South Asia Citizens Web

Post 9/11, there is a conscious effort to privilege Muslims’ religious identities and merge neoliberalism with Islamic regimes. This has given rise to the ‘pious Muslim leader’ whose aim is not to restructure the economy or strengthen civilian rule but to impose governance as a moral duty rather than by democratic consensus. As in Turkey, this project is dependent on convincing the masses that it has been the moral corruption of past leaders, and not unequal distribution of wealth or lack of democratic economies, that caused inequalities. Instead, citizens are promised some imagined faith-based modernity/democracy as guided by piety.

2005 Lecture by Prof David Washbrook

59-minutes long conversation between Karan Thapar and Pratap Bhanu Mehta, covering a range of issues facing India today | 29 Jan 2020 - The Wire

[ . . . ] Urges the EU and Member States to raise the controversial new citizenship legislation in their contacts and negotiations with their Indian partners, and insists that any EU trade agreement with India should include a strong human rights clause with an effective implementation and suspension mechanism; [ . . . ].

The Brazilian President, Jai Bolsonaro is on a four day visit to the country, starting January 24th. He has been invited by the Indian government to be the chief guest at the 71st Republic Day celebrations. This is a special day that we cherish and reassert the values of freedom, equality, plurality and diversity, the values enshrined in the Indian Constitution, adopted after a long fight for Independence and firmly defended by us ever since. As we mark this day, millions across the country are on the streets protesting the divisive agenda being pushed in the name of rabid nationalism and the process of ‘othering’ being planned through new citizenship laws.