South Asia Citizens Web

Under a government of the Hindu Right, India is witnessing yet another phase of reaction and orthodoxy, a return to medieval Brahminical values that seek to monopolise rights for a select few and turn everyone else out of the body politic.

Textbooks must be purged of all material that promotes hate against any religion, sect or nation and the goal must be to impart lessons that will aid the intellectual growth of students, not make them merely regurgitate ideological slogans.

Selected pictures from Syed Amir Abbas Rizvi’s Photos on Facebook to protest against the mob lyincing of Mohammad Akhlaq, in Dadri near Delhi. The protest was organised by Hum Aazadiyon Ke Haq Mein on 6 October 2015

Rationalists who question superstition, anyone who questions any aspect of the ugly and dangerous distortion of Hinduism known as Hindutva – whether in the intellectual or artistic sphere, or whether in terms of food habits and lifestyle – are being marginalised, persecuted, or murdered.

A talk by Prof. Apoorvanand in Pune on 2nd Oct 2015 - explaining the relevance of Gandhi’s strong anti-majoritarian stand in his final days - made all the more important in the background of the Dadri massacre.