Tag: communalism

Lowering the Bar

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

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UTTARAKHAND SITUATION: STATEMENT BY CITIZENS FOR PEACE

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

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In Bangladesh, the Government Agenda is Taking an Alarming New Direction

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

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Amarjit Chandan: Remembering Gehal Singh, who gave his life for communal harmony

First posted September 21, 2014 Gehal Singh: martyr to the supreme cause On the face of it this photograph of a withdrawn gentleman does not tell much except that it night have originated in an old family album. Roland Barthes said that we give captions ‘to sublimate, patheticise or rationalise the image’.  This photograph does demand… Read More Amarjit Chandan: Remembering Gehal Singh, who gave his life for communal harmony

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Reaching out to Bangla Hindus, Muhammad Yunus visits temple, underlines equal rights

WITH THE Hindu minority in Bangladesh facing attacks in the last week, after Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister and fled to India on August 5, Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, who is heading the interim government, reached out on Tuesday with a visit to the Dhakeshwari Temple where he met community leaders and assured “justice” and “equal rights” for… Read More Reaching out to Bangla Hindus, Muhammad Yunus visits temple, underlines equal rights

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Bangladesh: Students Stand Guard Outside Temples and Churches in Wake of Attacks

In Chittagong city, student movement’s leaders have taken it upon themselves to guard Hindu temples and churches. With reports of Hindus in Bangladesh being targeted by radical Islamist elements in the backdrop of unrest, some Muslim leaders and student groups are being seen guarding temples and churches across the country. In Chittagong city, student movement’s… Read More Bangladesh: Students Stand Guard Outside Temples and Churches in Wake of Attacks

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Academic research on Rushdie’s literary work sabotaged by Deoband Ulema / Resist the Climate of Intimidation in Academics

First posted April 25, 2012 NB: Over the past four months, the Deoband Ulema has contributed to the climate of intolerance and religious bigotry in India. First by opposing Rushdie’s presence at the Jaipur Literature Festival, and now by sabotaging a perfectly legitimate subject for research. In the first instance they succeeded by riding on the… Read More Academic research on Rushdie’s literary work sabotaged by Deoband Ulema / Resist the Climate of Intimidation in Academics

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