A placeholder for the Uniform Civil Code
Considering that this is going to remain a hot topic for some time to come, I am creating this post to act as a placeholder for links and articles related to the Uniform Civil...
Category: Politics of Minority Appeasement
On the mess that is RTE..
Almost five years back in 2009, India enacted a “landmark†bill and created a new “Right†– the “Right to Education”. Normally a new “right†ought to be celebrated. But as columnist Meeta Sengupta...
Of Islamic VC Funds and Christian Chambers of Commerce
Hidden among the news of last few days was an innocuous and brief report which I am certain most of you missed. It talked about an “Excellence Award†for 2012 that was bestowed upon...
The “Business” and “Economics” of the Hajj Subsidy
Thanks to RealityCheck for prompting this post. Read on for an amazing story of discretionary powers, patronage, quotas and favours that revolves around the Hajj subsidy. The extracts are from a court order disposing...
One day, we may need an “Indian” quota
Courtesy my friend RealityCheck (emphasis added); please try and ignore the absurdity of the headline in (as RealityCheck so memorably puts it) “a chest thumping secular country“. From 2 more minority lists put up, cut-offs...
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