Division, be it by wealth (education, medicine, housing) is a scourge and had been for as long as I can remember in Britain. We have the CoE in the already deeply flawed House of Lords by right, what is next?
An essay -- both deeply personal and political -- saying what I felt is important to be said at this juncture for #India and coming from a place of hope for a different future for our country:
French politicians from across the spectrum have expressed dismay over the resignation of a #Paris school headmaster. He had received death threats after asking a student to remove her Muslim #veil Catherine Khedir-Clifford reports. Monte Francis speaks to Gabriel Lattanzio, a former high school teacher in the Paris suburbs and now an Associate Professor of English at the Sorbonne Law School.
‘It Is Suffocating’: A Top Liberal University Is Under Attack in India
A campaign to make the country an explicitly Hindu nation has had a chilling effect on left-leaning and secular institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University.
The rapid, unprecedented growth of the "nones" continues apace.
The nonreligious are now larger than any single religious group in America, including evangelicals and Catholics. What's more, they've become an outright majority in multiple states:
Union govt shares Constitution preamble sans ‘Secular’ and ‘Socialist’ on social media
The original Preamble that came into force in 1950 did not have the words ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’, which were later added in 1976 by way of an amendment.
The new Ram Mandir (temple) "is a vivid manifestation of a Hindu supremacist political project that challenges the secular foundations of India's Constitution"
Religion and politics have mixed so well in India, that people have started considering Modi as a religious leader, and Shankaracharya as a politician.
“There is a big difference between believing in a secular society and despising certain religions to the point where you think people should have basic human rights taken away.”
@RickiTarr
That thing I will never do again:
Wolf down a banana and chug down a 12-ounce can of 7-Up.
My friend's Catholic youth group took us to an amusement park, and forced us to do that right before riding The Zipper.
I firmly believe this is the origin of the term "Vomit Comet".
Oh, also, no religion after that, ever again. #Secular#Secularism
In Italy, the cradle of Catholicism, new research suggests that only 19% of citizens attend services at least weekly, while 31% never attend at all - and it's a trend already growing in some European nations.
Meet the 'nones': An ever increasing group across Europe with little to no religious affiliation.
‘Bantering with Bandits’: Annie Zaidi’s searing truths about Indian preoccupations and peculiarities
This book of essays by @anniezaidi creates a space where the personal and the political fuse to paint an often uncomfortable picture of our sociopolitical reality.
'Secular Socialist' Removed From Preamble In New Copies Of Constitution Handed Over To MPs: Congress Leader
Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday claimed that the new copies of the Constitution handed to the MPs before entering the new Parliament building did not have the words ‘socialist secular’ in its preamble.
Dozens of girls who turned up for school in France on Monday wearing abayas in defiance of a ban on the Muslim garment were sent home when they refused to remove them.
The abaya, an over-garment covering the body from shoulders to feet that some Muslim women wear, was banned in schools by the French government last month.
The government says the abaya constitutes a display of religious affiliation, banned at schools under a 2004 law.
I made a Satan Bless America piece, inspired by a 'god Bless America' flag I saw. Color variants + HQ inside!
Color variants