Civil Rights 
The mirage of Muslim reservation(Comments Off)
Exactly 12 days after India achieved independence, the Scheduled Castes and the Muslims were given political reservation. Following a debate on ‘Report on Minority Rights’, they were classified as ‘minorities’ and the Constituent Assembly passed a bill giving them reservation proportionate to their population. The next day, some members intelligently brought an amendment to the bill stating that the SCs were part of the Hindu community. [...]
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Shiv Sena Ire Against Shah Rukh Khan
Shiv Sena and its offshoot, Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena, both thrive on the divisive sentiments. The spirit of National integration is being attacked by the actions of these regional forces. We should not target our citizens in the name of religion or region. The encouragement of Hate against Pakistan is shortsighted and is playing to the crude emotions, ignoring the deeper causes of terrorism [...]
India: Communal Riots 2009
The year 2009 also did not witness major riots and this pattern is continuing since Gujarat riots of 2002. However, no year so far has been riot-free year. Communal violence erupts on smaller scale in different places throughout India. It is interesting to note that since Mumbai riots of 1992-93 there was no major communal riot until Gujarat riots in 2002 except in Coimbatore in 1998 in which about 40 persons were killed. Similarly since Gujarat riots of 2002 there has been no major communal riots except in Kandhamal, Orissa, in which also around 40 persons were killed.[...]
Ghettoes In The Making
The condition of large section of Muslims can only be compared to the Shudras in Ancient India, where the society treated them as slaves and codified their slavery as their Dharma, Shudra Dharma. They were also ghettoized. The other example is the African Americans of US, where the Whites committed atrocities on them and pushed them to the ghettoes, depriving them of dignity and civic rights. [...]
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