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India is changing in significant ways. Marginalisation of Muslims, the largest minority in the country has often been discussed. It is getting more and more pronounced with successive elections.

AS A SELF-STYLED GODMAN, Asaram is far from unique in India. Over the years, several individuals, such as Sathya Sai Baba, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Jaggi Vasudev have used the vulnerability of those seeking religious fulfilment to acquire millions of followers and build large devotional empires. The finer workings of these empires are usually hidden from view, with only occasional media reports offering some clues into how they are built, maintained and manipulated.

in response to Rahul Pandita’s piece ’Gorakhpur and the Ghost of Gangadhar Adhikari’ which appeared in Open Magazine on March 24, 2017

Lecture by Justice A. P. Shah was delivered on the 19th April, 2017, at 5.30. PM at Speaker Hall, Constitution Club,Rafi Marg, New Delhi. The event was organised under the aegis of The Indian Renaissance Institute, New Delhi

Cow protection gained salience in the communal mobilization organised first by the Arya Samaj in the 1880s. Later, it became a staple of Hindu nationalist politics in the 20th century