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 →
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 →
