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THE IDENTITY WEAPON

   Hey there, It's me back to the game after more than a year. A lot has changed. So did I. The thing that has sparked interest in me to get back to writing today is the political similarity of different geopolitical grounds at so many levels. This is not some new theory of mine that I propose. its just a world view of the juncture that we're at and I'm not blaming anyone for doing it. And yes its not about AI.    The word identity politics has been around since the last decade in India, thanks to Prashant Kishore. Today, the world, politically is at a crux where there are best of many sides playing against each other. But one remained emerging victorious. There is a pattern established to emerge as the winner. That is the game of identity politics.   People identify themselves with many things. from religion, caste, Sex, occupation, region, the language they speak, some people also say that they are an Indian first in an attempt to put the nation first. When I ...

Random Thoughts :02

Dish-Clay-Mar : Hello, unlike every disclaimer on this blog, this one is different. You guys know how open I am with my opinions and I need to ask people to STFU because it's my opinion and how we can be friends even if our opinions doesn't match. Thus disclaimer is different. It's about the post and not about ⁵pppan opinion. So basically this post is about a "random thought" about how the caste system of India came into existence. And it actually sounds like justifying the caste system which it is not about.   Hello again, now to the actual part of the article. So, basically let us understand the hierarchy of the Indian caste system. There are Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras. Then Dalit which is sometimes considered as shudras but not completely. They were basically the untouchable and were socially completely isolated. There must be a basis for this caste classification right? To answer that let's look into what the castes have individually in com...

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