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How has Swami Vivekananda looked at Jesus Christ?
Vivekananda strongly argued that Jesus belonged to the Eastern world (Asia). He went even further, boldly claiming that all great souls and incarnations originated in the Orient.
Jyotiba Phule’s Trenchant Critique of Caste: Gulamgiri
First Published on: 11 Apr 2016 On his 189th Birth...
Hate Watch: BJP MLA demands demolition of Taj Mahal and Qutub Minar, willing to donate one year’s salary to have temples built on those...
This comes just after the NCERT removed chapters on the Mughal Empire from class 12 history books
Maliana acquittals 36 years after 72 Muslims massacred in cold blood, abysmal failure of justice, substantive & procedural
The acquittals took place despite directions by the High Court being seized of the matter since 2021 where the issue raised is of crucial documents including the FIR and other evidence had “gone missing”, of strict and fair procedures that need to be followed; this 2021 legal intervention by a journalist Qurban Ali, who covered the cold blooded massacre in 1987 and Vibhuti Narain Rai, an IPS officer who, as SP Ghaziabad had filed the FIR in the Hashimpura carnage the day before, in the High Court will now be heard with the judgement of acquittal being passed without completion of trial procedure
Remembering Bhagat Singh, Reclaiming the Right to be A Free Thinker
It is quite a striking experience when, in Europe – including in France which is the historical birthplace of secularism –, one gets automatically told, for example, "Oh, you are a Hindu!" if one says one is Indian, or "Oh, you are a Muslim! if one says one is Algerian.
Freedom from Communalism & Religious Intolerance was Bhagat Singh’s Ideal, Never Hindu Rashtra
Hindu Communalists have forever sought to appropriate the young and fiery martyr in Goebbellsian ways perpetuating lies and falsehoods that include falsely promoting February 14 (Valentine’s Day) as his Death Anniversary rather than March 23, when he was actually hanged
Re-construction, federalism, anti-fascism & a free society: MN Roy on his 136th birth anniversary
Today is the 136th birth anniversary of M.N.Roy (1887-1954). I mention below a photograph in which M.N.Roy is standing in Centre at the top of steps with delegates at the 2nd Congress of the Communist International, 1920 alongwith Lenin and Gorky. On this occasion there are four quotes from his writings which are worth remembering at the present times.
Equality March to mark Dr Ambedkar’s Mahad Satyagraha
Sarvahara Jan Andolan sends out a message of equality in an atmosphere polluted with hatred
Now Kabir Is Also a Pariah to the Hindu India
A few years ago, a Muslim professor at a university in Uttar Pradesh, called Kabir, anti-Muslim. Now, Hindus are also calling him anti-Hindu.
Haleema Beevi: Pioneer of Social Reform and Broad-Based Muslim Education in Kerala
At a time when our society is again falling in the grip of conservatism, irrationalism and over-religiosity, we must remind ourselves of the work of Late Haleema Beevi, the first female journalist from Kerala.
Bombay HC seeks policy on old settlements for protected monuments; stays evictions at Vishalgarh
The Court had last week stayed demolitions by Western Railways on its land, stressing upon the need for rehabilitation of those displaced
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How has Swami Vivekananda looked at Jesus Christ?
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