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Jan 11, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Ram Puniyani |Arun Mitra |T Navin |Frank Huzur
As the insult hurled on Babasaheb by Amit Shah in Lok Sabha is coming under heavy criticism from all over the country, the right wing Hindu Nationalist ideologues are trying to create a narrative that Babsaheb was on same page as the politics of those from Savarkar- RSS- and BJP in particular.
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Vikas Meshram |Hiren Gohain |Frank Huzur |Prem Singh
Recent judgments by the Supreme Court have further clarified the concept of secularism. The court emphasized that secularism, as enshrined in the Indian Constitution, is not a Western notion but is deeply rooted in India’s social and cultural traditions. It is intertwined with the foundation of Indian society, which binds together various cultures, religions, castes, and languages. The goal of secularism is to build a strong and inclusive society while maintaining unity in diversity.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sikh Vichaar Manch |Hiren Gohain |Frank Huzur |Joseph Benny
The Kendri Sri Guru Singh Sabha- a central body of Singh Sabha Gurdwaras, has welcomed Leader of Opposition Mr. Rahul Gandhi’ for his endorsement of Sikhs’ assertion that they and all other minorities, have inalienable right to adhere to and protect their religious, linguistic and cultural rights in free India.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Hiren Gohain |Frank Huzur |Joseph Benny |Sikh Vichaar Manch
Since Independence, the Indian Nation Building exercise wittingly and unwittingly has cast an adverse impact on minorities in one way and the other way. Such developments also went against the true spirit and fair implementation of the Indian Constitution. Over the period vote-bank politics and fissiparous tendencies boosted the Hindutva propensities, which, in turn targeted the minorities violating the Constitution and strengthening the majoritarian polity.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Hiren Gohain |Frank Huzur |Joseph Benny |Ram Puniyani
Yogendra Yadav has hurled a stone at the placidly humming bee-hive of ‘I’m all right Jack’ species of academics,mandarins and those battening on conventional intellectual trade, provoking an angry buzz of outrage and spite.Not unexpectedly.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Frank Huzur |Joseph Benny |Ram Puniyani |Nayeema Ahmad Mahjoor
In the tapestry of Indian politics, the journey of Rahul Gandhi from 2004 to 2024 unfolds like a mesmerizing saga of introspection, sacrifice, and the weight of legacy. As the reluctant heir to a storied lineage of leaders, Rahul Gandhi’s path meanders through the corridors of power, haunted by the echoes of his family’s sacrifices and the burden of expectations.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Mohd Khan |Nilofar Suhrawardy |Hiren Gohain |Frank Huzur
The newly-appointed leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi, set a critical tone for the INDIA bloc on Monday with his first speech in the 18th Lok Sabha. Addressing the alleged environment of fear perpetuated by the Narendra Modi government over his last two terms, Gandhi anchored his remarks around the BJP’s deflection from pertinent issues like inflation, the job crisis, and growing inequality by inducing anxiety among people on emotive issues of faith.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Nilofar Suhrawardy |Hiren Gohain |Frank Huzur |Vivek Sakpal
What can be said about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi having begun new innings of his political career as Leader of the Opposition? The beginning has of course been marked by there being virtually a verbal duel between him, his party and the BJP-stalwarts over his comments on the latter’s “religious” standing. In addition, his attempt to show picture of a Hindu deity was stopped by the Speaker on ground that placards cannot be displayed.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Hiren Gohain |Frank Huzur |Vivek Sakpal |Mukhtar Ahmad
Liberals given to image-worship have gone with gusto into the question of what has changed in and for Rahul Gandhi.I believe the more important question is how the change has come about and in what respects.A lot depends now on these changes and it is well worth discussing them. It is not at all a question of changes in his character or of the image,something of consuming interest to hero-worshippers.
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May 24, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Frank Huzur |Prem Singh |L.S. Herdenia |Naveen Prasad Alex
Rahul Gandhi’s emphasis on saving the Constitution in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections has worked wonders for the Indian National Congress. By organizing seminars alongside rallies, first in Delhi, second in Lucknow and the third in Chandigarh over the past three weeks,Rahul Gandhi has shown this is a serious ideological movement and not just electoral politics. Making the polls a referendum on Constitutional values was a masterstroke that has framed the entire debate.
