-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Citing 85 major incidents of alleged persecution of Christians across 20 states last year, a report by a minority and human rights NGO says 2015 saw an unprecedented spike in "Intolerance" against the community. The report says on an average India saw one such incident of hate crime against Christians a day last year. While the report terms Madhya Pradesh as the worst state, followed by...
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Right Includes Right to Eat Particular Food for Happiness: CJI
-Outlook Chief Justice of India TS Thakur today indirectly touched upon the debate on Intolerance by saying that every person has right to eat a particular kind of food for "happiness", but that should not be for "sadistic" purpose. "I want to eat a particular kind of food. If you allow me to eat, it gives me happiness. Anything that makes me happy is the companion of my human rights, but happiness...
More »Indian elite must wake up to public welfare: Piketty -Nina Martyris
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Rock-star French economist Thomas Piketty said it was "very moving" for him to be in Mumbai "after what happened in Paris in the last few weeks". In a wide-ranging conversation moderated by writer Patrick French, Piketty, author of the acclaimed Capital, an exposition on global inequality, and renowned Harvard professor Michael Sandel, whom French introduced as "the public philosopher of the BBC", talked about everything from growing...
More »Time to abolish criminal defamation
-The Hindu The observation by the Supreme Court that political leaders should not take criticism as a personal insult highlights a particular kind of Intolerance that is rarely referred to in the ongoing debate on the subject: the inability of public figures to tolerate criticism and their repeated resort to criminal defamation proceedings to stifle adverse comment. Nothing exemplifies this as much as the 100-odd prosecutions launched by the government of...
More »Communal clashes killed fewer people this year than in 2014, claims MHA report -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the 'Intolerance' debate, lesser people have died in communal incidents this year as compared to 2014. While 86 people were killed until October this year, communal violence claimed 90 lives in the corresponding period of 2014. However, the total number of communal incidents till October witnessed a rise this year with 630 incidents being recorded as compared to 561 incidents in 2014. In 2013, when...
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