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19 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Evidence Kathir makes a case for giving reservation benefits for Christian Dalits. Christianity is a good religion, but converts take the evil of Hinduism with them
He compares Malcolm X' move to Islam from Christianity with Ambedkar's conversion with Buddhism.
Vincent Raj aka Evidence Kathir makes a tacit revelation. He says that the 10% EWS quota will benefit almost all OC who apply under it, since the number of applicants and seats under quota will match closely. But SC, MBC, BC reservations will still leave out a lot of applicants
This is pretty much an admission that far too many castes are covered under BC/MBC quota and the list must be revisited. The demand for a caste-wise census is therefore justified.

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19 Dec
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18 Dec
MGR at the elections. An analysis. Thread coming up.
MGR led the AIADMK to 3 successive election victories. The first was in 1977, right after the Emergency. This was a 4 cornered contest. The alliances were
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Let me break down the economics of paurohityam for you. In today's world, the only time you see your family vadhyar Mama is during the annual shraddham. You will probably give 500 each for the 2 bhoktas and 1000 for the vadhyar. That's 2000 per year. Given the number of /1
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