Secular Perspective
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The Secular Perspective is the Centre’s fortnightly magazine, providing timely commentary on current events occurring in India and around the world.
Majoritarianism does not enhance rights or result in material benefits to the members of the majority community: Prof. Prabhat Patnaik
Report of 13th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture: Democracy versus Majoritarianism “The survival of democracy depends upon the getting rid of majoritarianism”, explained Prof. Prabhat Patnaik, prominent Marxist Economist and author,…
Jharkhand, Mob Lynching and Marginalization of Adivasis
Introduction: Tabrez Ansari, 24 years old, Muslim youth was tied to a pole in Saraikela, Jharkhand and lynched by a mob which demanded that Ansari chant “Jai Shri Ram” and“Jai Hanuman”. He…
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,…