Tag: Communalism

The Feminist

Hatred and Bloodshed to win Votes – Teesta Setalvad

Opinion Polls way ahead of the next general elections predictedthree things: a sharp decline in the popularity of the ruling UPA, the failureof India’s main opposition to pick upsuccessfully on this disillusionment of the voter, and finally therefore a hugeuncertainty on what shape the next government will take and who will head it. The main opposition party, desperate to grab power, by fair meansor foul, … Continue reading Hatred and Bloodshed to win Votes – Teesta Setalvad

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The Feminist

‘Religion Is The Biggest Bane For Any Democracy’

AGNIVO NIYOGI Bangladesh’s biggest right-wing party Jamaat-e-Islami has been banned from contesting future polls by the Bangladesh High Court in Dhaka, which cancelled its registration in a landmark ruling on 1 August, leaving the once powerful fundamentalist party with an uncertain future. Author Taslima Nasreen who has been living in exile for over two decades in India tells Agnivo Niyogi that taking a cue from … Continue reading ‘Religion Is The Biggest Bane For Any Democracy’

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The Feminist

Preaching History – Teesta Setalwad

Doesn’t every country or nation, society or civilization have a need, an urge, a natural one if you like to glorify its past? Haven’t we all been disillusioned with and faulted, on valid grounds, the sanitised, drudgery that is being dished out to our hungry, fresh and eager minds under the epithet of the word ‘education’? Haven’t we all, also, been speaking of the urgent … Continue reading Preaching History – Teesta Setalwad

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It’s not religion stupid – Zoya Hasan

No monolithic Muslim vote, but will vote as a bloc in 2014 to keep Narendra Modi out Zoya Hasan There are three questionable assumptions about the political behaviour of India’s Muslims. First, they vote en bloc for a candidate or a party. Second, they are more strategic in their voting than other groups. Third, their voting decisions are not autonomous, but influenced by clerics or … Continue reading It’s not religion stupid – Zoya Hasan

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The Farmer

India First or Upper Caste Elite First? – Irfan Engineer

I: Contours Of Communal Vs. Pseudo Secularism The BJP is once again attempting to redefine secularism in order to attractively package its Hindu nationalist politics. The politics of Hindu nationalism bases itself on stigmatizing minorities, particularly the Muslim and the Christian community. The two communities are demonized in order to alarm the gullible members of majority community who fall for the propaganda regarding non-existing danger. … Continue reading India First or Upper Caste Elite First? – Irfan Engineer

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उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति में घुलता साम्प्रदायिक उन्माद – मोहम्मद अनस (Mohammad Anas)

देश के सबसे बड़े सूबे की राजनैतिक प्रतिस्पर्धा के कारण उपजे साम्प्रदायिक उन्माद की भेट जनता को चढ़ना था ये बात तो तय थी पर समाजवाद और जनसरोकार के नाम पर बनी समाजवादी पार्टी भी इसके चपेट में आ जायेगी यह किसी को नहीं मालूम था ,एक साल के भीतर पचास से अधिक झड़प ,दर्जन भर से अधिक दंगे ,एक ख़ास वर्ग के संभ्रात व्यक्तियों … Continue reading उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति में घुलता साम्प्रदायिक उन्माद – मोहम्मद अनस (Mohammad Anas)

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