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George Jacob Holyoake and the Indian Constitution: How secularism was born and travelled the world

July 16, 2025 11:31 am

Amid a renewed debate over removing the word ‘secular’ from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution, a look at the term secularism and its conflicting relationship with religion.

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Naseeruddin Shah writes on Diljit Dosanjh controversy: I feel no need to prove anything, including my patriotism

July 04, 2025 1:23 pm

The touchiness of the offence-taking brigade has begun bordering on the absurd. Anything that is remotely critical gets twisted to sound “anti-national”. The palpable poison in the air does not cause me despair or fear. It saddens me

I do not know whether secularism is dead and India has finally become a Hindu Rashtra. But all those who believe in secularism and the Constitution seem to be in deep slumber. (Illustration by C R Sasikumar)

Current government has abdicated on secularism. But so have those who believe in it

March 29, 2025 11:07 am

I do not know whether secularism is dead and India has finally become a Hindu Rashtra. But all those who believe in secularism and the Constitution seem to be in deep slumber.

The role of constitution in shaping Indian and American democracies

November 01, 2024 10:00 am

The constitutions of India and the US have played pivotal roles in shaping their respective democracies. But how do the sociocultural realities and historical contexts of the two countries shape their respective ideas of secularism as envisioned in their constitutions?

Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is commendable. But attacking the Sangh is fruitless

September 12, 2022 9:55 pm

Sudheendra Kulkarni writes: The real threat India faces is to its basic Constitutional values and the integrity of its institutions because of the ominous slide towards one-man autocratic rule

P Chidambaram writes: ‘Sovereign, Secular, Democratic’

August 14, 2022 8:43 am

Democracy is not just voting once every five years. Democracy has to be practised every day through dialogue, discussion, debate and dissent. By that standard, democracy in India is gasping for breath

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Rift being created between communities due to political opportunism: Amartya Sen

July 09, 2022 8:51 pm

Sen also lamented that the colonial practice of imprisoning people due to political reasons is still being continued, decades after India gained independence.

CPM's 23rd party congress: Sitaram Yechury calls for secular front to isolate, defeat BJP

April 07, 2022 3:01 am

Inaugurating the 23rd party congress of the CPI(M), Yechury said, “The party congress would deliberate on how we proceed in this direction. The CPI(M) appeals to all secular democratic forces to come together in order to isolate and defeat BJP.”

Madras HC: What is paramount, country or religion?

February 11, 2022 9:06 am

Of late, the court said, certain forces have raised controversies relating to dress code and it is spreading all over India; HC adjourns the hearing for 10 days.

Minorities, too, are fed up with this facade of secularism

March 21, 2020 4:47 pm

If we are really fed up with the separation model of secularism and want to adopt the jurisdiction model with India being declared a Hindu rashtra or giving Hinduism the status of dominant spiritual heritage, we must ensure that it brings with it genuine liberalism.