by Arun Srivastava
It would be purely naive to believe the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, expressing grief at the brutal killing of the migrant labourer Mohammad Afrazul and saying that he was extremely pained at the heart-rending murder of the (...)
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Barbaric Throttling of India’s Dream and Voice in the Killing of Afrazul
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Love-Jihad: New Face of Violence in India
24 December 2017by Aijaz Ahmad Turrey and Inamul Haq
Love-Jihad or Romeo-Jihad has become a common term in the Indian context nowadays. It emerged half-a-decade ago, but it has turned into a threat in contemporary India. Indian society was plural in custom and (...) -
Rampage around the film Padmavati: Power of Historical Fiction
24 December 2017by Ram Puniyani
Nearly a year ago multiple rowdy protests took place when the film Padmavati was being shot in Rajasthan. Sanjay Leela Bhansali had to interrupt the shooting for some time. Currently again, more intense opposition has been (...) -
Padmavati, Polygamy, Ram Mandir: How do we Stop the run of Faith?
24 December 2017by Diptendra Raychaudhuri
“We will construct it. It is not a populist declaration but a matter of faith.”—Mohan Bhagwat on Ram Temple (at VHP Dharma Sansad at Udipi, Karnataka on November 24, 2017)
Every election brings out the socio-economic (...) -
Hindu Rama and Indian Krishna
24 December 2017by Bheenaveni Ram Shepherd
It is a known fact that Ram is politically owned by the Sangh Parivar whereas Krishna is owned by the Yadavs across the country as their divine and political legacy. In North India the Yadavs remained as an opposite (...) -
Muslims Inching Towards Political Marginalisation
24 December 2017by Ahmad Zaboor
The Hinduvta brigade has over the last three decades been making fallible assertions that the Congress party is pampering Muslims in India at the cost of the majority community. What it signifies is that for the Sangh, Muslims (...) -
When Rahul Comes .......!
24 December 2017by Binoy Viswam
The mood in the Congress can be called a mood of euphoria. Congress workers, young and old, are celebrating Rahul Gandhi’s elevation to the presidentship of the Congress. They are destined to believe that this promotion would (...) -
In Search of Lost Seeds
24 December 2017by Bharat Dogra and Madhu Dogra
The steep trek to the home of Kunwar Prasun in a Himalayan village had been difficult to negotiate but once we reached there a cool breeze and beautiful surroundings quickly made us forget all the tiredness. We (...) -
Left Wins in Nepal heralding Prospect of Political Stability
24 December 2017by Barun Das Gupta
In the parliamentary elections in Nepal held recently, the two Communist Parties—K.P. Sharma Oli-led Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) and Pushpa Kanta Dahal (Prachanda)-led Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist (...) -
Effective Ways of dealing with Maoist Extremism: Military Force, Development or Both?
24 December 2017by Jayanta Kumar Dab
Introduction
India has been taken by everybody seriously across the globe because of its respect for democratic principles as well as secular values. These, by and large, have been the greatest factors for establishing its (...)