The Ayodhya Issue

Places of Worship or Prisoners of War?

J Sai Deepak

What is the right way to reclaim occupied dharmic sites?

An Emphatic Verdict

Swapan Dasgupta

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court judgment, there have been a clutch of punitive measures against those responsible for falsifying witness statements and misleading courts

After the Ayodhya Acquittal

Siddharth Singh

It is time for India to move on

K Parasaran: God’s Advocate

Amita Shah

At 92, Ram Lalla’s lawyer K Parasaran is still in demand. He will oversee the construction of the temple for the god he defended

The abiding attraction of the Ramayana to Indian society, and to the Indian mind, lies in the innumerable idealised social relations that abound in the epic. Its importance as a template for social bonds is what is often missed in the textual discussions that preoccupy scholars

Where Did the Temples Go?

Abhinav Prakash Singh

Justice has been meted out for a historical wrong. Hindus waited for this moment for five centuries and have taken it with dignified restraint. A majority of Muslims too have understood that they were misled by vested interests and it was wrong to destroy and appropriate the places of worship of others

Ram’s Ghar Wapsi

Makarand R Paranjape

Go to any museum or temple in India. Not one murti or figure from premodern India survives without disfiguration. If there is one, then the only explanation will be that it somehow escaped Muslim marauders

‘Left Historians Misled Indian Muslims on Ayodhya’

Rahul Pandita

“Hindu-Muslim relations over Ayodhya would not have deteriorated to this point if the left historians had not misled and misguided the Muslim group,” says historian Meenakshi Jain

For God’s Sake

MJ Akbar

Pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Lord is an elemental journey in every relevant religion. The Supreme Court, by adjudicating on the legality of the deity and granting an unfettered right to the deity’s birthplace, has created space for India to move on