Category: Human Rights and Legal Issues

Nanopost of the day…

…in which I get annoyed by Praful Bidwai‘s gratuitous reference to “ethnic cleansing” and “communal clashes” while conveniently forgetting Assam where these words have taken on an entirely different meaning…and the scale of human misery has...

This is how China treats its religious minorities

Some of you may have picked up the news on Friday that US has (once again) included China in its list of  “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPCs) mentioned in the International Religious Freedom’s annual report*. ...

Shabana Azmi is right about one thing…

…Muslims need to look within their own community and build reforms within it. Last weekend, I finally managed to read the entire transcript of the Karan Thapar – Shabana Azmi interview and stumbled upon this bit...

This was The Beginning…

….and the world remained silent…. For those of you who are not old enough to remember how it all started, here is a brief excerpt from The bushfire of Hindu rage (emphasis mine): …For...