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Democracy and dissent go hand in hand. While a democratically elected government runs a nation of a 1.252 billion people it is but natural for some of the citizens to be ...

Politics is an integral part of Democracy. And as such, political parties with radically different outlooks towards running the country is only to be expected. Difference in opinion is unavoidable and ...

Islamism is the political ideology seeking the supremacy of Islam over all other values. those “other values” include not just other religions, but also the concepts of freedom, secularism, and the ...

A political party facing an existential crisis has decided to hold the entire country to ransom for its survival. Sonia Gandhi along with her followers organized a march to protest against ...

Aadarsh Liberal Times Tolerance Special Edition -x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- From the Editor: Our readers are aware of the trials and tribulations that our secular democracy is facing at the hands of Hindu right ...

As George Orwell writes in his Masterpiece, 1984, "To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which ...

Mumbai-based artist Ram Subramanian set off a social media campaign which was intended to promote positivity. It was another shot at the ill-fated “Aman Ki Aasha”, the bubble of which bursts ...

While it is no one’s claim that politics is as pristine as it used to be , the current level of discourse is nauseating. While no political party in the country ...

I must admit that I was a skeptic from the very beginning of anti-corruption politics in India. For all his right intentions, I couldn’t approve of every method adopted by Anna ...

I am no legal expert. But my lay man's knowledge and common sense tells me, something is not right about the striking down of NJAC Act by Supreme Court and favouring ...

In India, Secularism or the liberal tag is a much-maligned concept today. Rather than the lofty ethos that those words should represent, ideas that come to our mind are the negative ...

Mahatma Gandhi wrote in his autobiography: “I have a horror of “isms” especially when they are attached to the proper names. Even if all that you say of me is true, ...