Of Rs 50,000 and loss of credibility…
This is a sad story of what happened to a meeting arranged with a sense of purpose and responsibility by Vigil in Chennai to discuss Gautier’s exhibition and the administration’s response to it. Against the...
Category: Politics of Minority Appeasement
Will Arundhati Roy pl. stand up for Francois Gautier?
Some of you may have already read this. Francois Gautier’s exhibition on Aurangzeb, based on historical documents and paintings, has been forcibly shut down by authorities in Chennai (after successfully exhibiting in Delhi, Pune...
With one eye firmly on polls…
Finance Minister unveils the Budget. But maybe not. “If you have nothing else to say about the Budget, then you can call it election-budget,” he said in a tone tinged with sarcasm at the...
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....
I want a “subsidy” to visit Bali
Some of you may have already picked up this report: AP to give Christians subsidy to visit Israel “…the Andhra Pradesh government of chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Monday decided to dole...
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