Voices Behind the Veil: The Human Cost of Karnataka’s Hijab Ban
Death threats, lost friendships and a bleak academic future — victims of Karnataka’s hijab ban continue to suffer.
With Fact & Faith, a Growing Band of Concerned Citizens Battles Hate Speech in India
As journalists face punitive action for fact-checking and reporting hate speech by those allied with India’s ruling party, citizens are stepping into the breach, taking enormous risks to document rising instances of hate speech and hate crimes in the country.
Kali Faces the Wrath of a Hindi Colonialism Out to Destroy the Traditions of Her Followers
Hindus outside the Hindi belt have always treated their gods and goddesses as part of the family. They tease them and also pray to them. Their gods and goddesses eat, drink and make merry, just like them. The RSS resents this human-divine proximity.
Why Votaries of Population Imbalance are Wrong About Muslim Growth Rate
Current demographic trends do not threaten national well-being, nor is the Muslim population exploding. The annual gung-ho about population explosion is political, not factual. It is a ploy to shroud the failure of the governments on the socio-economic front.
Should Faith Be Certified by an Official Bureau, or Be a Felt Experience?
It is an impoverishing thing to seek to reduce Hinduism to a monochromatic imperative dictated by the politics of the day.
Why Many Varanasi Residents are Unimpressed by the Furore Around the Gyanvapi Mosque
Hundreds of structures were demolished to make way for the Kashi Vishwanath corridor – including shrines that housed shivlings.
Why Uddhav Thackeray Must Chart Sena Course Based on Inclusivity
If Uddhav Thackeray is able to broaden the ideological base of the Shiv Sena, it can help the party register electoral successes and start another era of inclusive politics. This of course means that Thackeray must walk on the razor’s edge, never tilting towards nativism and away from inclusivity.
As Truth-Tellers Get Arrested, We Must Tell Our Children the Truth; Also – Countrywide Protests Against Teesta’s Arrest
Indians who are currently in their late teens or early twenties are unaware of the impact that events such as the Babri Masjid demolition or the Gujarat riots have had on the India that they live in. Also: Protesters Demand Release of Teesta Setalvad, Sreekumar, Seek Review of SC Order.
‘Justice System Can’t Sink Lower’: Judges, Experts on Zubair’s Bail Denial, Legal Lapses; Media Organisations Condemn Arrest
A former Supreme Court judge, a high court judge and advocates have pointed out the glaring legal lapses in the case against the fact-checker and his incarceration. Also: Leading Media Organizations Condemn Arrest of Mohammed Zubair and Demand His Release.
The Constitutional Drift: ‘Coincidence Does Not Happen a Third Time’; Also – Comments on Zakia Jafri Case
Was Friday the 24th of June, 2022, a day of coincidences? I ask because on this day the Supreme Courts of the world’s two largest democracies gave two judgments that are an assault on human rights, individual choice and freedom and, have “stood the Constitution on its head.” Also: Zakia Jafri Case: Can Rule of Law Survive if We Crush Those Fighting for It?