A quiet April
Dear All: In the next few hours, I will be leaving on a short vacation with the family. I cannot easily remember the last time I took a break…so I am looking forward to...
Author: B Shantanu
Petro Dollars, Wahhabism and India’s waning liberal ethos
…Or Part II of Should foreign funding for religious institutions be banned? In my earlier post on the subject of foreign funding for religious institutions in India, I posited that these funds and proselytization...
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...
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