धार्मिक कट्टरपन
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...
December 1, 2015
Heated reactions and debates on reservations for Muslims, conjuring up images of communal polarisation and Partition, deliberately ignore the fact that secular India has not given Muslims a fair deal
November 29, 2015
आज आपको रिबेरो, सुशील कुमार, शाहरुख़, आमिर और 'सिकुलरों' को लताड़ना हो, लताड़ लीजिए. लेकिन जिस एजेंडे पर देश को ले जाने की कोशिश हो रही है, उसे समझिए. धर्म पर आधारित कोई राज्य आधुनिक, उदार और लोकताँत्रिक नहीं होता, हो ही नहीं सकता. इतिहास में, अतीत में, दुनिया में चाहे जहाँ खँगाल कर देख लीजिए, धर्म आधारित राज्यों का चरित्र हमेशा, हर जगह एक ही जैसा रहा है. खाप पंचायतों के विराट और कहीं-...
November 28, 2015
Call for Tolerance and Harmony, Sarva Seva Sangh: Sarva Dharma Sambhav
Schedule:
Raj Ghat Delhi, 10 am Prayers, November 30, 2015
Nehru Yuva Rashtra Kendra will be addressed at 2 p.m. on November 30, 2015 by veteran civil rights activist and former High Commissioner to London Kuldip Nayar will also participate
Contact Information:
9428825908- Mahadev Vidrohi Pressident...
November 28, 2015
Renowned Social Scientist and Psephologist Prof. Yogendra Yadav will deliver a lecture on the topic "India 2.0" on 5 December, 2015 at Kennedy Auditorium which is to be the fourth lecture in the annual lecture series of Club for Short Evening Courses, Cultural Education Centre.
The inaugural lecture in the series was delivered by eminent historian Padma Bhushan Prof....
November 28, 2015
Readings on History and Temple Desecration in Medieval India
History, it is said, cannot be studied without reflecting on the practice of historians who narrate it. The articles in this volume introduce readers to the writings of four scholars who study the subject of temple desecration in interesting and different ways. They focus on the ways in which historians study the political culture,...