SECULAR ACTION NETWORK
Newsletter of All India Secular Forum
Volume.9 No.12 December 2014
C O N T E N T S
Editorial
1. Forum News
Report of the National Consultation on worker’s
movement and communalism
2. CSSS Activities
Report of session on Rights of Minorities in
South Asia People’s SAARC Regional
Convergence
3.Campaigns
Statement by People’s Alliance for Democracy
and Secularism
4. Articles
- Hindutva: Back to the Savarkar –
Hedgewar ideal?
- If Rajiv Gandhi was electoroally awarded
in 1984, Then 2014 has been no different
- आओ हम भी गोडसे को फांसी दें- एक पूर्व स्वयंसेवक का
प्रायश्चित् - बापू हम शर्मिंदा हैं, तेरे कातिल जिन्दा हैं
5. Harmony
Marga – Darshan: Horizons and hopes for
Christian and Hindus to walk the talk of
justice and peace today
6. New Economic System
7. Press Release
8. Violence Against Churches
9. Resources
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Editor: Ram Puniyani, ram.puniyani@gmail.com, www.pluralindia.com
Advisory Board: L.S. Hardenia, Irfan Engineer, Dhirendra Panda, Mohammad Arif.
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From the Editor’s Desk
With Modi Sarkar in saddle different elements are coming up and asserting the ideology of Sangh Parivar. After Modi talked about the great strides of Plastic Surgey in ancient India in the form of successful transplant of elephant’s head on human body in the form of Lord Ganesha, other leaders of RSS are stating about the glories of ancient achievements. One of them, Nishank, went on to say that Astrology is more advanced than modern science. Many others are singing paens about different glorious achievements of the past, the school syllabus is under the process of change, Sanskrit has replaced the German and is also being introduced in various schools, as the third language and RSS ideologues are working in close laison with various ministeries. At the same time some of the ministers are using abusive language for the religious minorities. One of them, Sadhvi Jyoti, went on to say that all those who don’t regard Ram as their ancestor are Haramjade’s (Illegitimate). The Government is defending her under the fig leaf that she is new, she is a poor dalit, while ignoring that she has violated the very Constitution on which she had takne the oath. Our Constitution uncompromisingly talks of equality of all, irrespective of their religion. Surely Ram is a great mythological reality, but the symbol of Indian Nationalism is undoubtedly Gandhi.
We are carrying the reports of different international and South Asian initiatives for global peace and Secularism. We also reproduce javed Anands review of Manisha Sethi’s book Kafkaland dealing with the prejudiced behavious of state.
Ram Puniyani
(Editor)
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Link
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