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Saffronisation of Secularism
5 April 2015, by Kuldip NayarNot many in Pakistan, still fewer in India, recalled that this March 23 marked the 75th year of the Muslim League’s resolution to demand partition of India. The Lahore resolution, as it was called, said: “That no constitutional plan would be (...) -
Debating a Post-Westphalian International Order
5 April 2015by Jayabrata Sarkar
Over the past three-and-a-half centuries, the principles and practices of the Westphalian Treaty (1648) gradually spread from Europe to the rest of the world. The Westphalian order assumed a vital importance for three main (...) -
Where is the Ghar to Return when it is Unjustly Occupied?
5 April 2015, by Ambrose PintoThe SCs/STs are recognised as indigenous people of the country. They constitute more than 25 per cent of the country’s population. However, at the United Nations, the Government of India had consistently denied existence or applicability of the (...) -
Forsaken at Home : Repertoire of Displacement
5 April 2015by Shubhra Seth
The feeling of returning home gives a sense of respite and belonging to many. But how does one feel when the home does not give a sense of belonging and it is just a mere lifeless structure that one returns to every day, for the (...) -
Behind Barbaric Lynching in Dimapur
5 April 2015, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
Those of us who’d looked and sounded aghast at those officially conducted beheadings and killings in several countries, need to speak out at the barbaric lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland’s Dimapur. For one, every rape accused needs (...) -
Kejriwal, the Aam Admi Party’s supremo, silent on Communalism — the Gravest Menace to the country
5 April 2015COMMUNICATION
It is really shocking that neither during the election campaign of Delhi Assembly elections nor on the occasion of the swearing ceremony, Mr Kejriwal, the Aam Admi Party chief, has not condemned communalism which is the gravest (...) -
Split In The Communist Movement — A Historic Necessity Or A Blunder?
5 April 2015by Tika Ram Sharma
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) celebrated the 50th anniversary of its foundation last year. While for the CPM the split was a matter of ‘celebration’, for others in the Left it was a disaster. There have been (...) -
Peace-loving People of Indore Rebuff Communal Forces
5 April 2015by Vineet Tiwari
Is it wrong for people of different communities to co-exist peacefully and celebrate each other’s festivals? Is it a sin for people to believe that the greatest faith on earth is humanity?
On the other hand is this something to (...) -
What is Fundamentalism?
5 April 2015, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Fundamentalism has become a much-used term today—in politics and in the academia. And there are in vogue various types of the so-called fundamentalists—political, religious and cultural.
But before cataloguing these various (...) -
Lee deserved all the praise he got. But his idea of prosperity without freedom can never win
5 April 2015, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
The way the world reacted to Lee Kuan Yew’s passing was a measure of the greatness he had achieved as the Prime Minister of Singapore. His lifelong disappointment was that he did not have a country big enough to match his vision. He (...)
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