The Shattering of the Muslim Hope in India
A young Muslim reflects on the collapse of constitutional promises and on the everyday fears and dilemmas faced by the minorities.
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How Gujarat 2002 Turned India Into a Nation of Pathological Liars
Gujarat in 2002 was already living in the post-truth era, much before the world started using this term. And Gujarat then was a sign of what India, as a whole, was to become.
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The Soul-Wounds of Massacre, or Why We Should Not Forget the 2002 Gujarat Pogrom
Every second Indian was born and raised in times of aggressive majoritarianism, and also in neoliberal India, with no memory of another country, as it was imagined, and imperfectly lived.
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Under Nehru’s Leadership, India’s First Elections Upheld Plurality, Rejected Communalism
Independent India’s first elections were held from October 25, 1951 to February 21, 1952. During that historic event, apart from seeking a vote against communalism, Nehru focused a great deal on the long-term goals, in his election speeches.
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Five Ways in Which Narendra Modi Is Weakening Indian Federalism
Abolishing statehood for Jammu and Kashmir is the most savage attack on the federal principle ever undertaken by a prime minister.
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Islamophobia Is Taking its Most Lethal Form in India: Noam Chomsky
Celebrated thinker Noam Chomsky said the “pathology of Islamophobia”, now growing throughout the West, was “taking its most lethal form in India where the Modi government is systematically dismantling Indian secular democracy and turning the country into a Hindu ethnocracy”.
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Unemployment and Migration: The Fallout of Karnataka’s Anti-Cattle Slaughter Law
The ban passed by the BJP-led government has upturned the lives of those in the beef trade.
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Rejection of Sri Narayana Guru Float for Republic Day Celebrations!
While rejecting the Sri Narayana Guru float submitted by Kerala, the central government suggested replacing Narayana Guru with Shankracharya – this only displays the deeper agenda of the central government, which is working towards Hindu Rashtra in particular.
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The Odd Thing About the Assassins and Their Worldviews are That They Think They Have Killed Gandhi
In 1968, after the tragic killing of Martin Luther King the Chicago Sun-Times published a cartoon showing assassinated Mahatma Gandhi talking to assassinated Martin Luther King in the heavens and telling, “The odd thing about assassins, Dr. King, is that they think they’ve killed you.” That cartoon is so appropriate in today’s India …
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Netaji Wasn’t a Friend of Hindutva, But its Adversary
The appropriation of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose by BJP-RSS erases the historical reality that Netaji, throughout his life, stood against the values that Hindutva propagates.
