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Monday, April 30, 2018, 4:47 PM   |   e-paper HOME PUNE MAHARASHTRA ART AND CULTURE SPORTS BUSINESS WORLD OPINION Home   Opinion   Facts & myths of Lingayat label and SC/ST benefits Facts & myths of Lingayat label and SC/ST benefits Camil Parkhe Saturday, 21 April 2018     goo.gl/eKp5u3   By recommending minority status to the Lingayat community, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has indeed opened a Pandora’s box. With the move made prior to the declaration of the State assembly elections, he has scored a political point over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Meanwhile, the issue of recognising Lingayat sect as an independent religion has been kept at an abeyance.   By recommending minority status to the Lingayat community, Karnataka Chief Minist...

Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 6:46 PM   |   e-paper HOME PUNE MAHARASHTRA ART AND CULTURE SPORTS BUSINESS WORLD OPINION Home   Opinion   BJP resorts to sponsorship politics BJP resorts to sponsorship politics Camil Parkhe Saturday, 31 March 2018  goo.gl/ouePn7 Party seeks to shed its anti-Christian tag with sponsorship for tours to Jerusalem. In keeping with its election promise, the ruling front in Nagaland, comprising the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and the BJP, has announced its plans to provide financial aid to Christian devotees to visit the Holy Land of Jerusalem.   Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, also a devout Christian, has said that guidelines will be prepared to enable Christians to visit the Holy Land. He said that his government will par...

Monday, March 12, 2018, 7:04 PM   |   e-paper HOME PUNE MAHARASHTRA ART AND CULTURE SPORTS BUSINESS WORLD OPINION Home   Art & Culture   A muslim in the public discourse A muslim in the public discourse Camil Parkhe   Saturday, 10 March 2018      goo.gl/pjEbYk AZADI’S DAUGHTER: Being a secular Muslim in India Author:  Seena Mustafa Publisher:  Speaking Tiger Pages:  185 Price:  Rs 299 In the recent past, India has witnessed political and social turmoil on many occasions. For instance, the constitutional amendment in 1985 made by the then Prime Minister following the Supreme Court judgement in the Shah Bano case; or the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992; communal rioting in Mumbai and Gujarat 1993 and 2002 — shocked the secular p...