Ram Temple Ayodhya

Rushing into a Hindu Rashtra

Modi has proven to the country that he means business. He promised the country the Ram Temple in the very location where the Babri Masjid once proudly stood. He fulfilled…

Ayodhya Consecration: Death of Secularism

BJP went ahead with the consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya today, on 22nd January, despite objections from various quarters.  The Congress and other opposition parties boycotted the…

Happy to See this Dawn

The oft-quoted, famous lines from one of the founders of what is known as English Romanticism, William Wordsworth's The Prelude (Book Ten), cited above, alludes to the opening of a…

Ayodhya Verdict in Indian Newspapers

Ayodhya is an ancient city of India situated near Faizabad in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. According to the religious scriptures, Ayodhya used to be the capital of the ancient Kosala Kingdom and the birthplace of…

Hero of Our Times?

How does a poet respond to the situation of a city under siege? For a poet, a crisis can trigger a tenacious journey even in the midst of a siege. The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish’s Memory for Forgetfulness tracks the 1982…

5th August, 2020 and thereafter

Sixth December, 1992 – The day India lost its secular character and opted for majoritarionism as its ruling philosophy. The quilt of India made from its myriad beliefs, religions, languages,…

The Sangh Parivar Has Won

All India People's Front's Political Resolution When the Hon'ble Supreme Court gave a verdict on the Ram Mandir / Babri Masjid dispute, the democratic civil society, despite agreeing / disagreeing…

The Vadh/Annihilation Of The Indian Republic

The sovereign-democratic Indian Republic came into existence on January 26, 1950 coinciding with the promulgation of a historic constitution which in its Preamble declared its firm commitment to "JUSTICE, social,…

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