secularism
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Analysing The Election Podcast –
Reflecting on reaction to Browncast Episode 38, the author argues that new Hindu intellectuals reject the Nehruvian secular settlement and want India organised on dharmic principles with a Hindu soul…
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Why I find it difficult to debate Hinditvas + liberal Zionists
The author argues that Pakistan and Iran should be judged as Islamic Republics, but India and Israel, which claim to be liberal democracies, must meet those standards. He says Israel’s…
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Indians are just as stupid as Americans
A short, irritated reply to a tweet accusing Razib Khan of hating white Christian saviours, saying he avoids the word ‘secular’ because of what Indians take it to mean.
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On the difficulties of cross-cultural communication
Razib Khan explains that Indian English and American English can carry different implications, using ‘secularist’ as an example, and that he avoids it with Indian audiences to dodge pointless arguments.…
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Happy Christmas from Chennai
Writing from Chennai at Christmas, the author argues that a secular India should keep only national holidays and make religious ones state-level or opt-in, and that it neglects its architectural…
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Hinduttva
Watching a panel with Pavan Varma, Makarand Paranjape, David Frawley and Sadia Dehlvi, the author asks what Hindutva means, why liberals call such speakers extremists, and whether the real problem…
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Twitter trouble..
A link post sharing a tweet by Richard Harris calling Pakistan an Islamic republic and India a Hindu state masquerading as a secular democracy, with a one-word comment.
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Bangladeshi freethinker shot dead
A reproduced report that Shahzahan Bachchu, a Bangladeshi secularist publisher and Communist Party activist, was shot dead in Munshiganj district; Razib Khan adds only a line of Psalm-style scepticism about…
