Religion and Politic do not mix. It is said to be a hazardous cocktail. Religion has often served political ends. God is repeatedly sold for notes and votes across several religions. Violence has sometimes enjoyed religious sanction. Heinous crimes have been committed against Humanity in the name of God. ‘The other worldly’ concerns of religions have numbed and...
Religion at a time of Coronavirus
Coronavirus has proved to be counter-public in all its senses. All publics have been forced to go private. One of the most visible among them is religion. The roots of the process of political and moral contestations of the role of religion can be traced in European Enlightenment. Coronavirus has simply offered no time for any such contestation of...
Religion, Politics and the Political in Goa
Religion and Politics do not mix. It is said to be a hazardous cocktail. Religion has often served political ends. God is repeatedly sold for notes and votes across several religions. Violence has sometimes enjoyed religious sanction. Heinous crimes have been committed against Humanity in the name of God. ‘The other worldly’ concerns of religions have numbed and anaesthetised...
