Page 3 - Secularism

False secularism

Covid-19 restrictions should not be eased for any religion

The Muslim question

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat unwittingly highlighted the covert chauvinism in so-called polite society, and that includes the Indian corporate sector

Best of BS Opinion: Stock market as mirror, politics in diversity & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

Politics in diversity

PEW survey of Indians' religiosity tells you why Modi's rivals have failed to challenge him: Confused secularism that's ceded religion to the BJP

We the people

Book review of On Citizenship

Shekhar Gupta: Mosques in the rear-view mirror

Varanasi court order on Gyanvapi mosque questions the optimism that Ayodhya wouldn't be repeated. Spending too much time looking at the past is a recipe for disaster

The ilaqa syndrome

Book review of Contested Homelands: Politics of Space and Identity

BJP working overtime to destroy the social fabric of Assam: Congress

The Congress alleged that the ruling BJP has been working overtime to destroy the social fabric of Assam

Best of BS Opinion: Feasible fiscal path, inadequate cover, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

A sense of justice

Book review of In Pursuit of Justice: An Autobiography

Tagore's Bengal would not let hate politics overpower secularism: Mamata

Banerjee, during a rally in Bolpur, claimed that conspiracies were being hatched to destroy the state's inclusive culture and cautioned people against divisive politics

Secularism as a principle and practice is in 'danger' in India: Tharoor

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said secularism as a principle and practice in India was in danger and the ruling dispensation might even try to remove the word from the Constitution

Secularism can't be protected without separating religion and politics: Yechury

Unless there is a strict separation of religion from politics and government, secularism can't be protected, defended or put into operation properly, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said

India doesn't need 'western' concepts like secularism: KN Govindacharya

Secularism was not needed for Bharat. Bharat has its own concept of respect to all modes of worship, said Govindacharya

Plea in SC to remove 'socialist' and 'secular' from Constitution's preamble

The PIL said that the amendment made in 1976 was antithetical to the constitutional tenets as well as the historical and cultural theme of India

'Protecting secular, democratic fabric as important as defending borders'

On the 45th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency, former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal said 'safeguarding secular and democratic fabric of the country is as important as defending its borders'

The Minority Conundrum: Thought-provoking essays on minority rights

A thought-provoking set of essays examines minority rights in the light of secularism and nationalism, both of which are foundational to the vision of the Indian republic, says Chintan Girish Modi

Unlike Pak, the US, India not theocratic because of secular values: Rajnath

Rajnath Singh's comments have come amid raging protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act

Pakistan, America are theocratic countries, India is secular, says Rajnath

Our saints and seers did not just consider the people living within our borders as part of the family, but called everyone living in the world as one family, said Rajnath

How Kejriwal's AAP and Modi's BJP are strikingly similar, and yet different

The two offer the same package - personality cult, populist schemes, inflated claims, etc - but the hard edge to BJP's communalism is missing in AAP, a difference we should celebrate, writes T N Ninan