I want a “subsidy” to visit Bali
Some of you may have already picked up this report: AP to give Christians subsidy to visit Israel “…the Andhra Pradesh government of chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Monday decided to dole...
Tagged: Psuedo-secularism
On Narendra Modi and being a Hindu
Extracts from Shri B Raman’a article in the recent edition of Outlook (Dec 24 ’07), “The Secular Hypocrisy“: *** …The pathological dislike–even hatred–that some of our journalists–particularly in the electronic media–have for Modi could�...
Of Subsidies and Politics of “Secularismâ€
I stumbled on this completely by chance over the weekend. Does anyone know what happened to the PIL�referred to in the report below? *** SC stays HC restraint on Haj subsidy (Excerpts; emphasis mine)...
Of Turkey, Secular States and Religion
A few weeks ago, I had asked the question: Why is a “Hindu nation” automatically assumed to be a “fundamentalist, fascist state led by Hindutva fanatics”? My hypothesis was: A Hindu state can be the ultimate...
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