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Religion

Playing with fire

Running with the hare and hunting with the hounds is an idiom that summarises Pakistan’s consistent tryst with religiosity.

Seeking Love

Produced at a cost of nearly Rs 2oo crore, with leading actors reportedly raking in more than Rs.10 crore each, a lot of money was riding on Padmaavat.

Truth about tolerance~II

There are cases where fanatical groups and masses get utterly deranged by their religious faith and religion produces perverse solidarity that we must be able to find some way to undercut. Many believe that there is a violent essence inherent in religion which inevitably radicalises any conflict because once combatants are convinced that God is on their side, compromise becomes impossible and cruelty knows no bounds. The fanatical bigotry that religion seems always to unleash has to be contained if we have to prevent it from imploding into a destructive archipelago