Melbourne based human rights researcher and writer The Credibility of India’s top institutions has lately suffered affecting governance and democracy in the country. Its  strong indication came in the form of the impeachment motion against the chief justice of India which was rejected by the  Vice president and  was...

Sexual harassment at workplace is often brushed under the carpet. As a society, we live in a state of denial. Either we choose not to see the elephant in the room or maybe we are blind. In either case, justice is a casualty. The passing of The Sexual...

Dialogue is an essential part of democratic process. But what do you do when people wanting to usurp democracy through democratic means want to have dialogue with those believing in secular democratic Constitution of India? We are witnessing strong views being articulated for and against Pranab Mukherjee’s agreeing...

Radical Humanist, political analyst and human rights activist Kairana results have signalled to the mighty that the public can wash them out in the 2019 elections. For the first time, RSS spokes person was speaking that government come and go but we must protect institutions. He was...

Radical Humanist, political analyst and human rights activist This article is not attempt to portray Nehru as an Ambedkarite, nor is an attempt to project him as a champion of the Dalit rights as I can’t verify the statement from any other sources except that the beneficiary...

The coming to power of Modi in 2014 gave a signal to the so called fringe groups that now it is their Government and they can get away with their hate speeches and action with ease. It was a total uninhibited show by the RSS Combine as for...

The Green of the valley has been regularly witnessed the blood of militants, Kashmiris, personnel from armed forces and now even those of tourists. In the month of May (2018) earlier this year a school bus was stoned leading to the death of an eleven year old child....

Centre for Study of Society and Secularism The gross over reaction of Sangh Parivar to the letter of Archbishop of Delhi, Anil Couto, dated 8th May 2018 and addressed to all parish priests and religious institutions in the Archdiocese of Delhi asking them to pray for ‘our nation’ seems to be well...

Radical Humanist, political analyst and human rights activist What happened in Tuticorin is nothing but protecting the corporate mafias in close connivance of the state power. Let us not forget how Vedanta attempted to destroy Odisha and its great Adivasi heritage. If you see how the police...

Radical Humanist, political analyst and human rights activist There is no doubt that Rajiv Gandhi was a modern looking young leader of the country yet we must not miss out the fact that his party paid a heavy price for the mistakes he committed. In 1989, he...

In the recently held Karnataka elections, Narendra Modi made statements which are not true, and which are made to raise the emotive pitch against his opponents. In a blatant lie, in a rally in Bidar, he asked “When Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Batukeshwar Dutt, Veer Savarkar, greats like them were...

Centre for Study of Society and Secularism General Secretary of the BJP, Ram Madhav (2017) in his article in Indian Express (27th May 2017) titled “India’s Most Trusted” opined that under the Modi Sarkar, “he country is less corrupt, less indisciplined, less violent and, importantly, less argumentative today than it used to...