Tag: Prof. Mahesh Chandra Guru

Pushkar Raj Last month, Hyderabad police registered a case against Prof. Kancha Ilaiah for writing an article in a Telugu daily, entitled ‘Is God not a democrat’? The article questioned inequality in society and discussed concept of god. For doing so the professor was reproached for insulting sentiments of a community and charged for promoting enmity between different religious groups under section 153 (A) and 295 (A) of Indian Penal Code. This is an example of hundreds of incidents that take place in different parts of the country revealing  absurdity to which a law...