धर्मनिरपेक्षता
October 19, 2016
Days after US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s remarks over friendly ties with India and the “Hindu” community, Hindu Sena in New Delhi organised a protest to condemn the rival Hillary Clinton’s alleged attempt at maligning the former’s image.
Image: Facebook.com/HinduSena
The Hindu right wing organisation has offered its full support to Trump...
October 19, 2016
A deconstruction of the filmmaker’s statement asking protestors to allow his movie ’Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ to be screened without violence.
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Karan Johar’s video statement on Tuesday pleading for his new movie to be allowed to run in theatres without disruption looks like a better lit version of the victim videos released by kidnappers and terrorists....
October 18, 2016
The ironical problem is that amidst all this debate, it is the BJP which is coming out as a supporter and champion of gender justice.
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The latest controversy over the Law Commission questionnaire eliciting responses over the viability of a uniform civil code has raised many questions. But at the outset, it should be made clear that there is nothing wrong in the...
October 14, 2016
Ashley (extreme left) with friends at the Eat-what-you-like, multiple options dinner hosted by him in Delhi a year ago
On this day, October 14, last year, NP Ashley, a Muslim hosted a 'Pork Dinner' to combat growing religious extremism
Some months ago, Sugathakumari, a Malayalam writer and a supporter of the Hindutva ideology, criticised Beef Festivals which came up protesting...
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
Hate crime against Muslims in the US is at its highest level in 15 years. The #MuslimsHaveRights campaign assembles academics, activists and artists who refuse to accept anti-Muslim bigotry.
Image: AP/PA Images/Craig Ruttle
In August 2016, Khalid Jabara was shot on his front porch by his neighbour Stanley Vernon Majors in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It took place only 30 minutes after Jabara...
October 12, 2016
Sangh parivar’s cultural vigilantes force exit of Dalit poet and activist Pradnya Daya Pawar, along with eminent Dalit scholar Dr Raosaheb Kasbe from a lit-fest in Satara
Dalit poet and activist Pradnya Daya Pawar. Photo credit: Praful Gangurde
In what is being dubbed as an appalling attack on the freedom of expression of the litterateurs, renowned Dalit poet and activist Pradnya Daya...
October 2, 2016
“By Ram Rajya I do not mean Hindu Raj. I mean by Ramarajya Divine Raj, Khuda ki Basti or the Kingdom of God on Earth” Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[1]
At the heart of the visceral animosity that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Hindu Mahasabha (HMS) and all the affiliates have against Gandhi is his deep, reasoned and passionate commitment to a composite Indian...
September 24, 2016
राजस्थान पत्रिका के मालिक के नाम खुला ख़त
मोतीराम मेनसा
अमाननीय कोठारी जी,
जय भारत.
सुबह सुबह कोई भी व्यक्ति अपना दिन खराब नही करना चाहता है पर आज आपने देश के बहुसंख्यक लोगों के दिन को अपने कुत्सित विचारों के संकीर्ण प्रवाह से खराब करने की कोशिश की परन्तु जब आप मेरा जवाब पढ़ेंगे तो आपकी शाम जरूर खराब होगी.
शायद आपने अपना सम्पाकीय सम्पादित करते वक्त सोचा नहीं होगा कि अब प्रिंट...
September 20, 2016
बागपत के बलूचगांव से सटे क्रान्तिग्राम बसौद में मिसाल बने सत्तार अहमद
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के स्वतन्त्रता दिवस पर बलूचिस्तान सम्बन्धी दिए गए बयान के बाद से बागपत जिले का बिलौचपुरा गाँव चर्चा में है।पिछले एक महीने से यहां हर रोज मीडिया द्वारा नई कहानी सुनने को मिल रही है ।लेकिन बिलौचपुरा गाँव से सटे क्रांति ग्राम बसौद की तरफ किसी का ध्यान नहीं गया । गाँव निवासी सत्तार अहमद पिछले 23 साल...