अल्पसंख्यांक
October 14, 2016
The proposed law renders any and all criticism of the existing political dispensation, especially the growing rage of the minority communities and Dalits against an increasingly intolerant regime, criminal.
Dalit protest in Gujarat; Photo credit: NDTV
The Gujarat government is set to table the Gujarat Protection of Internal Security Act (GPISA) in the upcoming budget session of the State...
October 13, 2016
In the news reports on the Bijnor communal violence of Friday, September 17, 2016, as also in most of the recent instances of such violence in UP, Bihar, and Haryana, what is perceptible is a politics of reducing to anonymity (invisibilising, as it were) the subaltern identities of the Muslim victims, and reporting the crimes only in terms of their religious identity. The accused too...
October 13, 2016
This article was written between the two elections to the Delhi assembly and just before the results that announced a triumphant win of the Aam Admai Party against the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in February 2015. Since the basic postulate holds true, given the widespread influence within power centres –central and state—of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) it is being...
October 13, 2016
Social media users have erupted in anger on the report that a Muslim youth was brutally ‘tortured’ by police in BJP-ruled Jharkhand after cops arrested him for a beef-related message on WhatsApp.
Many are asking if his body too should be draped in tricolour and his family be given Rs 25 lakh compensation just like the family of one of the Dadri murder accused Ravi.
Ravi’s...
October 13, 2016
A final chance has been granted to a Christian woman – convicted of blasphemy in Pakistan and facing execution.
Image: The Christian Post
The much awaited hearing of Asia Bibi’s last appeal in the court against her conviction for blasphemy in Pakistan’s Supreme Court was adjourned today, according to a report by Dawn. Another date for the hearing was not declared...
October 13, 2016
Britain is a nation of real diversity, tolerance and multicultural vibrancy. But for those who have suffered hate crime, it can be an alienating and terrifying place. Police figures have shown that hate crime surged in the UK in the weeks following the EU referendum vote, and still remains at significantly higher levels than a year ago.
Image:Roberto.Trombetta/flickr, CC BY-NC
But two...
October 13, 2016
The prime minister has named Gandhi, Deendayal Upadhyaya and Lohia as three leaders who have shaped Indian political thought in the 20th century.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has a dismal past and lacks leaders of its own, which is why it is often accused of appropriating leaders belonging to other parties.
Of late, Prime Minister Narendra Modi too has been naming different...
October 12, 2016
वॉट्सएप पर आपत्तिजनक सामग्री पोस्ट करने के आरोप में करीब एक सप्ताह पहले गिरफ्तार किए गिए मिन्हाज अन्सारी की रांची के रिम्स में पुलिस हिरासत में मौत हो गई। नारायणपुर के दीघारी गांव के 22 वर्षीय मिन्हाज अन्सारी को 3 अक्टूबर को गिरफ्तार किया गया था। उसके परिजनों ने पुलिस पर उसे प्रताड़ित करने और मारपीट करने का आरोप लगाया है।
पुलिस हिरासत में ही मिन्हाज की हालत बिगड़ने लगी थी जिसके बाद...
October 12, 2016
Magasaysay winner TM Krishna today said there was a pervading climate of fear in the country alluding to the recent demands of ban on Pakistani artistes, which he termed as “ridiculous”.
Portrait of TM Krishna. Express Photo
The carnatic vocalist made the remarks in his keynote address at the second edition of Kumaon Literary Festival which kickstarted in Rampur, nestled in...
October 12, 2016
Now we know what it is to be in the endangered minority whose rights and privileges may be at risk.
During the 2014 general election, I, along with many other NRIs, pledged my vicarious support to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Narendra Modi. Any arguments that called into question Modi’s dubious human rights record and worrisome support for the Hindutva-oriented Rashtriya...