Recalling Vajpayee’s Tarnished Record on Protecting India’s Minorities
The former prime minister, whose birth anniversary is celebrated on December 25, failed Muslims and Christians when they needed him the most.
Death of Democratic Institutions: Inevitable Logic of Neoliberal Political Economy
In neoliberalism, politics is no longer based on the democratic principle: “Nor let us be resentful when others differ from us”; only greed and self interest are the guides to social action. Are we now hearing the sounds of the “death struggle” of the idea of a liberal constitutional democracy?
Gandhi said RSS was ‘Communal with a Totalitarian Outlook’ – That’s Still True
The Hindutva organisation’s ideology can be summarised in six words: We shall show Muslims their place.
A Secularist, Sardar Patel had United India In Spite of Travancore’s ‘Hindu God’ Excuse
On his birth anniversary, which is celebrated as National Unity Day, we must remember the ethos of equality and secularism that Sardar Patel communicated through his actions.
BJP Is Always Uncomfortable with Tagore – PM Modi Quoting His Poems Won’t Reverse This
Modi’s wanton quoting of Tagore strikes as too much of an attempt to woo Bengalis in election season, considering the overall unfamiliarity with Tagore and his verses, displayed by BJP leaders. Also: Students protest Amit Shah’s visit to Visva-Bharati.
Report: Police Violence in Jamia and AMU Violates International Conventions and Indian Court Judgments on Rights of Protestors
A report by Citizens Against Hate: on the invasion of Jamia University and AMU by police a year ago, and the brutality inflicted on the students.
How Should We Remember December 6?
How can we hope to become one people if a single event or a date evokes two disparate and antagonistic memories in two sections of the country?
Remembering Munshi Premchand on His 140th Birth Anniversary: The Jamia Connection
Premchand wrote his last story ‘Kafan’ in the Jamia campus. It was written at the request of Professor Aqeel, editor of Jamia Millia Islamia’s in-house magazine.
The Heroism of Khudai Khidmatgars in Today’s India
The documentary maker explains the context to a short film he has assembled about arrested communal harmony activist Faisal Khan.
BJP-Ruled States Once Again Raise the Bogey of Love Jehad
This, despite several Supreme Court observations on a person’s right to choice as elucidated in the Constitution; also: HC Overturns ‘Conversion Only for Marriage’ Judgment Yogi had Cited to Justify ‘Love Jihad’ Law.