Refugee status of Rohingyas and India’s decision to send them back: An Analysis – PART II
Continued from Part I The recent crisis of Rohingya community migrating from Myanmar’s Rakhine state and illegally crossing over borders of India and neighbouring nations calls into play the obligations of ‘non-refoulement’. Of the countries to which Rohingya migrants have been
Refugee status of Rohingyas and India’s decision to send them back: An Analysis – Part 1
The World Migration Report 2018 states that 3.3% of world’s population comprises of international migrants i.e. 244 million people approximately. The report published by the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) also estimates that 6% of those 244 million are
Sampradaya as Denomination- An Indic Approach to Article 26
Seven decades after the coming into force of the Constitution of India, on June 21, 2019, finally an enlightened Indian lawmaker presented in the Parliament a long-standing Indic position on Article 26 of the Constitution. Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi, an Advocate
The true meaning of the term ‘Religious Denomination’ and How Hindus are short-changed
It is widely known that the Constitution of India adopted on 26th January 1950 seeks to secure justice, liberty, equality and fraternity for all its people. Part III of the Constitution grants and guarantees fundamental rights to all. It is only in Article 30 that
AIT and the science of linguistics
On 2 May 2018, the online magazine Swatantra published the article “P.I.E. or LIE: Why Linguistics Is Not A Science” by surgeon Dr. Shivsankar Sastry. I have nothing against people publishing about another discipline than their own, provided they submit to the same rules
Gaza Protests – Why Israel’s ‘Disproportionate’ Response Is Justified
It has been a busy couple of weeks in the world: the two Koreas are finally talking peace, the United States hopes to talk Pyongyang into at least curtailing, if not abandoning, its nuclear programme, US president Donald Trump has
Episode 2 – Padmanabhaswamy Temple
Ravilochanan Aiyangar of the Indic Collective speaks with Ravish Ratnam about the proceedings of the Padmanabhaswamy temple case in Kerala HC while also addressing the broader aspects of state interference in the management of Hindu temples.
Episode 1 – Ram Janmabhoomi
Ravish Ratnam speaks with J. Sai Deepak, lawyer of the Indic Collective Trust (ICT), about the history of and latest developments in the Ayodhya Ram Temple case, perhaps the most high-profile and politically consequential case being heard by the Supreme
When It Comes To Israel, Even Sports Is War
A Tunisian court has just banned Israeli taekwondokas from participating in the World Taekwondo Junior Championships being held presently in Hammamet. The decision came as a local group, The National Commission for Supporting Arab Resistance and Opposing Normalization and Zionism, sued the
Open Letter To Hamid Ansari: ‘Indic Renaissance Is Here To Stay’
Dear Hamid Ansari, Jai Ram ji ki. We hope this greeting does not pose an existential threat to the “cultural diversity and the resultant composite culture” you seem to care so much about, going by your lecture at the India International Centre last month. If