Monthly Archive: March 2010

Should we ban foreign funding of religious institutions?

This post was triggered by Sanjeev’s remarks on one of the FTI forums*.  In his note, Sanjeev wrote (emphasis mine): I believe that India must ban all foreign funding of religious organisations. Religion is...

It does not stop at a whistle…

Sh Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party, quoted below in DNA): I don’t like to say this, but they* would be the women at whom youths would whistle… *women belonging to families of industrialists and...

Open Thread to discuss “Youth and Politics” – UPDATED

Pl continue the discussion on Offstumped Live here via the comments section… Image courtesy: Wikipedia *** Excerpts from the Transcript of the Online Discussion: Long, but fascinating post *** Don’t miss the four online...

On Radical Islam, Jihadism and Londonistan

This is a “lazy” post – essentially a compilation of excerpts from articles related to radical Islam, “Islamism” and “Jihadism”. They make for worrying reading. Comments and thoughts welcome (emphasis mine, throughout). First, excerpts...

Online discussion on “Youth & Politics”

Don’t miss this (courtesy the Offstumped community): We are happy to organise a town hall with folks who have been actively trying to engage youth of India and making them more informed about the...