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One of the abiding myths of the right-wing in Indian politics has been that Jammu and Kashmir enjoys some sort of unwarranted constitutional status and that the problems there stem from the special treatment Kashmiris receive thanks to Article 370 of the constitution. From now on, at least, that complaint will no…
A.G. Noorani The Sangh Parivar’s chauvisim and ignorance feed on each other. Nowhere is this more evident than on the distinct identity of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The State’s autonomy was guaranteed by Article 370 of the Constitution. Its people’s ancient rights are guaranteed by Article 35A. We discuss Article 35A…
(This article has been extracted by us from two articles: Jai Shankar Agarwala, “Article 370 of the Constitution: A Genesis”, Economic and Political Weekly, April 18, 2015; and “A.G. Noorani, “Article 370: Law and Politics”, Frontline, September 16-29, 2000.) The princely states comprised almost half of the Indian territories in the subcontinent at…
The urge for identity as a basic human urge has received specific academic recognition in post-modern political thought. People have sought a sense of belonging and security in groups throughout human history, starting from the primitive tribal life. The forms and basis of groups have changed from time to time and people were not…
It is urgent that we return to Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar’s thoughts on religion today. He helps us in our immediate fight against a resurgent Hindutva that targets Dalits, Muslims and dissenters in general. More generally, he helps us develop both a critique and an understanding of religion as a phenomenon. Ambedkar’s rethinking of religion has…
Reflections on His Practices There is no dearth of work on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and the caste system—a vast literature is already available on this subject but, with some variations, most of these works can be roughly divided into two groups. The first group includes the works of those scholars who believe that Gandhi…
Harbans Mukhia Democracy evolved as an integral part of the world’s project of “modernity”, even as some of its early forms had been practiced in different civilisations of the ancient world. The “modern” democracy evolved as part of a package of the individual’s rights in opposition to the absolute, divine right of the medieval monarch…
Prem Singh 9 August 2019 is the 77th anniversary of the Quit India Movement, famously known as the August Revolution and an important milestone in the history of India’s freedom movement. As per a letter written by Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia to the Viceroy Linlithgow, the British government had killed fifty thousand patriots and injured…
The RTI (Amendment) Bill which the ruling party got passed in the Lok Sabha by its sheer brute majority and in the Rajya Sabha by winning over some of the opposition is of a piece with the Modi Government’s systematic and sustained efforts at subverting the autonomy of every constitutional and statutory body and making…
As I followed the passing of Triple Talaq bill in the Indian Upper House, I was reminded of my mother, Pramila Dandavate, who was distraught with denial of justice to Shah Bano and raised a revolt against the ambivalence of her own party on matters of bringing justice to Shah Bano. “Mohd. Ahmed Khan v….
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