Note: Work in progress article Legend Article: The Article number under Part III of the Constitution Focus: The particular ‘area’ of Rights that the Article focuses on Form: Whether the wording of the Article is in the form of a grant of Right, restriction on the State, prohibition of an ‘evil’, protection from exploitation, etc... Continue Reading →
Hindutva: Mere Materialism?
There have been a number of opinion pieces published in the past few days in which the authors, some of whom have considerable foothold in the current establishment, have declared that there is a new version of Hindutva in place now - one that is focused solely on the safety and material welfare of the... Continue Reading →
Time For A Relook At Freedom Of Speech?
There is great euphoria in the country over the fantastic repeat victory of Sri Narendra Modi. In a few days, he will take oath - for the second time - as the Prime Minister of India. Naturally, supporters and well wishers are delighted. A section of the supporters have also expressed hope that a lot... Continue Reading →
League of Nations And The Intent Of Minority Rights
In an earlier article, we had taken a look at the minority rights provided in the Constitutions of several European countries in the early 20th Century, specifically after World War I. That previous article was in response to a post that claimed the type of privileges given in the Indian Constitution was similar to the... Continue Reading →
The Core Manifesto
(Will be implemented when those who are pretending to be sleeping wake up) Core promises to extend the rights guaranteed towards religious freedom and to establish educational institutions under Articles 29 and 30 to all citizens, including SCs, STs, OBCs and minorities. Suitable amendments to the Constitution will be made to bring this to effect.... Continue Reading →
Minorities in India: Who Decides?
In the year 2017, Sri Ashwini Upadhyay, a lawyer and senior BJP leader had filed a PIL in the Supreme Court of India asking, primarily, for section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) Act of 1992 to be declared as void and unconstitutional. He later withdrew the petition stating that he would approach... Continue Reading →
Constitutional Morality And Religious Practices
In the recent Sabarimala judgment, one of the 'principles' used by the honourable judges was that of 'Constitutional morality' to decide that the ancient practice of restricting women of a certain age from entering the Sri Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala was unconstitutional. The conclusion drawn was that the rights under the Constitution that were related... Continue Reading →
Evolution of BJP’s Policy Towards Educational Institutions
In this post, we look at how the policy of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its predecessor organization - the Bharatiya Jana Sangh - has evolved over the years with respect to the administration and management of educational institutions. These stances of the party have been sourced from the publicly available policy documents and manifestos.... Continue Reading →
Three Reasons Why “Temples and Government Control” Is A Bad Idea
For #TeamCore, freeing of Hindu temples from Government control is an important goal. It is defined under the #Core4 category. As is now well known, lakhs of Hindu temples have been taken over by various state Governments over the past 70 years. For Hindu civilisation to get back on the path of resurgence, it is... Continue Reading →
The Real Core Voter Won’t Be Silenced
A few days back, an article titled “Why The Core Hindu Voter is Upset With Modi” was published in the Swarajya magazine. The same writeup also appeared as the cover article in their May 2018 print edition. It analyzed the outlook of the present Modi administration towards Core Hindu issues and surmised that there has... Continue Reading →
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