Secularism In India

India First | Spare India! Lessons from 'The Kerala Story'

What has been depicted in 'The Kerala Story' is crime against humanity and the way anti-India forces are trying to weaken the foundation of a secular state by imposing one way of thought and practices on others

Opinion | Muslim women should reflect on the fundamentals of hijab

The increasing numbers of Hindus and Muslims wearing religion on their sleeves will cause further polarisation in society and expand the influence of those indulging in politics of religion

Blaming Hindu religious processions for communal violence unmasks India’s self-anointed secularists

The politics of procession is an oft-repeated diatribe that becomes a convenient excuse to tarnish a certain community. However, what often gets buried under the reams of such atrocious literature is the fact that communalism does not express itself via politics

How the 'colonial imposition' of secularism on India prophesied its erosion with the end of British rule

In Republic of Religion: The Rise and Fall of Colonial Secularism in India, advocate and author Abhinav Chandrachud explores how India aspired to become a secular country and argues that this secular structure was an unnatural foreign imposition on a conquered people by a colonial power.

Silence of the Muslims: Congress' Hindutva shows death of 'secularism', gives BJP chance to set new inclusive agenda

Muslims, who were central to any election debate in India till 2014, suddenly find themselves sidelined as the country is moving away from secularism to Hindutva politics.