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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicSecularism

Topic: secularism

Hindus in Bangladesh don’t face a situation as dire as I do: Taslima Nasreen

More than Hindus, it’s the free-thinking liberals who are at greater risk in Bangladesh.

CAB protests a battle for India – either we are a secular state or we aren’t India at all

With the Citizenship Bill we cross the Rubicon, from a secular state to a ‘secular’ state. Everyone who believed in the idea of India must stand up.

For Nehru, secularism wasn’t a happy word but a possible source of dogma: Historian

At Nehru Memorial Lecture Thursday, Madhavan Palat said Jawaharlal Nehru had an affinity for Buddhism and viewed Mahatma Gandhi as an avatar of Buddha.

Ayodhya verdict made one thing clear. This is the problem with Indian secularism today

Politics is about coining new words, putting new meanings in old words, and persuading people to accept these new words and meanings.

What is Places of Worship Act? The law used by SC to censure Babri Masjid demolition

Ayodhya disputed site was exempted from Places of Worship Act passed during Narasimha Rao govt in September 1991, a year before Babri Masjid demolition.

Big test for secular politics this winter. Don’t fall into BJP-RSS trap on Ayodhya, NRC, UCC

Time and again, secularism presents itself as compulsive pro-minorityism, as a cloak for vote-bank politics.

UPSC question on secularism triggers debate on commission’s objectivity

Many have hailed the question as evidence of changing times in India, while others say it is subjective and leading, and an ‘ominous sign’.

Not Salman Khurshid, not Owaisi, Indian Muslims need a Shashi Tharoor

The space for Muslim leadership is vacant and wide-open. It’s only a matter of time that we will see a new crop of Muslim leaders come up.

How Indian secularism could still be saved

Those who want to save secularism from drowning will have to use the nation’s ultimate life-jacket: nationalism.

India rejects US report on its religious freedom, says it has no locus standi

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar refuted the report's findings by saying religious freedom of minorities is guaranteed by the Constitution of India.

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.