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In all the states where the BJP is now in power, there is a smoothly functioning patronage system for cow protection, not just in terms of large outlays for cow shelters and the like, but through a lower bureaucracy and police that extend all possible assistance for such activities, from issuing licences to cow protectees to ensuring that criminal action is largely reserved for the alleged “cow smugglers/thieves” rather than their murderous, extortionist assaulters.

vigilantism has grown so fast in the last few years that its new forms differ not just in degree from the earlier versions, but also in kind.

The removal and then re-installation of the Lady of Justice statue within 24 hours shows signs of a confused govt against fundamentalist demands. The govt should now resolutely stand up against Hefazat-e-Islam

IN a recent address, Chaudhry Nisar hit out at political opponents by classifying them as ‘secular’ and equating the term with ‘non-believing’. Clearly, the interior minister needs tuition in history and political philosophy.

In England there were women of colour like Indian princess Sophia Duleep Singh who worked alongside better known white suffragettes like Emmeline Pankhurst in the struggle for women’s right to vote in Britain for rights of women in India