Ram Puniyani

Ram Puniyani is the president of the Center for Study of Society and Secularism in Mumbai. He writes about the ongoing university student protest in favour of freedom of thought who are accused of anti-nationalism by Hindu radicals. Modi has targeted Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University because it reflects a “democratic spirit, freedom of thought, and progressive values”.

Cows are sacred. Crimes against them are used to stir up political hatred for electoral purposes, even though India is a large beef exporter. Gandhi once said that there should be “fullest recognition of freedom to the Muslims to slaughter". Ram Puniyani, president of the Center for Study of Society and Secularism in Mumbai, looks at the lynching of Muslims suspected of consuming beef.

Hindu nationalists and radical leaders use "love jihad" and "Ghar Wapsi" propaganda to divide society. They feel "entitled" because the Bharatiya Janata Party is in government. Hindu nationalist: "Mosques should be converted into pig dens". The analysis of Ram Puniyani, president of the Center for Study of Society and Secularism in Mumbai, on how radicalized Indian politics has become, a year after the election of Narendra Modi.

In a careful analysis, Puniyani Ram looks at India's recent election and its Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi. The BJP's nationalism is strong wherever religious hostilities are intense. A call for change to the election system is in order.

The attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh perpetrated by supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami have deep roots: they were born from the division of the subcontinent and the verdicts of the courts of the war were the fuse. This is the analysis of the activist of the All India Secular Forum.