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Issues in Secular Politics
  Ayodhya: Abode of Ram or Allah (07/19/2010)
  Gujarat: Making of a Fascist State (07/14/2010)
  Cow in Contemporary Political Chessboard (07/05/2010)
  Kashmiriyat Revisited (06/21/2010)
  National Integration: The Way Forward (06/09/2010)
  Projecting Retrograde Fatwas: Reinforcing Stereotypes (06/01/2010)
  UPA - One year after return to power (05/20/2010)
  Delayed Waking up: Terrorism Investigations (05/12/2010)
  Manual Scavenging: Must be eradicated Right away (05/01/2010)
  Arrested Social Transformation: Khap Panchayats Asserting Caste-Gender Hierarchy (04/23/2010)
  Narendra Modi: Travails of Travel Abroad (04/17/2010)
  BJP and Congress in the Dock for Communal Violence (04/11/2010)
  Reservations: Dilemmas Galore (04/03/2010)
  Swamis, Celibacy and Sex Scandals (03/21/2010)
  Subverting Democratic Ethos: RSS believes only Hindus are Indians! (03/13/2010)
  Indo-Pak Peace Talks and Taliban Provocations (03/01/2010)
  Shiv Sena Ire against Shah Rukh Khan (02/08/2010)
  Nehruvian Foreign Policy: Misplaced Criticisms (01/18/2010)
  Ram and Allah as Good Neighbors (12/20/2009)
  Liberhan Commission: Painful wait for Justice (12/06/2009)
  Mumbai Struggles to Recover from Trauma of 26/11 (11/27/2009)
  Maa Tujhe Salaam: Vande Matram Controversy to the fore again (11/20/2009)
  Invading the Secular Space (11/13/2009)
  Lamb Allies with Wolf: Kerala Christian Group and VHP join Hands against illusory Love Jihad (11/08/2009)
  Blast in Goa (10/26/2009)
  UN Anti-Caste Charter: Annihilation of Caste (10/18/2009)
  Is it a Crime to be born a Muslim in India? (10/12/2009)
  RSS and Minorities (10/06/2009)
  Communalizing History: Shivaji and Afzal Khan (09/29/2009)
  Ishrat Jahan: Murder in Cold Blood (09/20/2009)
  Dilemmas of Defeat: Whither BJP? (09/08/2009)
  Emperor’s Islamophobia: Shah Rukh Khan Detained at US airport (08/24/2009)
  Victim as Culprit: Emraan Hashmi's House Hunt (08/15/2009)
  Crime and No Punishment: Malegaon Blast Accused Get a Respite (08/09/2009)
  In the Name of SIMI (07/31/2009)
  Mind your language: Bahuguna Joshi-Mayawati Ugly Spat (07/27/2009)
  Reserved Past: De-reserving Future (07/19/2009)
  Liberhan Commission: Painful wait for Justice (07/11/2009)
  Lifting the Veil - Sarcozy on Burqa (07/07/2009)
  Faith: Instilling Unity (06/29/2009)
  Restoring Green in the Valley (06/29/2009)
  Election Verdict 2009- Whither BJP? (06/15/2009)
  Shivaji's Statue in Arabian Sea (06/08/2009)
  Elections 2009 Verdict: Whither Communalism? (06/01/2009)
  Taliban’s Terror-Jizya on Sikhs (05/10/2009)
  RSS: BJP - Father, Son and Unholy Mission (04/27/2009)
  Orissa: Tragedy Continues (04/17/2009)
  Hindutva: Projections and Reality! (04/15/2009)
  Why ‘Hate Speech’? (03/24/2009)
  Pleasing Gods with Public Money (03/09/2009)
  Holy Garb: Profane Agenda (03/02/2009)
  Kitchen, Church and Children: Shri Ram Sene Beats up Girls in a Pub (02/04/2009)
  Eradicating Terrorism: Groping in the Dark (01/30/2009)
  Invoking India's Fuhrer: Industrialists call for Modi to be the Prime Minister (01/19/2009)
  Bouquets, Boots and Bush (01/02/2009)
  Handling Queries: Democratic Responses (12/22/2008)
  Uniting in the face of terror (12/11/2008)
  Tolerating Terrorism (11/26/2008)
  Anatomy of Sangh Parivar (11/05/2008)
  Nano in Gujarat - Make Believe Stature of Modi (11/03/2008)
  Whither India: Qualitative change in Polity (10/23/2008)
  Nanavati Report on Godhra Tragedy: Erasing the obvious truths (09/30/2008)
  Jammu and Kashmir: At Crossroads! (08/25/2008)
  Combating Terrorism (08/05/2008)
  Godmen and Mortal World: Happenings at Asaram Bapu's Ashram (07/29/2008)
  Land Allotment and Amarnath Shrine (07/18/2008)
  "Hindu Terrorists" and Call for Suicide Squads (06/27/2008)
  Democratic Posturing: Sectarian Agenda (06/19/2008)
  Politics of Identity and Intolerance (06/09/2008)
  Islam: Perceptions and Reality (05/28/2008)
  Terrorism: A Political Cancer (05/22/2008)
  Conversion: a political weapon (05/06/2008)
  Swayamsevaks Story: Advani Aurobiography is RSS version of Events (04/18/2008)
  Cry for justice! Fresh Probe Ordered in to Gujarat Carnage Cases (04/03/2008)
  Many Rams: Many Ramayanas (03/25/2008)
  History and Community Honor: Protests against film Jodha Akbar (03/05/2008)
  Terrorism: Islamic or un-Islamic? (03/03/2008)
  Cow's Urine as Medicine! Faith's leap into blind alleys (02/22/2008)
