Martin Luther King Jr. said that law may not be able to make a man love him but it can keep the man from lynching him. These words were said by Martin Luther King Jr. in the era where the racial segregation was at its peak and the African Americans targeted…
Learning from Obama’s saner advice and Trump’s madness | Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Former US President Barak Obama was here for participating at summit organised by a newspaper and also spoke to what he termed as 'future leaders' at…
Can Science survive the onslaught blind faith?
"Why are students not taught that before the Wright brothers, an Indian called Shivkar Bapuji Talpade was the first to invent the airplane? This person…
Communalising Population Growth: Understanding Demographic Data
The biases and misconceptions about conversions and population growth have been used by communal forces to divide the society. This became apparent once again when Minister of state of Home, Kiren Rijuju tweeted that that Hindu population is decreasing in…
Harmony and Spirituality of Earth – A Critical Search
All of us live in a world of guns and bombs, wars and battles, hunger and starvation, deaths and killings as well as disparity and discrimination. Justice and Peace is today almost next to impossible and virtually unreachable. In many cases it has completely…
Growing Intolerance
Recently in an interview at an award function, Amir Khan, mentioned that his wife, Kiran asked him whether they should leave the country. To Amir Khan, the statement of his wife was disastrous and indicated growing intolerance in the country. Though we condemn…
STOP Demonizing Islam
Perhaps, no religion of world permits destruction and violence; instead they all preach for peace and harmony among human beings. However, western countries belonging to a particular color of skin think themselves as superior from others, have grouped together…
Terrorists and rioters have no religion?
Terrorists deliberately plant bombs or more lethal explosives at public places calculated to kill and maim maximum number of innocent men , women and children. They knowingly shed the blood of people who have not hurt them or or their cause. Such people have…
Invitation – Contemporary Challenges to Freedom of Religion in India
Centre for Study of Society & Secularism cordially invites you to attend the 4th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture on the occasion of his Death Anniversary. “Contemporary Challenges to Freedom of Religion in India” To be delivered by Prof. (Dr)…