On Quotas, Minorities and Auto Permits
..or how in the mad race of vote-bank politics and pandering to narrow interests, common sense and logic take a back seat. What I am sharing below hardly needs any commentary but some may...
Category: Politics of Minority Appeasement
Article 30 and Religious Apartheid in Modern India
Dear All: I stumbled on this article a few weeks back and felt that it deserved wider circulation – especially in the context of the recent discussions and decision by SC on RTE. Â I...
Retiring to become an Imam in Paschim Banga*..
..or something like that. From Banerjee announces sops for Muslims, honorarium for Imams (3rd Apr): Raising the pitch for next year’s Panchayat elections..Mamata Banerjee..announced pro-minority sops including a monthly honorarium for Imams. “The government...
On Ancient Temples, Mosques, Highways and Airports..
..and why some days I get really angry. Have you ever read something sometime that almost forces you to put pen to paper? Something so outrageous that you drop everything and get yourself on the...
On Implications of the Communal Violence Bill..
A few weeks back, at one of my frequent sessions at Chanakya Institute of Public Leadership, I got the chance to share my thoughts on the proposed Communal Violence Bill with participants in the...
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