Sabarimala Temple: Is The Travancore Devaswom Board Expected To Defy A Constitutional Court’s Directions? – V
[contextly_sidebar id=”RtsNgya2Sg9SFGP6H60tfe2ZuNA1FAJ4″] In my last article as part of this series, I had discussed in some detail the constitutional validity of the position of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) on the issue of entry of women aged between 10 and 50 years into the Sabarimala Temple. Subsequently, I also wrote a piece in More...
Casteism, Misogyny and Rights of Hindu Religious Institutions- IV
[contextly_sidebar id=”dDHkh59DFFc42zA1Bz0o5tar0I02TTDz”] Sample these opening lines of a news report in The Hindu on the ongoing hearings before the Supreme Court on the issue of entry of women into More...
Supreme Court’s Verdict on Appointment of Archakas to Hindu Temples- III
[contextly_sidebar id=”ytxap5UN2lLb9k09tNqyYgcdwzCsCozw”] In the first two parts of this series, I had examined the question of whether the rights of religious institutions under Article 26 of the Constitution More...
Can the State Interfere with the Rights of Hindu Religious Institutions?–Part II
[contextly_sidebar id=”Arv9fyYqRfpXZLnMxlpolxbbyQZuQXpT”] Non-Statutory Warning – This piece undertakes a fair bit of legal analysis, which is indispensable given the nature of the discussion. More...
Do Hindu Religious Institutions Have Rights? – I
Over the years, one has heard a vast cross-section of Hindus express concern over the seemingly unfettered authority exercised by governments over Hindu religious institutions, in particular temples and their property. These More...
Tolerance on the Foundations of Intolerance
Recently, writers, artists and scientists have returned their awards. Other similar eminent persons also have joined hands with these protesters. At this juncture, it will not be irrelevant to discuss the political More...
Beef against Beef
“Auschwitz begins wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks:they’re only animals.” – Theodor W. Adorno On 30 September, the Delhi edition of the Indian Express carried an unspeakably More...
JNU Chronicles: Love Jihad
[contextly_sidebar id=”jGwO3HUVWQqf0CA8w40n1Hxj9sUBNJGY”] The fourth part of the series of real-life tales from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), often known as the citadel of Indian Marxism, narrated More...
Press Release: Britain’s Dharmic Communities and the General Elections 2015
The Dharmic Ideas & Policy Foundation launches a landmark report titled “Britain’s Dharmic Communities and the General Election 2015” illustrating the remarkable shift in British politics in More...
JNU Chronicles: Robert Rahman Raman or Triple R
[contextly_sidebar id=”o5hM6AlC65n3WYPPrWyAY7nsP8O70X7g”] The third part of the series of real-life tales from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), often known as the citadel of Indian Marxism, narrated More...