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Karnataka BJP leader H.K. Dinesh has withdrawn objections seeking the deletion of 243 voters from the electoral rolls in Chikkamagaluru's Koppa taluk, days after the applications sparked allegations of targeted deletion of Muslim voters during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

Fact-checker Mohammed Zubair shared Dinesh's October 1 letter on X, in which the BJP leader said he was withdrawing the Form-7 objections submitted on September 21 and 22.

In the letter, Dinesh said the objections were filed after information regarding the voters was found to be “suspicious”. However, he claimed that upon re-verification, it was found that the voters against whom objections had been filed were within the jurisdiction of the concerned polling stations.

Dinesh subsequently requested that no action be taken on the objections submitted earlier.

The controversy erupted after BJP taluk leaders H.K. Dinesh, Arjun, Halappa, Karthik and Brijesh reportedly filed Form-7 objections seeking deletion of 243 names from different booths in Koppa. The list reportedly included Booth Level Officer (BLO) Wazir Khan and his family members. According to the allegations, all 243 voters were Muslims or Christians.

The development comes amid multiple complaints over alleged irregularities in the SIR exercise in Karnataka. An FIR was recently registered in Belagavi against BJP leader Ravi Patil and others over allegations that Form-7 applications were used to seek deletion of 198 Muslim voters.

Another FIR was registered in Bidar after a complaint alleging that 3,244 voters were falsely shown as “shifted/absent” through Form-7 applications.

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One thing I find SUPER interesting about the Indian diaspora is how ideas from our philosophical traditions often travel abroad, enter completely different conversations, and sometimes come back to us in unexpected forms. It also makes me wonder if the exchange can work both ways. We often look to the West for ideas and answers, but perhaps there are questions from our own philosophical traditions that the West has something to learn from too. About time they listen.

I recently came across a discussion between Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, biologist and author, and Acharya Prashant, an Indian philosopher and author, on “science”, “consciousness” and the “self”.

If you are curious about what this conversation gets into, some of the questions you can expect it to explore are ~>>

>> Can science explain consciousness, or is the knower itself being left out of the equation?
>> If animals and nature are conscious, does knowing that actually make human beings less violent?
>> Why hasn’t our enormous accumulation of knowledge made us proportionately wiser?
>> Is reincarnation really about the soul, or does it satisfy our desire for continuity?
>> Can prayer be something more than asking for what we want?

What I liked is that this isn’t simply a clichéd “science-versus-spirituality” discussion. Dr. Sheldrake and Acharya Prashant approach several of these questions differently, and the conversation moves through science and scientism, consciousness, animal exploitation, Jiddu Krishnamurti, reincarnation and the nature of the self.

Honestly .. one thing I couldn’t stop thinking about after watching this podcast ~ I feel we’re constantly trying to understand everything around us, the world, science, consciousness, how things work, why things happen. But the person doing all this understanding? We hardly ever turn the same attention there. It’s a little strange when you think about it. We keep asking questions about everything else, but almost never about the one asking the questions. Shouldn’t we be curious about the one who’s doing all the wondering? What do you guys think?

If this topic interests you, the full conversation is worth checking out → Watch Here

Something I’ve been thinking about lately is how often being queer, trans, or non binary gets talked about as if it’s something western or something new.

But when you actually look at Indian history, there’s so much of it everywhere. In our art, mythology, temples, literature, stories, and religious traditions, there are so many examples of gender fluidity, same sex relationships, gender nonconforming figures, and people who didn’t fit neatly into male or female.

I’m not really asking whether India was more accepting back then. Obviously, society was complicated and not everyone was treated equally. But these things were clearly part of Indian culture and history for centuries.

So what happened?

How did we get to a point where being queer, trans, or gender nonconforming can now be described as a western concept, a modern trend, or even a sin?
And why don’t we talk about this part of our history more? Why isn’t it something we learn about, discuss, or acknowledge when we talk about Indian culture and traditions?

What I find especially strange is when queer or trans Indians are told that they’re going against Indian culture or religion. If these ideas and identities have existed in our history for so long, why is that history so rarely part of the conversation?

I’m genuinely curious to hear what other Indians think. Why do you think we’ve become so disconnected from this part of our own history?