With the BJP in power, the RSS in the ascendant, and the airwaves dominated by channels whose TRPs depend on stoking jingoism, there is an increasing tendency to submit ordinary Indians to a series of coercive loyalty tests.
South Asia Citizens Web
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Why India cannot be a Hindu Pakistan | Ramachandra Guha
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Bangladesh: The elephant in the room and our denial | Ziauddin Choudhury
14 August 2016There is plenty of evidence that globally inspired terrorism has come to Bangladesh
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India has more places of worship than schools or colleges | Roshan Kishore
12 August 2016While India has made huge strides in building modern economic installations since its independence, religion still enjoys more importance than many other fields
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Interview: Urvashi Butalia on why men killed women and children of their families during Partition (Ajaz Ashraf for Scroll)
12 August 2016Urvashi Butalia, the writer and publisher shares her views on why both India and Pakistan find it difficult to confront the horrors of 1947.
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Pakistan: Suicide Bombing Mourners at a Hospital in Quetta, Balochistan - reports, commentary and a statement by a rights organisation
9 August 2016senseless and brutal attack on civilians which according to the Balochistan Bar Association, has killed 97 persons which includes 63 lawyers and injured more than 120 persons including women and children. The attack preceded the assassination of the President of the Bar Association of Balochistan, Mr Bilal Anwar Kansi who called for a boycott of the Balochistan Courts, in solidarity of another lawyer who was assassinated two days before.
