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Citizens’ right to be communal but the State’s duty is to be secular
Religion is inherently communal, fostering collective expression that is not divisive unless the religion itself promotes ...
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Dropping ‘secular’ an affront to idea of India
It was on June 26, 1975, that then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed the draconian Emergency in India. It was a dark, dark ...
Is America Really Exceptional?
What I notice now, as a journalist working during the second Trump administration, is that for all the ways that America is ...
Reclaiming secular politics
Controversy arises as Vice-President criticizes inclusion of "secular" in Constitution Preamble, questioning India's secular ...
A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages
The law books record it as State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes. History remembers it as the “ Monkey Trial .” The case ...
Trial of the century: Why 100 years later, the Scopes case still matters
As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the case continue to be felt today.
Decades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering
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Michigan Courts’ Anti-Bias Proposal Faces Significant Opposition
The Michigan Supreme Court received dozens of letters urging it to reject proposed anti-bias-focused changes to conduct rules ...
Uddhav-Raj tie-up a fight for political survival after setbacks, anti-Hindi stance just a medium to achieve it
Estranged for two decades, the Thackeray cousins are uniting against the perceived imposition of Hindi to revive their ...