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Swacch Bharat, Public Interest and Corruption

By hipkapi May 8, 2018 Balagangadhara, caste, Christianity, colonial consciousness, corruption, interests, secularization, transcript

[Transcribed from Balu’s talk at World Hindu Congress Dec 2014 ] Chairman Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning. Actually I’m the odd man out. We have success stories. We have…

How about speaking the truth about reservations?

By hipkapi October 14, 2015 Balagangadhara, experience, interests, published, reservations, swarjyamag

[Published on Swarajya magazine Oct 14, 2015] What happens to the future of Indian intellectual scene when most of projects driven by its intelligentsia propagate perverted truths for self-seeking purposes? “Satyam Vada,…

Normative Assumptions, Discriminations, and Caste Discriminations

By hipkapi March 24, 2011 Balagangadhara, caste, colonial consciousness, interests, law, normative, petitio principii

1. I was invited by some Sadhus from Swami Narayan Temple (BAPS) to visit the temple and have a discussion with them. Because they practice very strict Brahmacharya (eight types…

Secularized Christian theme: interests of a social institution/Christian Church

By hipkapi March 4, 2011 Balagangadhara, interests, secularization

About the state, state action and the issue of public interest. There are multiple problems here, which I am only slowly beginning to recognize. I will share two such problems…