Even if Shekhar Gupta has a specific definition of 'blasphemy', what's the justification for treating it as a special kind of offence and claiming moral superiority for Hindus?
As per National Commission for Justice and Peace data, 776 Muslims, 505 Ahmadis, 229 Christians and 30 Hindus were booked for blasphemy from 1987 to 2018.
Little in Ilm-ud-Din’s confession tells he was engaged with the communal currents post the publication of Rangila Rasul that attacked the Prophet’s sexual morality.
If there is even a slim possibility of democratic resistance to the Modi govt's brazen majoritarian politics of hate, then we must not do anything to jeopardise it further.
The Modi government’s action might be geopolitically pragmatic, but it will end up unleashing even more toxic competition between Hindu and Muslim religious nationalists.
The minerals that Pakistan purports to offer to the US are either in quantities too small to matter, of a type that the US does not need, or would be much more easily sourced from other partners.
Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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