Plural India – Authored by Ram Puniyani

Communalism

Kashi-Mathura: Will Temple Politics be Revived?

Ram PuniyaniSeptember 18, 20202020-09-18T06:44:52+00:00

Kashi- Mathura: Will Temple Politics be Revived? Ram Puniyani When Babri Mosque was being demolished in broad day light, the slogan being chanted by the…

Sudarshan TV Hate program stayed by Court

Ram Puniyani September 5, 2020 Comments Off2020-09-05T08:11:47+00:00

Promoting Fraternity: Courts to the Rescue Stay on Transmission of Hate Programof Sudarshan TV Ram Puniyani Prashant Bhushan, the up, Bindaas Bol, which light legal…

Can Ram Temple Bhumi Pujan be compared to Freedom Movment

Ram Puniyani August 18, 2020 Comments Off2020-08-18T12:23:56+00:00

Can Ram temple Bhumi Pujan be compared to Freedom of India? Ram Puniyani This 5th August nation witnessed a spectacle of Prime Minister doing the…

Terrorism

Shades of Global Terror: Attack on Churches in Sri Lanka

Ram PuniyaniMay 14, 20192019-05-14T10:52:09+00:00

Shades of Global Terror: Worsening Scenario Ram Puniyani Terrorism Worldwide has assumed horrific proportions. We have witnessed worsening acts of terror from 9/11 2001. After…

Pragya Thakur as Lok Sabha Candidate-Portents for future

Ram Puniyani May 5, 2019 Comments Off2019-05-05T14:40:57+00:00

Pragya Thakur as Electoral Candidate: Portents for the future Ram Puniyani In the general election of 2019, very sectarian issues are being thrown up…

What has religion to do with Terrorist violence-Modi- No Hindu indulged in Terror

Ram Puniyani April 8, 2019 Comments Off2019-04-08T07:49:22+00:00

What has religion to do with Terrorist Violence? Ram Puniyani After the ghastly tragedy of 9/11 2001, in which nearly three thousand innocent people died,…

Communal Violence

Delhi Violence 2020: Genesis of a Canage

Ram PuniyaniMarch 9, 20202020-03-09T07:20:34+00:00

Delhi Violence: Genesis of Carnage Ram Puniyani They say ‘history repeats itself first as a tragedy and then as a farce’. In case of…

Anti Sikh Pogrom: Who all were involved?

Ram Puniyani January 9, 2019 Comments Off2019-01-09T09:33:03+00:00

Anti Sikh Pogrom 1984: Righting the Wrongs Ram Puniyani Sajjan Kumar, a Congress leader finally surrendered on 31 December 2018 the deadline set by the…

Anti Sikh Pogrom 1984: Who all were involved?

Ram Puniyani January 7, 2019 Comments Off2019-01-07T06:02:32+00:00

Anti Sikh Pogrom 1984: Righting the Wrongs Ram Puniyani Sajjan Kumar, a Congress leader finally surrendered on 31 December 2018 the deadline set…

Nationalism

Lord Ram: Where was he born?

Ram PuniyaniJuly 26, 20202020-07-26T16:34:52+00:00

Lord Ram: Where was he born? Ram Puniyani As the foundation stone of temple in the name of Lord Ram is being planned at the…

Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Exclusionary Nationalism

Ram Puniyani February 29, 2020 Comments Off2020-02-29T10:36:30+00:00

‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and Contemporary Nationalism in India Ram Puniyani Like most of the political phenomenon, even the practice of Nationalism is not a…

Pakistan and India Muslims

Ram Puniyani February 10, 2020 Comments Off2020-02-10T07:11:52+00:00

Pakistan and Indian Muslims Ram Puniyani ‘Go to Pakistan’ has probably been most often used phrase used against Muslims in India. Recently in yet another…

Religion

Hagia Sophia: From Museum to Mosque

Ram PuniyaniJuly 31, 20202020-07-31T18:28:14+00:00

Hagia Sophia: From Museum to a Mosque-Times are a Changing Ram Puniyani Last three decades have seen a drastic shift in the global political…

Protests against CAA, NPR, NRC and Redefing Hindus

Ram Puniyani February 10, 2020 Comments Off2020-02-10T07:10:07+00:00

Protests against CAA, NPR, NRC and Redefining Hindus Ram Puniyani The protests against CAA, NRC and NPR all over the country were spectacle of a…

Anti Sikh Pogrom: Who all were involved?

