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VIEWPOINT: Religious sentiments overtaking rationality

VIEWPOINT: Religious sentiments overtaking rationality

Rediff.com12 Jun 2012

Devangshu Datta analyses three recent unrelated incidents in India to emphasise on the growing trend of religious sentiments trumping rationality

Our deadliest battles are now fought over literature, art and culture

Our deadliest battles are now fought over literature, art and culture

Rediff.com1 Sep 2015

The only thing more dangerous than a killer who thinks he is acting to protect his faith or community is the killer who knows he is acting with the sanction of his faith or community

For an India of blasphemers

For an India of blasphemers

Rediff.com12 Jan 2015

Instead of repealing Section 295A of the IPC, which criminalises speech that offends the religious, India intends to further criminalise offence against religion, says Mihir S Sharma