Britain betrays its Hindus, Jains and Sikhs
Britain’s Hindus, Sikhs and Jains, its peaceful Dharmic communities, are faced with the worst historic setback they have ever suffered on British soil. The threat of anti-caste judicial activism in Britain and the wider world beyond is now almost certain to become a dreaded reality. Predictably, the incumbent Conservative government, which had pretended More...
The British Caste Law: Reflections on the Role of Hindus
The UK government announced its long-awaited consultation on the caste law in March 2017. It may be time therefore to reflect upon three and more years of concerted campaign against the law. This article especially More...
Why the notion of ‘Hindu Nation’ alone is chosen for criticism?
I sometimes wonder who influences whom: the Indian mainstream journalists influence the foreign correspondents or the other way round, as they always hold the same view. Or is there even a directive from the top More...
L’Affaire Azaan and Noise Pollution in India
Superstar Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam’s recent volley of tweets expressing his annoyance over being woken up by azaan, the Islamic call to prayer that is broadcast from mosques, on loudspeakers, five times a day, More...
Azaan and Freedom of Expression – Are they Compatible?
Sonu Nigam is what we would call a moderately famous personality in Bollywood. But on 17th April, he shot to fame once again when he inadvertently committed a cardinal sin according to Indian secularism. He criticized More...
Why the secular government is not a rightful manager of Hindu temples
Can ‘Government failure’ be an excuse for stopping a population from practising their religion? Recently, a local Court order has blocked the regular festival schedule of a temple under the Hindu Religious More...
Muslim Women are India’s Neo-Untouchable Caste – The Case for Uniform Civil Code
Over the past year, the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind (the Assembly of Indian Islamic Scholars) – a family-owned religious organisation whose leaders are not elected by Muslims – has been organising events across India More...
Islamic Leaders Seek Dalit Support to Undermine UCC
“Yeksan civil code thopa gaya to mulk mein takrao ke halaat paida ho jayen gein” – if the uniform civil code is imposed, situations of confrontation will emerge in the country. This is a banner headline More...
The Ideology of A.G. Noorani
Over the past few centuries, civilisation has witnessed a worldwide movement to separate religion from the state and law, giving birth to secularism. In India, one man is trying to reverse this process. His name More...
Understanding Contemporary Hindu Failures
It is commonly “understood” that Hindus are systematically disadvantaged in India, through constitution and state policy. It is usually conceded that the early anti-Hindu legislations after independence were More...