Category: Impact of Islam on India

Does “secularism” mean “favouritism towards Muslims”?

Now that The Economist has said it, is it “official”?  Excerpts from “Bridging the divide” (Nov 7 ’07): “…but what would have distressed Nehru particularly is the prominent role played by religion in domestic politics....

Secularism has its own agenda

Extracts from a BBC news story: “…Dr Nazir Ali, the bishop of Rochester…in a separate interview with the BBC…said “Britishness” had to be recovered if it was to “have the identity to face another...

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 “Secularism”

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)...