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Patriots and Intolerance
6 December 2015, by Mukul DubeSome weeks ago, a friend and I were discussing the returning of the first few awards by writers. I said that the gesture was likely to have little effect as too few Indians cared for writers and their work. I added that what would be effective (...) -
Growing Intolerance
6 December 2015by Neha Dabhade and Irfan Engineer
Recently in an interview at an award function, Aamir Khan mentioned that his wife, Kiran, asked him whether they should leave the country. To Aamir Khan, the statement of his wife was disastrous and indicated (...) -
How Not To Counter Communalism
6 December 2015The following is a revised version of an article published in opendemocracy.net/ and the revision has been carried out by the author himself for its publication in Mainstream; we are, however, using it here with due acknowledgement. —Editor
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Not Sorrow but Atonement
6 December 2015From N.C.’s Writings
The following piece, which was published as ‘Political Notebook’ in Mainstream (December 12, 1992), is being reproduced on the twentythird anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Its significance is heightened due (...) -
Rubble
6 December 2015, by Gopal GandhiYou lifted one fistful of salt
And an empire was shamed.
Lift
One fistful of rubble
Now
And pour it on our shameless heads.
December 5, 1992 Gopal Gandhi -
In the Aftermath
6 December 2015, by SCThe mosque was eloquent History,
Everything else was shrouded in mythology.
Yet they, under the spell of fiery oratory,
Chose to chase the mirage of a myth,
Pull down the building
And build hatred in their hearts
When I, a citizen of this vast (...) -
Aamir Khan, P.B. Acharya, Gajendra Chauhan
6 December 2015, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
What tolerance are we showing for Aamir Khan’s harmless little utterance along the strain that his wife, Kiran Rao, had contemplated moving out of here as she feared for the safety of their child in this atmosphere hanging heavy with (...) -
Aamir Khan Episode: Wounds of Partition Have Not Healed
6 December 2015, by Kuldip NayarI was present at the function where Aamir Khan, a topmost actor, said that his wife had asked him whether they should move to some other country for healthy upbringing of their child. There was no rancour in his tone, only a bit of sadness. (...) -
BJP’s Rout in Bihar
6 December 2015COMMUNICATION
In the Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP, the standard-bearer of Hindutva and Hindu chauvanism, has suffered a crushing and humiliating defeat. This rout of the BJP, as has rightly been pointed out by Rahul Gandhi, the (...) -
Kerala: Cultural Sanitation and the Making of a ‘Hatesphere’
6 December 2015by P.K. Yasser Arafath
“To a Muslim, donating for the construction of temples is more sinful than extending monetary help to raise a brothel,” says a celebrated young neo-Salafi evangelist from Malabar in a video that has circulated massively in (...)
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