Category: Politics and Governance in India

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...

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...

Online discussion on “Youth & Politics”

Don’t miss this (courtesy the Offstumped community): We are happy to organise a town hall with folks who have been actively trying to engage youth of India and making them more informed about the...

The Curious Case of Dilip Patidar*

Most of you reading this would not have heard of Dilip Patidar.  I had not either.  Until November 2008, Dilip Patidar was another “ordinary Indian citizen” – or so it appears.  But since then,...