Sikh Vichaar Manch

Dec 10, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Mohd Khan |Vidya Bhushan Rawat |Sikh Vichaar Manch |Hiren Gohain

Mamata Banerjee’s mass leadership, Arvind Kejriwal’s strategic acumen, and Rahul Gandhi’s ideological convictions could together form a formidable Opposition against the BJP. Yet, the lack of coordination and a unified vision has left the Congress struggling to rejuvenate itself and effectively counter the BJP’s political dominance.

Oct 22, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Binoy Kampmark |Sikh Vichaar Manch |P S Sahni |John Ruehl

It was never a good look. Advertised as the world’s largest, complex and most colourful of democracies, India’s approach to certain dissidents, notably of a Sikh patriotic sensibility, has not quite matched its lofty standing. The strength of a liberal democratic state can be measured by the extent it tolerates dissent and permits the rabble rousers to roam.

Oct 9, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Vidya Bhushan Rawat |Nilofar Suhrawardy |Mohd Khan |Sikh Vichaar Manch

Haryana election results have again highlighted the serious crisis in the Congress Party and the limitations of the regional kshatraps. Congress once ruled through regional kshatraps but that was the time when the central leadership was powerful and could threaten states if they don’t follow the basic ideological traits of the organization. That was Indira Gandhi who learnt to take India’s diversity along with her.

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.

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.