The article critically examines the rise of Hindutva politics in India and its implications for secularism and minority rights. It discusses the BJP-RSS ideological relationship, communal violence, cow-protection laws, the Citizenship Amendment Act, hijab restrictions, Kashmir, and contrasts these developments with constitutional protections and selected minority-rights initiatives in Pakistan.Read More

Pakistan’s Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018 was introduced to protect a historically marginalised community from discrimination and to secure rights relating to identity, education, employment, healthcare, inheritance and public participation. The article also reviews major criticisms concerning terminology, self-perceived gender identity, implementation gaps, penal provisions and social acceptance.Read More