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.
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,…
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…