Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
Book review of In Pursuit of Justice: An Autobiography
Banerjee, during a rally in Bolpur, claimed that conspiracies were being hatched to destroy the state's inclusive culture and cautioned people against divisive politics
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said secularism as a principle and practice in India was in danger and the ruling dispensation might even try to remove the word from the Constitution
Unless there is a strict separation of religion from politics and government, secularism can't be protected, defended or put into operation properly, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said
Secularism was not needed for Bharat. Bharat has its own concept of respect to all modes of worship, said Govindacharya
The PIL said that the amendment made in 1976 was antithetical to the constitutional tenets as well as the historical and cultural theme of India
On the 45th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency, former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal said 'safeguarding secular and democratic fabric of the country is as important as defending its borders'
A thought-provoking set of essays examines minority rights in the light of secularism and nationalism, both of which are foundational to the vision of the Indian republic, says Chintan Girish Modi
Rajnath Singh's comments have come amid raging protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act
Our saints and seers did not just consider the people living within our borders as part of the family, but called everyone living in the world as one family, said Rajnath
The two offer the same package - personality cult, populist schemes, inflated claims, etc - but the hard edge to BJP's communalism is missing in AAP, a difference we should celebrate, writes T N Ninan
A US federal commission mandated to review facts and circumstances of violation of international religious freedom will hold a hearing on freedom of religion or belief in India next week. The hearing titled 'Freedom of Religion or Belief in India: Rising Challenges & New Opportunities for US Policy,' on December 12 will examine challenges to religious freedom and explore opportunities for US policymakers to encourage the protection of freedom of religion or belief in India, Tenzin Dorjee, Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), said on Tuesday. The USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan US federal government commission created in 1998, that reviews religious freedom violations abroad and makes policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress. India has previously rejected USCIRF report while maintaining that its Constitution guarantees fundamental rights to all its citizens including the right to freedom of religion. India
We need to clarify the rules for legal slaughterhouses and make sure that these can be enforced
Mukul Rohatgi said constitution includes provisions for protection of rights, interest of minorities
Joshi, who was a minister in Vajpayee government, stressed the need for a thorough debate on issues of nationalism and secularism