“Dissent is the safety valve of democracy”, the next-in-line Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, famously said during his speech in Gujarat in February 2020. Islamists, not just in India but around the world, are baying for the blood of Nupur Sharma because she refused to take the insults and barbs hurled at Shivling discovered inside the wuzukhana of the …
It was a Monday morning when Nupur Sharma and I sat down for a tête-à-tête. Correction: BJP suspends Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal from the party’s primary membership, days after @TimesNow‘s Anchor allowed her to insult Prophet Mohammad. Those who would like to defend the BJP may say that the party ‘had to act’ given the statements from Gulf countries …
