“The situation is such that there is a tolerance towards intolerance.”
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We Are Told That India is a Hindu Country & All Others Are Foreigners, Let’s Throw This Rubbish Out: Nayantara Sahgal
“Let us recall how inclusiveness became an integral part of our modern identity.”
Time to Expose The Bigots in Our Living Rooms
The government has stoked a fire of hatred, which it has no control over.
Nayantara Sahgal’s Invite Withdrawn Because She Was Going To Speak on Lynchings, Cow-Violence: Shiv Sena
An editorial in Saamana said that organisers cancelled Sahgal’s speech fearing they’d have to forego “sarkari meherbani” if she was called.
Amartya Sen Backs Naseeruddin Shah, Says Losing Ability to Tolerate Others a Cause for Concern
Sen said, “We must protest against such attempts to disturb the actor… What has been happening (in the country) is objectionable. It should stop.”
Manmohan Calls For Arresting ‘Disturbing Trends’ Of Intolerance, Communal Polarisation
Addressing the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award function, he said such “unsavoury” trends can only harm national interests.