On Religious Freedoms and Secularism
This post has been pending for a while. A few months ago, the Freedom Team of India (of which I am a member) released its draft policy on Religious Freedom and Tolerance for public...
Category: Politics of Minority Appeasement
What’s so provocative about Chhatrapati Shivaji killing Afzal Khan?
From First stop Sangli, as media body vows not to air inciting footage (emphasis mine): The newly formed body of television journalists, Broadcast Editors’ Association (BEA) has decided its members will not air any...
Why do we have an Aurangzeb Road in Delhi?
My wife asked this question yesterday while we were discussing history. I pondered for a moment but could not come up with a good answer. I also realised that I was not aware of...
Revisiting Ram Janmabhoomi – Part II
Readers would remember that in Part – I of this series, I had promised to share some notes on this issue and a summary of historical/ archaeological evidence. In this Part (Part – II),...
A rethink on majority and minorities…
This post was prompted by an exchange sometime ago on the Freedom Team of India google groups on the subject of “minority protection“. As we get into the final stages of 2009 Lok Sabha...
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