By Ajay Kumar Singh Bhubaneswar: We observe Minority Rights on December 18. It is time we critically examined how India empowers and protects the rights of minorities. There is no internationally agreed definition as to which groups constitute minorities. Francesco Capotorti, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Sub-Commission on PreventionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to make slow but steady inroads into Kerala, an unassailable bastion for the saffron party so far, results of the recently held local body elections indicate. Although the BJP failed to perform as expected in the Kerala civicContinue Reading
The world has seen wars over religious freedom. But India seems to be regressing with the implementation of various “anti-conversion” bills as it carries out the agenda of the government in power. Religious freedom is a relatively recent phenomenon. Most countries across the centuries gave their citizens no such allowance.Continue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: From last three decades or so the debate comes up intermittently as to whether Congress and BJP are two sides of the same coin. Many political parties; time and over again; have been taking up this formulation as a justification for Third front, which is awayContinue Reading
By Tejaswi Ravinder Hyderabad: When the Bengal famine struck the British India province in the mid-nineteenth century, over 3 million lives were lost. A group of researchers from IIT-Gandhinagar, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Indian Meteorological department Analyzed the weather and soil data for the past 150-yearsContinue Reading
By Mohammed Afroz and MD Tabrez Alam New Delhi: Jharkhand is considered one among the richest states in contemporary India because of its mineral resources and historical legacies of the commercial and cultural wealth of the past. Despite having an industrialized state, it continues to face the challenges of socioeconomicContinue Reading
By Andrea Tornielli Vatican City: A reading of the dossier published by the Secretariat of State containing documents and testimonies narrating the facts regarding the former cardinal archbishop of Washington dismissed from the clerical state. At the time of Theodore McCarrick’s appointment as Archbishop of Washington in 2000, the HolyContinue Reading
By T J S George Bengaluru: For America’s sake, and for the world’s sake, it was important that Donald Trump should not win a second term as President. That he came close to it points to the power of a disturbing element in American life — racism. Ultimately, racism countsContinue Reading
By Rajmohan Gandhi Illinois: By obliging millions of Americans to vote by mail, Covid has lengthened the counting process in America’s elections. Though it may seem that a cloud continues to hang over the outcome, some conclusions can perhaps be drawn. One is that Donald Trump’s exit is almost certain.Continue Reading
Irfan Engineer Mumbai: It is generally believed that Islam is a backward religion, reinforcing the beliefs of medieval period, if not of the ancient period, it is conservative and even fundamentalist in its outlook, and it motivates its followers to be intolerant and violent. Islam, it is further believed, isContinue Reading
