Assam NRC- a humanitarian crisis looming large
CSSS Fact Finding Team “Citizenship is man’s basic right for it is nothing less than the right to have rights. Remove this priceless possession and there remains a stateless person,…
Swami Vivekananda and his Humanism
Neha Dabhade (Secular Perspective June 16-30, 2019) Today we live in an India where religion and religious identity have prominence in public domain and influence public and policy matters. Be…
Elections 2019: Redrawing Contours of Democracy in India
Neha Dabhade (Secular Perspective June 1-15, 2019) The exercise of general elections in the largest democracy in India concluded with victory of second consecutive term of BJP at the…
Election Manifestos 2019: Locating Rights of Minorities (Part II)
(This is continuation of the previous article and will examine the manifestos of the other political parties.) YSRCP: YSRCP is dominant party in Andhra Pradesh headed by Jagmohan Reddy. YSRCP…
Election Manifestos 2019: Locating Rights of Minorities (Part I)
The Lok Sabha elections, 2019 are in progress in India. The largest democracy is going to polls and the electoral promises are unraveling thick and fast. Almost all political parties…
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Mahatma
Manmohan Vaidya, Joint General Secretary of RSS, puts in a herculean effort through his article – “The Mahatma and the Sangh” (Indian Express – 12th April 2019) to seek wider social…
Indian Journal of Secularism (IJS)
IJS is published by the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS), a pioneer organization working for the promotion of communal harmony and the cause of secularism. The setting up of CSSS is the result of the growing concern of academics, social activists and prominent citizens and the affirmation of their efforts to strengthen the secular fabric of society.
Peace Walk 2016
In this fast paced and materialist era, the ideologies of ‘non-violence’ and ‘peace’ that Gandhi stood for are fading. Violence is increasingly normalized which is visible from the temples built…