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Saturday, January 10, 2026
TopicSecularism

Topic: secularism

‘Any alteration is problematic’: MP Chidambaram defends Places of Worship Act

Chidambaram stressed that changing the law would not only disrupt the social harmony but could have broader consequences for India's unity.

Why plea sought removal of ‘secular’, ‘socialist’ from Constitution & what SC said dismissing it

On Monday, a bench of Justices Sanjeev Khanna & PV Sanjay Kumar said the terms have achieved widespread acceptance, with their meanings understood by the people of India.

Mohabbat ki red tape & speaking ‘pyaaz’ to power

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Exile of atheist poet Daud Haider shows Bangladesh wasn’t secular paradise even 50 years ago

Indians are conditioned to think of Bangladesh as battleground for 2 diametrically opposed ideologies. But, Daud's story shows that things were & are considerably more complicated.

NCERT introduces ‘criticism of secularism’ in textbook: Parties disregard equality, prioritise minority

NCERT says that without these revisions, made in the Class XI political science textbook, the chapter on secularism came across as a 'justification of vote bank politics'.

‘Not the western kind’ — as Lok Sabha discusses Ram Mandir, Congress attempts to define secularism

Opening discussion in Lok Sabha on behalf of Congress, Gaurav Gogoi says: ‘We believe in secularism but not the western definition of it. We believe in Sarva Dharma Samabhava.'

BJP isn’t rupturing Brahminical social order. It’s replacing it with Savarkarite Hindutva

The new political Hindu order being established by BJP-RSS is a continuum of some sort of reform in Hindu society. Caste and hierarchy remain, but no overt exclusion is practised.

Congress waged a ‘secular vs communal’ battle against Modi in 2002. It finally lost in 2024

The inauguration of Ram temple is one of the biggest setbacks to Congress’s brand of 'secular' politics. Modi didn’t change the terms and conditions of his ideological fight to get masses on his side.

No point in going back to Nehruvian secularism—JNU prof Nivedita Menon

Menon’s talk on her book ‘Secularism as Misdirection: Critical Thought from the Global South’ drew about a hundred professors, academics and students from various universities at Delhi’s India International Centre.

On Camera

Global economic growth to slow in 2026 as Trump’s tariffs bite, UN says

The global economy is forecast to expand 2.7% this year, down from an estimated 2.8% in 2025. Growth is expected to go back up to 2.9% by 2027.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.