Category: Current Affairs

The Deoband declaration – A good first step

…but more needs to be done…(see a good post here). Specifically, some of the the questions raised in these posts should be discussed and debated: Islam’s “uncomfortable truths”  Gandhigiri, Taliban and the need for reform...

Do the “ends” justify the “means”?

This thought was prompted by an exchange in the comments section of this post. Courtesy of Acorn, please read and reflect on this extract from a speech by the Honourable Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on...

After Maharashtra, it is the turn of West Bengal

From “CPM Minister’s remarks trigger protests in Rajasthan” “…Insulting remarks against Rajasthanis in general and Marwaris in particular attributed to Abdur Rezzak Mollah, Land and Land Reforms Minister in West Bengal, have evoked a...

Please cover yourself, I am feeling awkward

I stumbled on this news-item on Barbarindian’s blog. From a news-report in The Hindu: “…Cyriac Joseph, Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka, on Friday said that the provocative dresses that women wear...