Minorities | Minority Rapport
Delicate in the best of times, and often volatile, India needs to de-escalate politics around communities and focus on welfare
Students at the Darul Uloom Deoband campus in 1946, wearing khadi and Gandhi caps
New Delhi,ISSUE DATE: Aug 29, 2022 | UPDATED: Aug 19, 2022 16:29 IST
Democracies are governed by a majority vote, but perhaps no better indicator of the health of a democracy can be found than how the rights of the minorities are upheld within its structure. It’s within this dichotomy that India has acted out the legal and ethical imperatives of a rainbow society.
Hijab-clad girls at a computer lab in Malegaon, 2008