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Gandhiji’s Martyrdom Day: A grim reminder of hate politics
In the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, the question is not so much on who pulled the trigger, as to what prompted him to do so.
By Venkat Parsa| Updated: 30th January 2021 1:41 pm IST Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated January 30, 1948.
Venkat Parsa
Mahatma Gandhi Martyrdom Day on January 30 is a grim reminder of how far hate politics can go, if left unchecked. It is for the thinking sections to reflect on the dangers posed by the hate politics, which, in fact, militates against the unbroken 5,000-year-old civilizational ethos of India.
Secularism is a hallowed heritage that has come down from the times of Ashoka and Mughal Emperor Akbar to in our own times of Mahatma Gandhi.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: A Congressman to the core
By Venkat Parsa| Published: 22nd January 2021 1:56 pm IST
Venkat Parsa
With eye on the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections due in April-May this year, the BJP has stepped up its efforts to appropriate the legacy of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. His 125th Birth Anniversary commences on January 23, 2021, coinciding with the impending State Assembly elections due in April-May.
It has come in handy for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make a renewed bid to stake claim to Bose legacy, as BJP does not have illustrious history or leadership and ends up borrowing leaders from the Congress pantheon.
Radicalization in Our Time
Fundamentalist thought often provides justification for violence that is anathema to modern states
Radicalism, and the human behavior it evokes, in South Asia and the Middle East is intrinsically linked to religion. Referring to extreme actions taken to preserve the “roots” of an order threatened by change, religious radicalism also refers to a return to the “fundamentals” of faith by cutting away the “accretions” of time. It is, therefore, opposed to modern radicalism that endeavors to “get rid of the roots” that obstruct the onward march of human society. Both trends are extreme and utilize the threat of violence to achieve their aims. In the Muslim world, radicalism refers to a violent attempt to return human society to the fundamentals of faith. In Islam, it pits Muslims against non-Muslims, especially the dominant secular order of the West.