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		<title>The Crucible of Aarakshan</title>
		<link>http://apocryphal.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/the-crucible-of-aarakshan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the debates on “Aarakshan” could not be hosted staged without representation from Dalits, how could someone denigrate the very policy that ensures representation? If it is just and appropriate to have a Dalit opinion in the discussion of the film, how is it admissible to have the whole film without the involvement of Dalits/OBCs? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apocryphal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=886911&amp;post=454&amp;subd=apocryphal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Caste through Democracy part-II</title>
		<link>http://apocryphal.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/caste-through-democracy-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 08:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even the staunchest supporters of reservation flinch at the question of rich SC/ST students hogging the quota.The following discussion, on a request from fellow blogger Yayavar , assumes we have a similar understanding of the reservation policy which I have outlined previously. So I ‘ll build up on that, and in case we differ, we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apocryphal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=886911&amp;post=441&amp;subd=apocryphal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JNU Flouts Reservation</title>
		<link>http://apocryphal.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/jnu-flouts-reservation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In JawaharlalNehru Univ, lots of OBC students&#8217; seats has been stolen in this new academic year 2011-2012. Big no. of seats at M.Phil level are stolen in ECONOMICS (CESP), POLITICAL SCIENCE, Economics (CSRD) and many other centres too. SC/ST seats are not filled in many centres. Results decleard yesterday in d evnening. Is n&#8217;t this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apocryphal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=886911&amp;post=437&amp;subd=apocryphal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Caste through Democracy part-I</title>
		<link>http://apocryphal.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/caste-through-democracy-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caste-HIndus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We must begin with an education of democracy. Without assuming democracy can be of just one form and can be summed up only thus, let’s define it as a process where all citizens participate in decision making and are influenced, equally. Because, most large democracies are representative democracies following an aggregation of choices/voices/votes, representation is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apocryphal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=886911&amp;post=427&amp;subd=apocryphal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And Godmen Cheated Women</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So religious leaders of all religions, or better put, some religious leaders from few religious groups have come forward to prevent female foeticide, according to this news. A closer look into the article will tell you their movements are against abortion, not female foeticide/infanticide. You can argue, given the scenario, female foeticide is a bigger [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apocryphal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=886911&amp;post=417&amp;subd=apocryphal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Jha&#8217;s Suicide Quote</title>
		<link>http://apocryphal.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/on-jhas-suicide-quote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone, who has never been uncomfortable for decades in the absence of certain sections of society, in the profession that claims to speak for everyone, judges everyone including those who are absent, must be having strange feelings about the all-too-recent hullabaloo about representations and reservations. I ‘d not call that xenophobia. Because we were not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apocryphal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=886911&amp;post=408&amp;subd=apocryphal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To(a/l)d- untold</title>
		<link>http://apocryphal.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/toald-untold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Narendra Modi &#8220;I have still a lot to do in Gujarat. Let me do what I want in Gujarat and complete the work initiated,&#8221; ...initiated in 2002! there are a lot many of them out there. Rahul Gandhi &#8220;Due to effective vigilance and surveillance, 99 per cent of the terror attacks in the country have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apocryphal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=886911&amp;post=405&amp;subd=apocryphal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I AM A POLITICIAN&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://apocryphal.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/i-am-a-politician/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Her message is that democracy and transparency are the only answer – but the NGOs steer clear of politics, which makes her burn with indignation. She quotes Graham Greene, &#8220;He wrote, &#8216;Sometimes, if you are human, you have to take sides.&#8217; They say we are not ready to compromise. I don&#8217;t know what they mean. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apocryphal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=886911&amp;post=392&amp;subd=apocryphal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Sideways</title>
		<link>http://apocryphal.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/looking-sideways/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Brahmins/brahminism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does an idealist do when her maid refuges to take out the garbage (citing her brahmin caste)? She hires, a willing, low-caste, part-time servant for that particular job. She observes and analyses, imagining her book when the former maid reminds each time her &#8216;higher birth&#8217; over the later. Foreigners who romanticize India and Indian [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apocryphal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=886911&amp;post=386&amp;subd=apocryphal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Punia, We Need You: To Help NOT Hinder</title>
		<link>http://apocryphal.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/mr-punia-we-need-you-to-help-not-hinder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reiterating his contention that the funds of the Special component Plan (SCP) meant exclusively for the welfare of the SC, are being diverted by the UP government for other purposes, Punia told The Sunday Express: “The construction of four medical colleges in Jalaun, Kannauj, Azamgarh and Saharanpour has been financed from the funds of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=apocryphal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=886911&amp;post=382&amp;subd=apocryphal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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