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N.D. Pancholi In defending the Citizens Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA), the ruling party’s main argument is that the amendment does not deprive Indian citizens of any of their rights. The government argues that it confers rights on members of the persecuted minorities belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, Parsi and Jain religions (except Muslims) who…
Ramachandra Guha In an interview that he gave last year, the Kannada writer (and activist), Devanur Mahadeva, urged democrats not to view Ambedkar and Gandhi as rivals and adversaries. In the journey towards true equality, he said, they should rather be seen as colleagues and co-workers. Thus, as Mahadeva remarked: “Ambedkar had to…
Prabodhan Pol In India, despite the presence of peculiar social institutions like caste, the role of the newspapers in social reforms movement was not just limited to articulation of specific concerns of individual reformers. But they also laid the foundations of a mass churning that aspired for democratic values. On January 31, 1920,…
Kavita Panjabi A republic truly comes of age when its women too claim it. The 71st Republic Day of India marked a proud year for this nation when its republic truly came of age. When millions of women begin to insist that the state is a matter of res publica, a public affair,…
Ratheesh Pisharody The year 2020, brings with it many challenges for both the planet as well as the “Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic of India”. When we celebrate India’s “Republic Day” this year on the 26th of January, there should be an attempt do more than just take a day off from work and…
Samar Bagchi On 26th November 2019 Agence France-Presse reported from Paris that the scientists of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) have predicted that if the global temperature rise has to be restricted to 1.5°C then the global emission of CO2 has to be reduced by 76% by 2030. Acknowledging the imminent ecological crisis endangering the…
Irfan Habib (This is a abridged version of a lecture by Prof. Irfan Habib, delivered on December 28, 1994, organised by SAHMAT. It is as relevant today as it was then.) I deem it an honour indeed that I should be asked to speak on Mahatma Gandhi and the National Movement. It is a very…
Syed Ubaidur Rahman Today, as the shadow of eviction confronts the anti-CAA protests that have rocked the Capital’s Shaheen Bagh locality for one month, it is important to note how these protests have contributed to the nation so far. The protests—wherever they have taken place in the country—have had a profound impact on the…
P.C. Joshi Among the developing countries, India is distinguished by its proclaimed commitment to secularism as the guiding principle of state policy and action. The conception of Indian secularism is not just an intellectual abstraction; it is not a product only of logical constructions and academic debates. It acquired flesh and blood, a moral…
Courtesy: The Wire The plans to officially mark Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary are on course. At the ground level, however, the ugly face of communalism continues to rear its head in one virulent incident after another. It was an issue which agitated Gandhi until his dying breath and, in fact, was uppermost in his…
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