Pakistan’s Fractured Nationhood – 2 Articles
‘Persecuted in the Land of the Pure: The Ahmadiyya Community’s Struggle in Pakistan’; and: ‘Demands of Secession within Pakistan: A History of Fractured Nationhood’.
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On the 135th Birth Anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar – 2 Articles
‘On His 135th Birth Anniversary, We Ask, Would Ambedkar be Allowed Free Speech in India Today?’. Also: ‘Why Marginalised Groups Celebrate Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Birthday: A Contemporary Analysis of His Relevance in India Today’.
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It is Time to Rediscover Mahatma Phule
Phule was born almost 200 years ago, but his teachings remains very pertinent for understanding and fighting caste in India today.
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106th Anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Out of 381 martyrs, 222 were Hindus, 96 Sikhs and 63 Muslims. Thus, before the appearance of protagonists of Hindu and Muslim separatism, Indian freedom struggle was a united movement over-riding religious and caste divisions. It was a true anti-colonial movement for an inclusive India.
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Why India Can’t Innovate
Right now, we are too distracted to innovate. And too invested in keeping people distracted. Who needs innovation when you can manufacture quick public outrage as and when needed?
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India Comments on Treatment of Hindus in Bangladesh But Must Know its Treatment of Muslims has Repercussions: Debapriya Bhattacharya
Bangladeshis believe that New Delhi bears collateral responsibility for sustaining Sheikh Hasina’s rule, says the distinguished Bangladeshi economist.
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Row Over Urdu; Supreme Court Judgement on Urdu – 3 Articles
‘Urdu’s Exile Diminishes Indian Pluralism’; ‘Row over Urdu and a Tale of Two Non-Hindi Knowing Prime Ministers of India’; and: ‘Supreme Court Verdict Allowing Urdu Signage Reaffirms that India is a Multilingual Democracy’.
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BJP-Sangh Imposing Vegetarianism on All of Us – 3 Articles
‘Food as a Victim of BJP Politics’; ‘The Sangh’s Sustained Campaign Against Non-Veg Food is a Step Towards Becoming a Hindu Pakistan’; ‘Better Nutrition and Better Attendance – Yet Eggs are Being Removed in the Mid-Day Meal Scheme’.
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Faith in the Forests: in Jharkhand, a Challenge to Hindutva from Adivasis Following the Ancient Sarna Faith
Adivasi assertion, tribal identity, and religion converge in Jharkhand’s movement for recognising the Sarna code as an official religion. The revival of this nature-worshipping tribal religion in Jharkhand, where over 4 million registered themselves as Sarna even in the 2011 Census, has hurt the BJP electorally in the state.
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Forgetting Nellie: Forty Two Years and Counting
In February 1983, in one of the nation’s bloodiest pogroms, over 2000 Bengali-Muslims were killed in the wake of the Assam agitation. What happened in Nellie continues to reverberate in the everyday persecution of Indian Muslims. Nellie, more than a memory, stays with us as a metaphor. Preserving its memory is an assertion of itself.
