An Indian Express opinion column invoked Mahatma Phule's legacy and Bahujan pride to question BJP MP Medha Kulkarni's visit to Mahatma Phule Wada in Pune for offering Vat Purnima rituals.
The Archaeology Department’s order to stop Vat Purnima rituals at Mahatma Phule Wada has triggered a legal challenge, with petitioners alleging the ban is based on Phule's ideological legacy rather than any valid archaeological or legal grounds.
Anurag Kashyap questioned that if casteism didn’t exist in this country, why would Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule have needed to fight against it, and if these Brahmin groups either feel ashamed, are dying of shame, or perhaps they’re living in some alternate Brahmin-only India. He asked: "Who is the real ‘Ch*&t^ya' here?"
Fabrication of Fatima Sheikh is a living example of how integrity of historical narratives can easily be compromised by creation and proliferation of fake literature
Author and activist Dilip Mandal has claimed that Fatima Sheikh, celebrated as India's first Muslim school teacher, never existed, and he created the ‘fictional character’
Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists took strong objection to the depiction of Lord Ram and Goddess Sita in a poor light in the said act.