Holy Cow: One More lynching
One Pehlu Khan from Haryana came to the cattle fair in Jaipur to purchase a buffalo. He was a dairy farmer. In the fair he was impressed by high…
Dr Ram Puniyani
Babri Masjid Ramjanmbhoomi Dispute: Need For Justice
After the long wait, the Supreme Court Chief Justice J.S. Khehar opined that long pending dispute of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid should be settled out of court. (March 2017) He even offered…
Kandhamal: Introspection Of Initiative For Justice
Violence is the bane of Indian society and a manifest agenda of communal forces, which thrive on divisive politics and polarization. This is part of their political agenda. While Hindu-Muslim…
Communalising Population Growth: Understanding Demographic Data
I The biases and misconceptions about conversions and population growth have been used by communal forces to divide the society. This became apparent once again when Minister of state of…
‘Hindu’: Religion or Nationality?
Debate around the words Hindu, Hinduism, Hindutva is not new. Recently the assertion by Mohan Bhagwat, the Sarsanghchalk (Supreme Dictator) of RSS that ‘everyone living in India is Hindu’ and…
Singing Of National Anthem In Cinema Halls: Can Compulsions Elicit Respect?
Supreme Court Order on national Anthem (November 2016) has asked theatres to play the national anthem before a film show begins “for the love of the motherland”.…
Uniform Civil Code: Why And How?
What is called as Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is as such dealing with the personal laws (marriage, divorce, maintenance, custody and inheritance). Our criminal and civil laws are same for…
Did Ashoka’s Embracing Buddhism, Promoting Ahimsa Weaken India?
Past is used by communal politics for their present political agenda. In India on one hand we have the use of medieval history where the Muslim Kings are presented as…
Should RSS Volunteers Be Permitted To Join Government Services?
An old controversy resurfaced lately. After the alleged denial of government jobs to candidates linked to the RSS, Minister of State in the PMO, Jitendra Singh, said last week…
Gulbarg Society Carnage: Who Cast The First Stone?
Communal violence is the big bane of Indian society. While on one hand the innocents are killed the guilty mostly get away without any punishment. The rate of prosecution…
Muzaffarnagar +Dadri + Kairana=Love Jihad+Beef+”Hindu” Exodus=Hard Communalism=Votes
Just before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections Muzaffarnagar erupted in violence in which nearly 80 Muslims died, and thousands fled their villages. Now with the 2017 Assembly elections due in…
Two Years Of Modi Sarkar- Broken Promises: Sectarian Agenda
The performance of the Modi Government during last two years has to be seen in the light of the promises made in the electoral campaign and on the barometer of…
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