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Court Order on Status of SC Muslim, Christian Converts Unconstitutional and Hasty

India, March 30 -- You scratch an Indian, the caste comes out, irrespective of whether the person is a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, agnostic or even an atheist. Community life in In... Read More


Who Does the Law Protect?

India, March 30 -- Some days ago, a social media post coerced someone to attach a rejoinder that the khakhi shorts of the highest judicial chair of the country were peeking out. His Lordship is not th... Read More


Dalit Christians Caught Between Courts and Politicians

India, March 30 -- More than 20 years ago, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, then the Congress president, told this correspondent and Catholic priest Fr S Lourduswamy that hope for Dalit Christians getting the protec... Read More


Faith as a Disqualification A Fraud on Constitutional Equality

India, March 30 -- The recent verdict of the Supreme Court of India on whether Dalit Christians can claim Scheduled Caste status would have been less troubling had it merely erred in law. What makes i... Read More


Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

India, March 30 -- Many people assume that the delivery of justice is solely the responsibility of the judiciary. In reality, the executive plays an equally critical role in the justice delivery syste... Read More


From Rationalist Friends, A Rejoinder: Supremacy Claims in Hinduism - A Mirror to the Allahabad High Court's Observation on "Only True Religion" Narratives

India, March 30 -- The Allahabad High Court's recent ruling in the case involving Rev. Father Vineet Vincent Pereira has sparked significant debate. The court refused to quash proceedings under Sectio... Read More


Withdrawal of Futile Treatment is Not Passive Euthanasia: A Medical Ethical View

India, March 30 -- Harish Rana passed away at 4.10 pm on March 24, 2026, at AIIMS-Delhi, following the Supreme Court's ruling to withdraw medically futile treatment. Describing it as "passive euthanas... Read More


Nehru Undertakes a Peace Mission to Rescue the UN

India, March 30 -- In the present context of growing ineffectiveness of the United Nations to curb international conflicts and its failure to provide international peace and security, and in the face ... Read More


Urban India: Promise, Peril, and the Path to Progress

India, March 30 -- The current budget for 2026-27 signals a renewed commitment to urban development, earmarking INR 1 billion (?1 lakh crore) for the 'Urban Challenge Fund' with the ambitious goal of ... Read More


Only Custodians, Not Owners!

India, March 30 -- Many years ago, sitting in a charming little cafe perched like a contented cat atop Malabar Hill, my wife and I made one of the wisest decisions of our lives. We decided to get marr... Read More