Religion is a private matter. People should be free to choose their religion and to not have a religion if they are so inclined. The mistake that we must not make is to treat religion as a substitute for thought and reason.
South Asia Citizens Web
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Kaushik Basu: What we need is a scientific temper, not obscurantist rantings
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India: Amit Shah’s case - A complete mockery of Justice system
by , 1 January 2015Once again the Indian Investigating agencies and Judiciary have failed the people of India by letting out a powerful political leader despite having enough evidence of involvement in a henious crime. Amit Shah has been acquitted by the Special CBI Court, Bombay, in the Sohrabuddin murder case even before the trial for the case could start.
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India: How the Hindu Right is taking over institutions in education and culture
by , 31 December 2014A two-part article on the Sangh Parivar’s Long March through the Institutions appeared in Dec 2014 in an edited version on scroll.in.
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India: Not enough evidence to prosecute Amit Shah? - Statement by Jamia Teachers Solidarity Association
by , 31 December 2014Even by the plummeting standards set in the last few months, the decision of the special CBI court in discharging Amit Shah, (accused no. 16 in the second chargesheet; accused no. 1 in the third chargesheet) in the Sohrabuddin encounter case, seems outrageous.
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India: Ordinance on Land Act Unconstitutional and Anti People - statement by social movements
31 December 2014Today’s Cabinet decision approving the Ordinance amending the Land Acquisition Act 2013, even before the law has been actually implemented on the ground is completely unacceptable and reminds us of the anti democratic and authoritarian streak of this government. In six months of its existence NDA government has already used the Ordinance route three times.
