To define the nation on the basis of religion and then to say that the state would be non-religious is an oxymoron.
South Asia Citizens Web
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Advani, Jinnah and the secularism debate
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Defining Indigeneity: Situating Transnational Knowledge
by , 15 April 2006This paper analyzes the power structure that underlies the transnational discourse on ‘indigenous peoples.’ It poses the puzzle of legitimation, in which the criteria for inclusion in the transnationally accepted categories are fuzzy and uncertain. Claims of indigeneity also echo in communalism or Hindu nationalism in contemporary India.
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India: Plant Closures and Plight of Workers in Left Ruled Bengal - A Report from 2005
29 March 2006A 2005 report by Nagarik Manch with extensive documentation on plant closures and demands of workers in West Bengal
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Prof. Vinay Lal and Prof. Shiv Bajpai on Revisionist History in California Textbooks (audio, 20 min). Air Talk, KPCC 89.3 FM Los Angeles, Mar 1, 2006
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India: Songs Against Communalism - Act One Theater Group
by , 20 January 2006A 2 part audio tape of political songs against produced by Act One, a progressive theater group in India. The tape (in Hindustani) was put together in the early 1990s (in 1993 ?) Nearly 15 years on, these songs are still politically very relevant and have been digitised in public interest by South Asia Citizens Web (sacw.net)
