Life
How the 'colonial imposition' of secularism on India prophesied its erosion with the end of British rule
In Republic of Religion: The Rise and Fall of Colonial Secularism in India, advocate and author Abhinav Chandrachud explores how India aspired to become a secular country and argues that this secular structure was an unnatural foreign imposition on a conquered people by a colonial power.
India
Congress organises 'beef protest' against Centre's ban on sale of cattle for slaughter in Garo Hills
The Congress party on Thursday held a "beef protest" in the Garo Hills area of the state against the Centre's ban on sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter.
India
Mohan Bhagwat bats for country-wide beef ban, says RSS workers in power will work towards it
Bhagwat said as a veterinary doctor he is aware of a 'desi' cow's utility, including the usefulness of its urine and dung, and claimed that even scientific bodies have come to accept this.