Now that the hullabaloo over the US denial of a visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi [Images] has died down, it would be worth our while to scrutinise the actions and motivations of Narendra Modi’s tormentors, which resulted in this denouement. Because while political analysts admit that the post-Godhra … Read More
At a time when it is fashionable to repose confidence in inter-faith dialogue, it is not easy to prick the feel-good factor this evokes and question the utility of such an enterprise. Peaceful coexistence between different faiths, howsoever large or small the number of their adherents may be, can never … Read More
Seemingly, all roads led to Vatican City last week. Virtually all political eminences of the Western world, as also national and spiritual dignitaries of other countries and religious traditions, flocked to pay respects to the Bishop of Rome, shepherd of the Roman Catholic Church, who had one of the best … Read More
On 6 December 1992, when top BJP leaders expressed panic over the collapsing Babri edifice, I was one of the few to perceive that the Hindu movement was in deep trouble because those riding to the pinnacle of public esteem for espousing a centuries-old civilizational contest had no genuine desire … Read More
America’s decision to deny Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi a diplomatic visa and revoke his tourist/business visa on the pretext of the demands of its International Religious Freedom Act, 1998, raises critical questions about what constitutes religious freedom. The statement that the Act authorizes the President to deny entry to … Read More
