The Parliament nod to Citizenship Amendment Bill has raised questions about secularism. Are politicians sacrificing the state's interest at the altar of Hindutva politics?
What if the Citizenship Amendment Bill triggers violence against minority groups in other countries whom India seeks to protect? Asks international director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Sanjoy Hazarika
Seshadri Chari, member of the BJP National Executive Committee, tells Outlook that the government needs to urgently counter the canard that the CAB is against Muslims before it spins into a communal conflagration.
When BJP talks about classification of different laws for different people, it is a contradiction of the party's position on oneness, writes Faizan Mustafa, vice-chancellor, Nalsar University Of Law
CAB is about religious minorities facing persecution in three theistic neighbouring countries. Almost all of them are populations that were part of pre-independence India, now stranded in nations that had falsely promised them protection.
In an interview with Outlook, Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, exiled in India since 2004, shares her apprehensions about the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
"Does CAB nullify the 1985 Assam Accord? I think the accord itself is a hazy one; it was never put in place, never implemented," says BJP leader Lalitha Kumaramangalam
"Even in so-called Muslim countries, certain groups of Muslims are persecuted and forced to flee. It’s wrong to say only Hindus, Sikhs or Jains are persecuted."
The deadly equation between politicians and weapons has never been a mystery. But when MPs amend the gun law so as to keep their arsenal intact and safe, it raises concerns
In a country where 90 rapes are reported every day and extrajudicial killings rarely shock people, the gunning down of the Hyderabad rape suspects only hints at a sloppy judicial system
Military leader, royal, prolific lover, viceregal couple and lifelong influencer—Dickie and Edwina wore many garbs with cool assurance. This book inspects them all.
Cyberabad Commissioner of Police VC Sajjanar, who gunned down four men accused of raping and killing a woman veterinary doctor in Hyderabad, won kudos for his Bollywood-styled act of a 'supercop'
