by Prem Singh
Although the recent attack on social activist Swami Agnivesh is being widely and strongly condemned, there are many people who, citing some earlier incidents involving Swamiji, perceive the attack as an inevitable and normal (...)
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The Era of ‘Teaching Lessons’
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Much Ado about ‘Hindu Pakistan’
29 July 2018, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
The furore over Shashi Tharoor’s remarks over the possibilities of India becoming a “Hindu Pakistan” must have surprised his enemies and his friends in equal measure. It also reminds us, yet again, that we live in a politically (...) -
Why does RSS-BJP Not Like these Hindu Monks?
29 July 2018, by Sandeep PandeyEightysix-year-old Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand sat on an indefinite fast in Haridwar on June 22, 2018 to demand making a law on conservation of river Ganga. Nobody came to see him from the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga (...) -
Mob Lynching: Let Us Act Now
29 July 2018by Irfan Engineer
Mob lynching has drastically increased in recent years, particularly since the election of the BJP Government. There has been a fourfold increase in cow-related violent incidents from less than five per cent of incidents of (...) -
Judiciary: At the Crossroads
29 July 2018by Shachi Chawla
The third pillar of the government, judiciary, was envisaged to play an important role in the growth and development of the young democracy of India. It was regarded by the framers of the Constitution as central to a social (...) -
Judicial Activism, Right or Wrong
29 July 2018, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
When politicians as a community are in a state of siege in the eyes of the public, it is extremely short-sighted on the part of any government to make any move that may appear to the public as a means to cover up or to close (...) -
Corporate-Government Nexus Grows
29 July 2018, by S G VombatkereThe Union Government’s proposal of lateral entry of persons from “private sector companies, consultancy firms and international or multinational organisations”, as Joint Secretary (JS) is to “bring[ing] in fresh ideas and new approaches to (...) -
Activists and Academics draw Attention to Disturbing Trends in Jharkhand
29 July 2018, by Bharat DograIt is a measure of the maturity of any democracy that it is able to identify any signs of increasing distress and the resulting discontent among people, particularly vulnerable sections of people, in time and take remedial steps to reduce (...) -
Adivasis of Jharkhand on War Path to Protect their Identity
29 July 2018by Arun Srivastava
The BJP Government of Raghuvar Das in Jharkhand has been on the mission to grab tribal land and forests of the State to hand over to the corporate sector. Ever since he entered into the chamber of the Chief Minister, he has (...) -
Indian Muslims and Congress: Electoral Dilemmas
29 July 2018by Ram Puniyani
While Sonia Gandhi at a party meeting lamented that the Congress is being presented as a Muslim party,1 an anti-Hindu party,2 her own party’s major Muslim leader, Salman Khursheed, confessed that the Congress has the blood of (...)
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