धार्मिक कट्टरपन
December 22, 2015
Destruction of the Babri Masjid: A National Dishonour is a sequel to The Babri Masjid Question 1528 2003: A Matter of National Honour , published in 2003 in two volumes a compilation by A.G. Noorani of documents and primary source material on various aspects of the Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid dispute, covering the demolition of the Masjid on 6 December 1992, and the legal proceedings in the...
December 19, 2015
Shivaji, valorised in Maharashtrian folklore as a riyasaton ka raja (the king of the smaller kingdoms/landholdings) has in turn been dismissed by contemporary historians and ‘captured’ by the extreme Hindutvawaadi (politically supremacist) right who would obscure the caste dimensions of his rise to power and especially, his coronation.
Within Maharashtra, however renowned...
December 13, 2015
Economist, Jean Dreze questions the skewed priorities of the Modi regime
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Q: India’s economic record is a little confusing. Some observers feel that the Indian economy is in recession, others that it is booming. Where does the truth lie?
Ans: Around the time of the last Lok Sabha elections...
December 12, 2015
The country witnesses its first experience governance in Shivaji’s swarajya. It was not supported by education the country remained impoverished intellectually. One dimension of the nation was strengthened by practical experience. Those who had become impoverished and were insignificant started performing miraculously heroic deeds. The Brahmins subsisting on alms turned into statesmen;...
December 12, 2015
Published on: December 12, 2015
प्राचीन मान्यता है, राजा ईश्वर का रूप होता है। आधुनिक मान्यता है, जनता जिसे चुनती है राजा वही होता है, भले ही वह खुद को सेवक क्यों ना बताये। राजा चाहे राजतांत्रिक तरीके से बना हो या फिर जनतांत्रिक तरीके से, भक्त हर युग में उसे भगवान साबित करने पर तुले रहते हैं। लेकिन किसी के साबित करने से राजा कभी भगवान नहीं बन पाता है बल्कि इसके लिए उसे वास्तव में ईश्वरीय...
December 12, 2015
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Haunting impressions of a fascist curriculum
By Javed Anand
In July 2010 well-known secular activist Suresh Khairnar spent several hours at the Goa headquarters of the Sanatan Sanstha and came out convinced that it is the most rabid Hindu organisation in the country, engaged in an attempt to Talibanise Hindus. For various reasons we were unable to...
December 8, 2015
Demolishing a Dream
This volume is essential reading for those who want to know why a religious issue so dominates the political landscape of a modern, resurgent nation in the 21st century. The politics, the legality and the morality of those who would make Ayodhya an epitaph for the vibrant democracy that is India is what this compilation of CR Irani's writings lay bare.
Hardcover: 210...
December 4, 2015
असली बात शुरू करने से पहले मैं आपको अपने बचपन की एक छोटी सी कहानी सुनाता हूं। हमारे स्कूल में हिंदी के एक मास्टर साहब हुआ करते थे। आदमी बुरे नहीं थे। लेकिन कायदे-कानून और अनुशासन को लेकर लगभग जुनूनी थे। क्लास में कभी-कभी अचानक बच्चो के मोजे तक चेक कर लिया करते थे। नेवी ब्लू की जगह अगर किसी ने काली जुराबे पहनी हो तो उसे क्लास से निकाल देते थे। मास्टर साहब की सबसे बड़ी शिकायत ये थी कि बच्चे...
December 2, 2015
The NTUI marks Bhopal Day as the day of countrywide action for safe and secure work.
Today, NTUI affiliates will hold a rally at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan, will stage a protest in Kolkata, and will hold demonstrations in Kanyakumari and Raipur. Yesterday we protested across the state of Assam.
Just as we demand safe and secure work we know, today, that we must protect and defend our...