Plural India – Authored by Ram Puniyani

Communalism

Sabrimala Shrine and Women’s Entry

Ram PuniyaniOctober 13, 20182018-10-13T21:19:54+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…

Babri Dispute: Need for Reconciliation with Justice

Ram Puniyani October 10, 2018 Comments Off2018-10-10T07:39:30+00:00

Need for Reconciliation with Justice Babri Demolition and aftermath In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court in a 2-1 majority verdict refused to refer…

RSS Supremo’s Public Realtions Exercise

Ram Puniyani October 4, 2018 Comments Off2018-10-04T08:47:32+00:00

What to believe in: Words or deeds? RSS Supremo’s Public relations Exercise Do organizations say what they intend to do? Not necessarily. This came…

Terrorism

World Gripped in the Cancer of Terror

Ram PuniyaniJuly 19, 20162016-07-19T10:23:42+00:00

A World Gripped in the Cancer of Terror The current times are very disturbing as so many innocent lives are being lost and social…

Islamist Terrorism: The Underlying Politics

Ram Puniyani September 27, 2015 Comments Off2016-05-18T15:42:06+00:00

The World at large has suffered massive inhuman acts of violence, terrorism in the name of Islam. There are many glaring insane, cruel acts which…

ISIS, Oil Politics and Peaking of Islamophobia

Ram Puniyani September 5, 2014 Comments Off2016-05-18T15:56:31+00:00

Just a month ago (August 2014) a group of Muslim activists-scholars organized press meets in various cities. They issued a statement condemning the brutal violence…

Communal Violence

Chronicling the dismantling of Idea of India

Ram PuniyaniJuly 29, 20182018-07-29T21:17:12+00:00

Chronicling the dismantling of the ‘Idea of India’ Ram Puniyani The recent debate around ‘no confidence’ in the Loksabha (21st July 2018); brought…

Kasganj Violence: Unveiling the Anatomy of a Riot

Ram Puniyani February 12, 2018 Comments Off2018-04-29T21:24:25+00:00

Communal violence has been the bane of our society. There had been a perception that this violence is a spontaneous clash between two communities. Over…

Communalism and Hate Crimes

Ram Puniyani December 31, 2017 Comments Off2018-04-29T21:21:00+00:00

Communal Violence has been a bane of Indian society since over a century. The base of this violence has been the negative perceptions about the…

Nationalism

RSS Supremo’s Public Realtions Exercise

Ram PuniyaniOctober 4, 20182018-10-04T08:47:32+00:00

What to believe in: Words or deeds? RSS Supremo’s Public relations Exercise Do organizations say what they intend to do? Not necessarily. This came…

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…

need to Combat Global Sectarianism

Ram Puniyani September 19, 2018 Comments Off2018-09-19T15:45:08+00:00

Need to Combat Emerging Global Sectarianism Like people of all regions and religions, a large number of Hindus have been migrating to all the…

Religion

Sabrimala Shrine and Women’s Entry

Ram PuniyaniOctober 13, 20182018-10-13T21:19:54+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…

Babri Dispute: Need for Reconciliation with Justice

Ram Puniyani October 10, 2018 Comments Off2018-10-10T07:39:30+00:00

Need for Reconciliation with Justice Babri Demolition and aftermath In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court in a 2-1 majority verdict refused to refer…

RSS Supremo’s Public Realtions Exercise

Ram Puniyani October 4, 2018 Comments Off2018-10-04T08:47:32+00:00

What to believe in: Words or deeds? RSS Supremo’s Public relations Exercise Do organizations say what they intend to do? Not necessarily. This came…

History

Babri Dispute: Need for Reconciliation with Justice

Ram PuniyaniOctober 10, 20182018-10-10T07:39:30+00:00

Need for Reconciliation with Justice Babri Demolition and aftermath In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court in a 2-1 majority verdict refused to refer…

Bhima Koregaon: Dalits in Search of Icons from History

Ram Puniyani January 8, 2018 Comments Off2018-04-29T21:27:52+00:00

Maharashtra witnessed unprecedented violence against the dalits who had congregated to pay tributes to the dalits soldiers (1st January 2018), who were part of the British…

How to Revive the spirit of Quit India Movement ?

Ram Puniyani August 21, 2017 Comments Off2017-12-13T13:26:52+00:00

The ‘Quit India’ movement 1942, whose 75th anniversary is currently being celebrated, was the major landmark in the struggle for India’s Independence. On 8thAugust the Indian…

Dalit

Why Arrest of ‘Urban naxals’

Ram PuniyaniSeptember 24, 20182018-09-24T16:13:57+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…

Which Party for interests of Dalits Today?

Ram Puniyani August 24, 2018 Comments Off2018-08-24T09:27:05+00:00

Which party cares for Dalits Today? Ram Puniyani Recently anti-dalit atrocity laws were first diluted inserting the clause of anticipatory bail. Following this there…

Rohith Vemula: Hindutva Politics and Dalit Question Today

Ram Puniyani February 4, 2016 Comments Off2016-05-18T15:46:01+00:00

The death of Rohith Vemula has been projected as suicide by some and murder by others, depending on their political orientation. Rohith’s being dalit and…

Gender

Sabrimala Shrine and Women’s Entry

Ram PuniyaniOctober 13, 20182018-10-13T21:19:54+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…

Does love know Religious boundaries?

Ram Puniyani August 19, 2014 Comments Off2016-05-18T15:57:44+00:00

Communal politics, communal violence all over used women’s bodies as the site of contestation and community honor. This is the worst expression of patriarchal values…

Syncretic Tradition

Harmony in Hisotry

Ram PuniyaniJuly 19, 20182018-07-19T15:17:58+00:00

Harmony in History Ram Puniyani The rise of communal problem in India has been accompanied by a great deal of misinterpretation of…

Lord, Why am I banned from your Abode?

Ram Puniyani February 16, 2016 Comments Off2016-05-27T21:35:41+00:00

Women’s entry in Places of Worship One is witnessing strange incidents where the women from Muslim and Hindu community are facing similar obstacles. This relates…

Assault on Syncretic Traditions

Ram Puniyani October 2, 2015 Comments Off2016-05-10T12:43:16+00:00

The country is undergoing a regressive attack in different fields of life. Apart from the political undermining of secularism, pluralism and Indian nationalism, the cultural…