A History of Indo-Afghan Relations by Prof. Shah Mahmoud Hanifi
Centre for Study of Society and Secularism Cordially invites you to the talk on A History of Indo-Afghan Relations By Prof. Shah Mahmoud Hanifi This talk will examine the long-term…
Communal Violence 2018: Locating the Role of State and Changing Nature of Violence
CSSS Team: Neha Dabhade, Irfan Engineer, Suraj Nair, Siddhi Pendke[1] (Secular Perspective January 1-15, 2019) As per newspaper reports, the number of communal incidents all over India in 2018 has…
Understanding Interfaith Dialogue: A few Critical Questions
Recently the issue of constructing temple of Lord Ram on the disputed site where the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya once stood and was demolished in 1992 is hotly debated. In…
Aurangabad Communal Violence Fact Finding Report – 2018
A note by Irfan Engineer Communalism and Development Communal politics has been viewed from different perspectives. The left primarily regards religion as opium of people, instilling false consciousness, giving them…
Babri Masjid: What should Muslims do?
A section of Hindu supremacist organizations are once again mobilizing to demand the construction of Ramjanmabhoomi temple (RJT) in Ayodhya on the spot where Babri Masjid once stood and was…
12th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
Report of the 12th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture – by Neha Dabhade “Muslims of India are in worst position today than in 1857 or 1947”, lamented A. G…
Indian Constitutional Courts and Secularism – II
In the previous issue of Secular Perspective (Vol. XXI No. 21, Nov. 1-15, 2018), we briefly outlined the tension between rights of denominations or any sections thereof under Art. 26 of the…
11th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
Secularism: its meaning and the need for it” by Prof. Irfan Habib “The RSS didn’t participate in the Indian freedom struggle and didn’t contribute in fighting for independence from the…