The fact that the Supreme Court is willing to stay crucial parts of the Waqf (Amendment) Act suggests that the judicial deference that Modi government commanded as its due is not readily available Mukul Kesavan The Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 is an exercise in premeditated bad faith. Its main provisions are designed to denotify historical… Read More Majoritarian buffet
Arun Shourie on Savarkar, Hindutva and polarisation in India | BBC News India Arun Shourie, journalist, author, economist and former federal minister, speaks to the BBC’s Jugal Purohit about his new book ‘The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts. Shourie revisits the controversial legacy of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, his ideological opposition to Mahatma Gandhi, and… Read More Arun Shourie on Savarkar, Hindutva and polarisation in India | BBC News India
Supreme Court Takes Note of HC Judge Shekhar Yadav’s Communal Speech at VHP Event New Delhi: The Supreme Court has taken note of reports about a communal speech delivered by an Allahabad high court judge at an event organised by the extremist Hindutva body, Vishva Hindu Parishad. The apex court announced in a press release that… Read More Supreme Court Takes Note of HC Judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav’s Communal Speech at VHP Event
Gandhians Launch Satyagraha Against Takeover of Sarva Sewa Sangh by BJP Govt *82 वां दिन* / 1 दिसंबर 2024 सत्याग्रह स्थल / राजघाट,वाराणसी *जिलाधिकारी को बैनामा रद्द करने का अधिकार नहीं है* इलाहाबाद हाई कोर्ट के *अधिवक्ता सत्येंद्र तिवारी* ने कहा कि वाराणसी के *जिलाधिकारी एस राजलिंगम द्वारा सर्व सेवा संघ की खरीदी हुई जमीन का… Read More वाराणसी के जिलाधिकारी द्वारा सर्व सेवा संघ की खरीदी हुई जमीन का बैनामा खारिज करना उनके अधिकार क्षेत्र के बाहर का विषय है / Gandhians Launch Satyagraha Against Demolition & Takeover of Sarva Sewa Sangh by BJP Govt
NB: A citation from Franz Neumann, Behemoth, The Structure and Practice of National Socialism; (1936, repub 1963, p 27). (The counter revolution) ‘…tried many forms and devices, but soon learned that it could come to power only with the help of the state machine and never against it… the Kapp Putsch of 1920 and the… Read More Misusing a judicial observation to unearth temples under mosques will lead to disaster
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The RSS legal front’s increasing hold over the judicial system “The project ahead is to determine how a new constitution could be created—who should be a part of this new project. The Constitution can be overthrown,” said an ABAP member and a former assistant solicitor general. Sushovan Patnaik ON THE EVENING OF 5 SEPTEMBER, a fleet… Read More Lowering the Bar
NB: Our rulers posture on the world stage as statesmen for peace; while at the same time their sole political agenda within India is to stoke up inter-religious hatred and discrimination. DS STATEMENT BY CITIZENS FOR PEACE DEHRADUN, 13 September 2024 We are deeply disturbed and troubled by the manner in which social and economic… Read More UTTARAKHAND SITUATION: STATEMENT BY CITIZENS FOR PEACE
Bharat Bhushan The political dynamics are moving into uncharted territory in Bangladesh as the agenda of the leaders of the student movement becomes clearer. It seems to be shifting towards an accommodation of Islamic ideology within the structure of the state. In a strategically significant move, the political guru of the students’ movement, Mahfuz Alam, a 26-year-old… Read More In Bangladesh, the Government Agenda is Taking an Alarming New Direction
Civil servants cannot pledge to defend our Constitution and secular democracy and at the same time owe allegiance to an organisation that stands for Hindu Rashtra Constitutional Conduct Group We, former civil servants and members of the Constitutional Conduct Group, write to express our profound concern about the implications for secular democracy of the recent… Read More A violation of the Constitution
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