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If Modi wants to put Godhra behind him, and articulate a new secularism that moves away from vote bank politics, this is his chance. Why not take as active an interest in relief operations in Muzaffarnagar as he did in Uttarakhand — all are citizens of the Indian state, and equally deserving of his attention, after all.

As if there aren’t enough human rights violations in Pakistan, sections of the media have joined the ranks of the violators, accosting people on the streets, barging into private homes, accusing people of being gay or bullying them to prove otherwise. The show, part of a vigilante series sensationally titled Khufia

The Union of India is not a homogenous union. It never was. What I mean by this is that its constituent parts are not created equal nor does the law of the land treat them equally. There are a host of special provisions that apply to specific constituents only – thereby removing any chance of homogeneity. There is indeed a great deal of homogeneity of law – but that is in ‘mainstream India’. ‘Mainstream India’ has typically been those parts of the Union where the Indian Army is not deployed at present.

Source: http://halfchai.tumblr.com/post/70462923393/freedom-choice

Cartoons mocking India’s famous RSS activist now packaged as the contender for the top post to lead India in future.