The common patriarchal character of religious reactions in India underscores the fundamental weakness of the secularism that has been practiced in the country. Instead of promoting the civic equality ...

Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday attacked the Congress, alleging that carrying the “veil of secularism” and the “bag of communalism” was the “brand new Identity” of the ...

Secularism is not a neutral or indigenous idea but was historically imposed by Western powers, said speakers at an event yesterday. They said Bangladesh's 1972 Constitution framed secularism as ...

Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of `cultivating majoritarian communalism to sow seeds of hatred,’ Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Saturday reaffirmed the United Democratic Front’s ...

What does a child of the Partition, who has spent his life fighting communalism, do at 75? If he were Lajpat Rai, he takes the fight for secularism to a new level and opens a library at Naigaon. And ...

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Jan. 24-30, 1998), pp. 167-180 (14 pages) There can be no one agenda for the secular struggle in India today, but several intersecting, colliding, ...

Kerala's Leader of the Opposition accuses government of appeasing communal forces, vows to defend secular values without ...

Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly V D Satheesan said on Friday that the Congress maintains a secular position in ...

"The party (CPI (M)) had for years appeased minorities before the last parliamentary elections and has now shifted to majority appeasement, thus lacking any genuine commitment to secularism," ...

Kannur: Leader of Opposition in Kerala Assembly V.D. Satheesan on Friday sharply criticised the ruling CPI(M) for allegedly ...