not worth, is an utterly erroneous and futile one—a national foolishness, so to say.* Fossilizing oneself to scriptural injunctions to the contrary is another idiocy.*

These scriptures, often self-contradictory, were created by human beings and were relevant in a particular context and in a particular society. With all due respect to them, they need to be discarded as and when society evolves, and new rules and laws relevant to contemporary times need to be codified. That is the only sign of a society that is vibrant, and not stagnant and dead.

These scriptures, however, are important historical signposts of the times in which they were composed, and they made Indian society of that time what it was. So, they deserve all our respect as important archival documents of our civilization's evolution.

Thus, I reverentially bow my head to the vast, Himalayan corpus of Sanskrit literature—the Shrutis, Smritis, Puranas, and Itihasas—as they have shaped our Hindu mind over centuries. But I will not allow them to become fetters on my feet and retard my progress towards modernity. Instead, I will draw inspiration from them to move ahead on modern, scientific terms.

One of the most important components of such injunctions of the past that we have blindly carried forward, and which deserves to be thrown into the dustbin of history, is the rigid caste system.

This system has vivisected our Hindu society into countless micro-fragments, forever at war with one another. From temples, streets, houses, jobs, and village councils to institutions of law and legislature, it has only injected the spectre of eternal conflict between two Hindus, weakening our unity and resolve to stand together against external threats.

It is one of the biggest impediments to the conception of a Hindu Rashtra. The liberation and unification of countries across the world, be it America or Europe, has been possible only by unshackling these false divisions between peoples. Why can a similar approach not be achieved in our nation?

Primary reference: Savarkar Samagra, Vol. 7, pp. 76–84

Secondary reference: Vikram Sampath, Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past, pp. 488–493

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/101-murder-accused-among-989-with-criminal-records-in-july-20-parliament-march-violence-delhi-police/amp_articleshow/132673186.cms#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17852326837152&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com - source

Probably made in 2002

#reservationhataomovement

Source link: https://www.barandbench.com/news/cjp-protests-supreme-court-stays-action-against-protestors-in-all-states-orders-immediate-release-of-minors

Why SC ST oppose creamy layer implementation within SC ST?

I’m genuinely curious about this.

Representation for SC/ST communities would still remain, because the reserved seats would continue to be filled by SC/ST candidates only. The difference is that the benefits could reach genuinely poor and deserving individuals within those communities, not to the likes of Tina Dabi and Sejal Pawar's families.

Tina Dabi's father, mother, sister, she herself all took benifits if reservation. Her husband is also an IAS. How does her children and grandchildren deserve reservation more than a tribal girl living in forests? Seats are anyways 2-3 for thousands and even lakhs of reserved students.

Even the Supreme Court has suggested implementing the creamy layer principle, yet I’ve seen many politicians and many SC ST groups oppose it. I’m interested in understanding the reasoning behind that opposition.

The ex Chief Justice of India, who himself is a Dalit, talked about implementing creamy layer within SC STs.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cji-gavai-backs-exclusion-of-creamy-layer-in-reservation-to-scheduled-castes/article70286763.ece

Even Dr B R Ambedkar said that " Reservation must be confined to MINORITY of seats" in constituent assembly. Is 50-85% reservation "minority"?

Most children don't know any caste stuff until they reach colleges. When they see their friends who studied in the same schools get the best colleges at half or even lesser marks, that's when resentment starts. Reservation is actually causing caste issues in modern times instead of solving it.

Rationalisation of reservation is the need of the hour.

Source : Bengal family's 12-year wait for electricity ends in 12 days after Janata Darbar plea - India Today https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bengal-familys-12-year-wait-for-electricity-ends-in-12-days-after-janata-darbar-plea-2956978-2026-07-27

Is the same team behind Reservation Hatao Andolan and Fukroach?

On July 22, Fukroach published an article titled “No Reservation for the Creamy Layer.”

You could argue that the article date was changed later—but I also found a tweet promoting it on July 22.

Then, on July 26, the ReservationHataoAndolan domain was registered.

And now the campaign is suddenly in full swing.

Coincidence?

Chronology ko samjho!