‘What people don’t recognise is that the story of Ram, what we call the Ram Katha, extends over a huge historical period.’ Photo: Valmiki Ramayana, illustrated with Indian miniatures from the 16th to the 19th century, edited and published by Di

With the rise of Hindutva movement during last three decades there has also been an attempt to understand this phenomenon through analytic essays, articles and films. These films have also served the purpose of spreading the awareness about the risin

In public space one keeps hearing many a things which are horrifying, vicious and bad in taste. K.Sudarshan, the father figure of RSS, recently (November 2010) stated that Sonia Gandhi was a foreign agent, that she had some role in the deaths of her

The verdict given by Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court (Sept 2010) has been a landmark of sorts. On one hand it is culmination of the process of demolition of Babri Masjid, now that illegal act of demolition has got a legal sanction. On the other

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Peace with Nature: Bhopal to Gulf of Mexico on 22nd July 2010 at IDCR.

Secularism is understood differently by different analysts. We are not examining different concepts of secularism in this paper. However, one of the tests of secularism is the status of minorities and the treatment meted out to them by the state. The

Politics fuels religious violence

This briefing is concerned principally with recent trends of communal violence against Christians, state responses (sections 5-6), and ongoing infringements of religious freedom in law (section 4). India has a long history of religious diversity, and

A GENERAL perception in the West is that Quranic teachings discourage progress and are incompatible with a modern way of life. Those who hold this view fall in three groups: anti-Islam elements; atheists who are opposed to all religion and spirituali