  Whither Justice: Trajectory of Srikrishna Report (02/05/2008)
  Saluting Bilkis Bano: Reflecting on Gujarat (01/25/2008)
  Stereotyping the "Other": Shiv Sena accuses "outsiders" for Juhu molestation (01/21/2008)
  Orissa: Anti Christian Violence (01/02/2008)
  Modi's Victory: Portents for Indian Democracy (12/23/2007)
  Erosion of Democratic Norms: A case of Modi (12/11/2007)
  Gujarat Muslims: The Way Ahead (11/27/2007)
  Nehru and India's Foreign Policy (11/11/2007)
  Love and be Damned (10/15/2007)
  Gandhi, Religion and Indian Nationalism (10/07/2007)
  What is the National Dharma Shastra? (09/26/2007)
  Taslima, Hussein and Liberal Ethos (09/05/2007)
  Double Standards: Punishing the culprits of violence (08/05/2007)
  Targeting Symptom: Ignoring Disease (07/24/2007)
  Labeling Terrorists (07/12/2007)
  Sectarian Violence in Plural Society (07/05/2007)
  Behind the Veil of Lies (06/25/2007)
  Gujarat: Symptoms of Hindu Nation (06/04/2007)
  Violence against the Cross (06/03/2007)
  Army and the Peace Process in Kashmir (05/14/2007)
  Should BJP be derecognized? (04/18/2007)
  Defining Minorities (04/09/2007)
  Revisiting Babri (03/23/2007)
  Terrorism: Biased Investigation (03/06/2007)
  Manufacturing Islamophobia (02/19/2007)
  Contemporary Times-Role of Religions (02/06/2007)
  Murder by Proxy: Hanging of Saddam Hussein (01/12/2007)
  Blasts Galore: Communalism 2006 (01/04/2007)
  Communalism or Affirmative Action (12/20/2006)
  Terrorism: Facts versus Myths (12/12/2006)
  Civilizations: Clash or Alliance (12/04/2006)
  Democracy Besieged (11/21/2006)
  RSS run Schools: Indoctrinating in Sectarianism (11/06/2006)
  RSS: Political or Cultural (10/20/2006)
  CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: Should Mohammad Afzal Guru be hanged? (10/09/2006)
  Terror Trails: Investigations into Malegaon Blasts (09/18/2006)
  RSS Blast (09/07/2006)
  Song for the Nation : Vande Matram Controversy (08/31/2006)
  India's Tryst with Secular Democracy (08/16/2006)
  Terrorism and Muslims: Doctoring of Mass Consciousness in the era of US Oil Hunger (08/10/2006)
  Terror Tales (07/17/2006)
  Minority Appeasement (07/04/2006)
  Fact Finding on the Attack on RSS Head Quarters on June 01, 2006 (06/16/2006)
  Debating Conversions: Why do people opt to change their religion? (06/02/2006)
  Whither Promises? Two Years of UPA and Communal Amity (05/22/2006)
  Book Withdrawal Game: For RSS History is a political weapon (05/17/2006)
  Blasting a Myth: Two Bajarang Dal Activists killed while making a bomb (05/10/2006)
  Adivasis: A Cultural Cooption -- The Fallout of Shabri Kumbh in Gujarat (04/07/2006)
  M.S. Golwalkar: Conceptualizing Hindutva Fascism (02/24/2006)
  Mixed Bag for Hindutva Politics: Communalism 2005 (02/09/2006)
  Intimidating a Minority: Spurt in the Anti Christian Violence (02/02/2006)
  India : Cultural Nationalism or Secular Democracy? (01/23/2006)
  Yogi and the Profane Laws: Can Secular Rules apply to the God-men? (01/20/2006)
  Profane Goals in a Sacred Garb: Religion Godmen and Contemporary Society (01/19/2006)
  Religious Tolerance and Secularism (12/01/2005)
  Roots of Violence (11/24/2005)
  Bridging the Divides: Set back to Amity Initiatives in Ayodhya (11/04/2005)
  Adieu Advani (11/04/2005)
  Madhya Pradesh: Lengthening Trident Shadows (09/22/2005)
  “Our” Women, “Their” Women (09/17/2005)
  Is Riot Free india possible? (08/22/2005)
  Roots of Global terror (07/22/2005)
  Hinduism, Hindutva and Judiciary (07/09/2005)
  Advani: Reincarnation or a New mask? (06/15/2005)
  Aggressive Vegetarianism (05/18/2005)
  Hindutva Undivided Family (04/26/2005)
  Struggle for Indian Nation (04/26/2005)
  Will Lotus Bloom or Wither? Twenty Five years of Bharatiya Janata Party (04/26/2005)
  Politics in Demographics (04/22/2005)
  Godhra’s Truth: Manufacturing Explanations for Communal Agenda (01/20/2005)
  Modi and Bush: Are the resemblances mere coincidences? (11/23/2004)
  A New Mask ... (11/10/2004)
  Verdict Maharashtra: 2004 (11/03/2004)
  Erasing the Past for Present Political Agenda (10/16/2004)
  Communalism, Gujarat and Communal Amity (09/24/2004)
  Hindutva Politics: Future Trajectory (06/01/2004)
  Foreigner versus National debate: Is Sonia Gandhi Eligible to become the Prime Minister? (05/30/2004)
  Wooing the 'Internal Threats' (05/30/2004)
  Religion, Politics and the Modern State (05/04/2004)
  Gujarat-Lengthening Shadows of Trident (04/19/2004)
  Rout of Communal Politics: Three Cheers for Indian Democracy (04/15/2004)