What Mahatma Gandhi Said to Those Who Wanted Beef Banned in India

What Mahatma Gandhi Said to Those Who Wanted Beef Banned in India

Linking Aadhaar to Bank Accounts will Destroy the Banking System An excerpt from Gandhi’s prayer discourse of July 25, 1947, from the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Volume 88, as published online by the Gandhi Heritage Portal. Translated from Hindi.   Rajendra Babu tells me that he has received some 50,000 postcards, between 25,000 and…

Instead of Defending India, the Raksha Mantri is Instigating Violence Within

Instead of Defending India, the Raksha Mantri is Instigating Violence Within

Instead of Defending India, the Raksha Mantri is Instigating Violence Within I have been thinking about the statement defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman made this week lamenting the presence of “anti-national elements” within the student community of her alma mater, Jawaharlal Nehru University.   The more I think about it, the more I am convinced her…

If Maoist Violence is Illegitimate, How is Hindutva Violence and State Violence Justified?

If Maoist Violence is Illegitimate, How is Hindutva Violence and State Violence Justified?

If Maoist Violence is Illegitimate, How is Hindutva Violence and State Violence Justified? There was major police action against Sudha Bhardwaj, Gautam Navlakha, Varvara Rao, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira on 28 August 2018. Before this, the police had arrested Professor Shoma Sen, Adocate Sudhir Gadling, Sudhir Dhawle, Mahesh Raut and Rona Wilson on 6…

Endorse statement condemning arrests of activists and public intellectuals

Joint Statement condemning arrest of activists and public intellectuals We, the undersigned, are shocked by the serial raids across the country on the homes of activists and public intellectuals who are critical of the government and the ruling party at the Centre. The arrests of prominent activists and intellectuals Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Gautam Navlakha,…

Progress of RSS is Ominous

Progress of RSS is Ominous

Progress of RSS is Ominous I find the followers of secular ideology as fanatic as the others. There was a furore over the visit of BJP president Amit Shah to my residence a few days ago. Criticism over telephone and emails were numberless. And all that they said was “you should not have allowed him…

Shujaat Bukhari’s Notebook

Shujaat Bukhari’s Notebook

Shujaat Bukhari’s Notebook Shujaat Bukhari Shujaat Bukhari was among the most informed and least exultant Kashmiri journalists I have met. He let his incorrigible smile and straight reporting do the talking. He was shot dead on Thursday evening outside the Srinagar office of the Rising Kashmir newspaper, of which he was editor. There is predictable…