Articles by Pritam Singh

The fight against institutional communalism in India alerts us to a challenge bigger than merely inflicting electoral defeats on Hindu communal parties and organisations. Even if such parties are defeated electorally, institutional Hindu communalism remains pervasive in varying degrees in India's Constitution, judiciary, civil services, electoral and parliamentary institutions, security forces, prisons, academia, media, corporate business, and even non-governmental organisations, it will continue as a social, cultural and politico-economic force to disadvantage the lives of minority communities in India.

The outcome of the Scottish referendum vote on 18 September notwithstanding, the major legacy of the vote would be the transparent and democratic nature of the process leading to the vote. 

The arrest of two Punjabi publishers and two editors for reprinting books of poet Babu Rajab Ali which allegedly contained some then-used caste names under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is a thoughtless, callous and ruthless ­action taken by the Punjab g

I felt a sense of personal loss on hearing of the death of K G Kannabiran, the great stalwart of India’s human rights movement. I had met Kannabiran only once but his earnestness and deep compassion left a lasting impression on me.

I agree with Balraj Puri (“Bengali Nationalism”, EPW, 4 April) that an important reason for the political success of the Left in West Bengal is its vanguard articulation of the regional aspirations of Bengali n ationalism against the centralising I ndian nationalism that shapes, in different form