Ram Puniyani January 9, 2019 Comments Off2019-01-09T09:33:03+00:00

Anti Sikh Pogrom 1984: Righting the Wrongs Ram Puniyani Sajjan Kumar, a Congress leader finally surrendered on 31 December 2018 the deadline set by the…

History

Tipu Sultan: Hero or Villain

Ram PuniyaniAugust 12, 20192019-08-12T07:37:05+00:00

Tipu Sultan: Hero or Villain: Resurgence of Debate Ram Puniyani We recently witnessed one of the worst cases of Horse trading, which led to…

Anti Sikh Pogrom 1984: Who all were involved?

Ram Puniyani January 7, 2019 Comments Off2019-01-07T06:02:32+00:00

Anti Sikh Pogrom 1984: Righting the Wrongs Ram Puniyani Sajjan Kumar, a Congress leader finally surrendered on 31 December 2018 the deadline set…

Naseeruddin Shah ko Gussa kyon ata hai

Ram Puniyani January 1, 2019 Comments Off2019-01-01T08:05:35+00:00

Naseeruddin Shah ko Gussa Kyon Aata hai? Ram Puniyani The index of health of democratic society is gauzed by the feeling of security…

Dalit

Modi’s Gimmick of Washing feet of Sanitary Workers

Ram PuniyaniMarch 13, 20192019-03-13T20:57:49+00:00

Glorifying Self: Maintaining status Quo Modi’s Gimmick of Washing feet of Sanitary Workers Ram Puniyani Gimmicks are a part of Modi style of politics. Rather…

Reservation for Economically backwards- Yet another Gimmick

Ram Puniyani January 18, 2019 Comments Off2019-01-18T08:46:12+00:00

Reservation for Economically Backward: Another Gimmick: Jumla! Ram Puniyani Indian caste system has been a big obstacle to the journey towards equality. With Independence…

Why Arrest of ‘Urban naxals’

Ram Puniyani September 24, 2018 Comments Off2018-09-24T16:13:57+00:00

Why Arrest of Dalit activists-‘Urban Naxals’ The violence in Bheema Koregon is still reverberating. We recall that on January 1st, thousands of dalits returning from…

Gender

Is there need to Criminalise:Triple Talaq Bill

Ram PuniyaniJune 30, 20192019-06-30T18:03:55+00:00

Do we need a bill criminalising instant Triple Talaq? Ram Puniyani A debate is raging in the society about the bill introduced by Modi 2…

Sabrimala Shrine and Women’s Entry

Ram Puniyani October 13, 2018 Comments Off2018-10-13T21:19:54+00:00

Sabrimala Shrine and Women’s Entry We live in a democratic society where all of us supposed to be equal. In pre-industrial society the inequality was…

Uniform Civil Code or Gender Just Laws

Ram Puniyani November 8, 2016 Comments Off2016-11-08T20:20:40+00:00

Uniform Civil Code or Gender Just Laws Ram Puniyani The current atmosphere (October 2016) is charged with the intense and passionate debates around…

Syncretic Tradition

Nusrat Jahan: Interfaith Marriage and a Maulan’s opinion

Ram PuniyaniJuly 5, 20192019-07-05T15:05:21+00:00

Nusrat Jahan: Interfaith Marriage and Opinion of Ulema Ram Puniyani Nusrat Jahan is a newly elected Member of Parliament. She got married recently with…

Naseeruddin Shah ko Gussa kyon ata hai

Ram Puniyani January 1, 2019 Comments Off2019-01-01T08:05:35+00:00

Naseeruddin Shah ko Gussa Kyon Aata hai? Ram Puniyani The index of health of democratic society is gauzed by the feeling of security…

When Music becomes anti-National

Ram Puniyani December 22, 2018 Comments Off2018-12-22T07:36:29+00:00

Harmony of Music and Politics of Silencing Ram Puniyani Banning of books, opposing cricket team and singers from Pakistan is not very new in…