Valson Thampu

Valson Thampu

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  • Cart Before The Horse

    No religious community should be granted the right to pit its regressive practices against constitutional mandates. But securing a uniform civil code cannot be a Trojan Horse of cultural homogenisation.

    BY Swami Agnivesh 31 July 2003

  • Pseudo-Religious Symbols

    Anyone who has seen trishul-wielding Bajrang Dal or VHP activists in the context of communal outbursts will find it difficult to regard the trishul as a religious symbol.

    BY Swami Agnivesh 8 May 2003

  • The Politics Of Death

    For us today, only deaths due to cross-border terrorism matter. We are callously apathetic to deaths resulting from State apathy that outnumber by far the victims of terrorism.

    BY Swami Agnivesh 13 January 2003

  • Holy Cow, Holy War

    The lynching of the five Dalit youths in Haryana is not a local event. It is a symbolic pointer to the degeneration that is overtaking the country. <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=179 target=_blank> More Coverage </a>

    BY Swami Agnivesh 18 October 2002

  • Corrupted Into Cults

    Cults are driven by falsehood; spirituality, by truth. Cults are allergic to debates; true religion, being an unending quest for truth, welcomes it. .

    BY Swami Agnivesh 6 May 2002

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