Secularism Archives - Different Truths

July 11, 2023
Manthena Damodara Chary
Poem

The Spirit of India

A patriotic poem by Manthena Damodara, in Different Truths. India is not, in essence, a piece of earthIt represents a sea of marvellous mirth Tradition has its reputedly robust roots Facilitating...

June 13, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Amit Shah Using Sampark to Redefine Political Contours

Modi rode to power riding on the support of the urban middle class. But unfortunately, this middle class has turned his bitter critic, notwithstanding every attempt to refurbish his...

June 1, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Much More than Anti-Incumbency behind BJP Rout: Voters Have Changed the Poll Narrative

The results of the by-elections clearly imply that the people, especially the poor, Dalits and minorities across the country have polarised to protect the secular ethics of the country....

May 16, 2018
IPA Service
Law & Order, Politics, Terrorism, War & Conflicts

Kashmir Developments Need a Strong Political Initiative

The situation has remained grim since the Modi government came to power, as it has treated the Kashmir problem merely as that of law and order and had been...

May 14, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Karnataka: The Flip-Flops and Ping-Pong

All but one exit poll point to a hung assembly. Only the Today’s Chanakya poll puts the BJP in a majority: 120 seats. And the Axis-India Today poll places...

April 4, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

BJP Determined to Devalue Nitish Kumar

The major partner BJP has been systematically resorting to arm-twisting and giving a bad name to JD(U). The relation between the two has dipped to such a low in...

March 27, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Mainstreaming Religious Politics can be Tricky

It is only now when the BJP has succeeded in exploiting the Congress’s mishandling of the secular concept that the latter is trying to erase the image of being...

March 20, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Prophets: Lingayat Minority Status another Sidda Gimmick

Lingayats are now a separate religious group. Siddaramiah is behaving like he is Jesus and Prophet Muhammad rolled into one, founding a religion. But he himself doesn’t believe in...

February 7, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Is BJP Replacing CPI(M) in West Bengal?

In the by-elections to Uluberia Lok Sabha and Noapara assembly seats, the BJP finished second, increasing its vote share only for the reason that the CPI(M) failed to present...

January 19, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
People, Potpourri, Religion

Ruchira anguishes that the Indian society is becoming increasingly intolerant and parochial. The walls of religious divisions are sharper now. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...

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