Una flogging victims attacked again; what 100% electrification really means; a tale of two Bihar Museums; and more

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [Two Years Later, Una Flogging Incident Victims Attacked Again]( Damayantee Dhar [The Dalit family converted to Buddhism Sunday, and members were attacked in Una earlier last week when they went to buy things needed for the conversion ritual.]( [Modi Announces 100% Electrification – But That Doesn't Mean Everyone Has Power]( Noor Mohammad and Anuj Srivas [While the announcement and achievement are significant, it must be noted that electrification of villages does not translate into electrification of households and is certainly no guarantee for power availability.]( [What is Delaying the Landmark Left Merger in Nepal?]( Biswas Baral [Both Prime Minister Oli and CPN-Maoist Centre leader Prachanda need each other's help to maintain the strength of the government and the unified party.]( [Would an Ola-Uber Merger in India Get the Competition Commission's Approval?]( Joyjayanti Chatterjee [The CCI has a checkered track record when it comes to determining the “relevant market” in different cases involving mobile app-based taxi services.]( [Textual Evidence from Early India Tells Us the Ancients Weren’t as Tolerant as We Think]( Monobina Gupta [In his new book, D.N. Jha shows that not only did Brahmanical sects fight each other, they were also intolerant towards other heterodox religions like Buddhism and Jainism.]( [Curation at the Cost of History: a Tale of Two Bihar Museums]( Salila Kulshreshtha [The making of the two Bihar museums shows how their acquisitions as well as the taxonomies of display has been designed to present a visual narrative of a preconstructed version of the historic past.]( [Indian Literature Speaks French]( Blake Smith [Indian writing in French is almost entirely unknown – ignored in India, in France, and everywhere else.]( [Member of PM's Advisory Council Accused of 'Inventing' Employment Data]( The Wire Staff [Surjit Bhalla, who draws on CMIE’s database and EPFO data, notes that job creation in 2017 was likely 15 million. The head of CMIE disagrees.]( Copyright © 2018 The Wire, All rights reserved. You're getting this email because you recently subscribed to receive email digests from The Wire via our website. Our mailing address is: The Wire 13, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg Gole MarketNew Delhi 110001 India [Add us to your address book](//thewire.us11.list-manage.com/vcard?u=6b988b13445248b1268a308f2&id=4808224841) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](