Anand Azaad

1. For the first time citizenship is being given based upon religion through CAA. This is against secularism Response - Earlier also we have given citizenship to religiously persecuted Sri Lankan Tamils. Principle of secularism implies that the Indian state won't discriminate between it's existing citizens on the basis of religion. But, the Indian state has complete authority to decide citizenship of non-Indians based upon multiple factors like national security, impact on demography and most importantly, their intention behind request of citizenship. Through CAA, citizenship will be provided to refugees from religiously persecuted minorities from three neighbouring countries Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who have entered India without a formal procedure before December 31, 2014. 2. Why illegal migrants from this three nations belonging to Muslim community are not covered in CAA? Response - All three countries i.e. Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan were part ...

Since the last century, amongst all political ideas that gave gained traction, patriotism or nationalism has engaged most minds in debates. This debate is often centered at the modern concept of nation state. Most people relate emotions behind nationalism to the might of the state. If increasing clout of the state over the nation breaks extreme levels, rise of fascist forces takes place. The culmunating two world wars that resulted in loss of million lives, makes us realize the need to analyze the changes in this concept at regular intervals. Right from geographical boundaries to the notion of nationalism, it is evident that change is the only constant trend globally. But like other socio-economic concepts, the nationalism perceptive also has been different for India as compared to the rest of the world. For them, nation-state moreover resembles a social contract between the state and the citizens residing in certain geographical boundaries. The state is given the monopoly over v...