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#1The arguments I presented in support of the female devotees of Swami Ayyappa before a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court were widely reported by the national media. However, very few media outlets made an attempt to understand or unbundle that multilayered argument.

#2 I was initially surprised by the criticism of my position, which was labeled as anti-religious, by those who disagreed with me. I was intrigued by the use of pejorative terms to describe a position that supported a religious institution.

#3 Colonisation, as understood by scholars, is a process or phenomenon by which people belonging to a nation establish colonies in other societies while retaining their bonds with the parent nation, and exploit the colonised societies to benefit the parent nation and themselves.

#4 The origins of Eurocentrism can be traced back to the European colonization and coloniality that began in the fifteenth century. The Age of Discovery, which was followed by the Reformation, led to the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, which was followed by what is considered the zenith of European civilization: the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.

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