In an earlier article, I had blogged about the evolution of the Cultural and Educational Rights of the Minorities in the Indian Constitution in the form of Articles 29 and 30. In that post, I had covered the modifications that the relevant Articles underwent from the time the first draft of the would-be Articles was... Continue Reading →
Core2: Need for Equitable Distribution of Public Goods
(Reproduced as-is from https://medium.com/@pranasutra/core2-need-for-equitable-distribution-of-public-goods-f4d1d576e7d) Among the many fallacies of the #IOI regime in India, the second most important issue that #TeamCore is concerned about is that of (un)equitable distribution of public goods and resources. In the #Core hierarchy, therefore, this issue is termed #Core2 (#Core1 refers to discrimination with regard to Educational Rights). A crisp,... Continue Reading →
An Analysis of the Lingayat Demand for Minority Religion Status
Link to my article, published by the kind folks at MyInd, on the recent controversy in Karnataka with the Lingayat community demanding a separate minority religion tag from the Government of India. Why are the Lingayats in Karnataka demanding a ‘minority religion’ status? Also read this excellent analysis by RealityCheckIndia on the same issue. Lingayat... Continue Reading →
Issues with Constitutional Interpretation Styles
In the judiciary, various techniques or styles are deployed when it comes to interpretation of the Constitution. A study of these 'Constitutional Interpretation' methods help understand the approach taken, and the reasoning behind, the judgement arrived at in any particular case. Although interpretation styles can be attributed to any judgement, they become especially relevant in... Continue Reading →
Abdicating Legislation to Judiciary?
I was recently reading the book - "The Vision of the Anointed" by Thomas Sowell. While discussing the issue of "Judicial Activism", the author briefly makes a point about how, in the US, the "anointed" deliberately blur the concept of separation of powers and leave some parts of legislation unclear so that they could use... Continue Reading →
Difference in interpretation between Religious Establishment Rights & Educational Rights
I want to highlight a strange difference in interpretation, by our executive and judiciary, of the Rights guaranteed under our Constitution for running our temples (religious establishments) and a section of our citizenry running educational institutions. Common structure between religious establishment rights and educational rights There is considerable similarity in the way rights related to... Continue Reading →
Educational Rights for Hindu Minority Communities
This post is part 2 of a 2-part series. Read the 1st one here. Article 23 in the Draft Constitution When the Constitution was being drafted, the Rights under Articles 29 and 30 were clubbed under a common Article 23. This Article had 3 clauses. Clause 3 had 2-sub-clauses. The entire Article consisted of clause... Continue Reading →
Evolution of Minority Cultural & Educational Rights
This post will be part of a 2-post series where I aim to prove that the makers of our Constitution very much intended to provide Educational Rights to all communities, INCLUDING THOSE WITHIN THE HINDU RELIGION. The deduction of that intention will be made in the 2nd post of this series. However, in order to... Continue Reading →
Core and the Rationale Behind Equal Rights for All Institutions
This article is a response to the article titled "Jamia and the Rationale Behind Special Rights for Minority Institutions" published by The Wire on the 22nd of August 2017, in which the author has attempted to justify, with several arguments, the need for special status for minority educational institutions. A response is especially important since... Continue Reading →
Benefits of Minority Tag in India
Some leaders of the Lingayat community in Karnataka have renewed their demand for their group to be considered as separate from Hindus. They want to 'move out' of the Hindu fold. This demand has been in existence from many decades and seems to have a co-relation to the recognition of non-Hindus as 'minorities' and consequent... Continue Reading →
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