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Holika Martyrdom Day organizers came up with a narrative of her immolation through a re-rendition of brahmanical myths and folktales. Hiranyakashyap was a just and benevolent king and a patron of Bahujan culture, they claimed

Should the newspapers have referred to the murderer of hundreds of poor people as a martyr? This difference in nomenclature gives ample indication about where the sympathies of all those involved in the writing of news stories lie

When the third death anniversary of Brahmeshwar Mukhiya, who had masterminded the killing of more than 300 Dalits and OBCs, was observed as “martyrdom day”, the media, blind to the irony, went into publicity overdrive