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 The Hindu Analysis:1 May 2020
 
 
  1) Religion and freedom: On India and
 communal violence-
 
 CONTEXT:
  Religious  freedom  is  of  paramount  importance,  not
  because  it  is  about  religion,  but  because  it  is  about
  freedom.  The  characterisation  by  the  U.S.  Commission  on
  International  Religious  Freedom  (USCIRF)  of  India  as  a
  country  of particular concern, in its annual report, is not
  entirely surprising, considering its dim(unclear) and known
  views  about  sectarian  violence  and  aggravating(worse)
 governmental measures over the last year.
 REPUDIATION:
 
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 The Hindu Analysis:1 May 2020
 
 
  1) Religion and freedom: On India and
 communal violence-
 
 CONTEXT:
  Religious  freedom  is  of  paramount  importance,  not
  because  it  is  about  religion,  but  because  it  is  about
  freedom.  The  characterisation  by  the  U.S.  Commission  on
  International  Religious  Freedom  (USCIRF)  of  India  as  a
  country  of particular concern, in its annual report, is not
  entirely surprising, considering its dim(unclear) and known
  views  about  sectarian  violence  and  aggravating(worse)
 governmental measures over the last year.
 REPUDIATION:
 
 
 
  
  The  Indian  government  not  only  repudiated(refuse  to
  accept)  the report but also ridiculed(dismissive language)
  the  USCIRF.  The  autonomous,  bipartisan(involving  the
  agreement  or  cooperation  of  two  political  parties  that
  usually  oppose  each  other's  policies)  commission’s
  influence  over  any  U.S.  executive  action  is  limited  and
  occasional  but  its  presumption  of  global  authority
 appears amusingly expansive(extensive).
  Whether  or  not  the  U.S.  government  acts  on  its
  recommendation  to  impose  targeted
  sanctions(threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule)
  on  Indian  government  agencies  and  officials  depends  on
 American strategic interests.
 
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 The Hindu Analysis:1 May 2020
 
 
  1) Religion and freedom: On India and
 communal violence-
 
 CONTEXT:
  Religious  freedom  is  of  paramount  importance,  not
  because  it  is  about  religion,  but  because  it  is  about
  freedom.  The  characterisation  by  the  U.S.  Commission  on
  International  Religious  Freedom  (USCIRF)  of  India  as  a
  country  of particular concern, in its annual report, is not
  entirely surprising, considering its dim(unclear) and known
  views  about  sectarian  violence  and  aggravating(worse)
 governmental measures over the last year.
 REPUDIATION:
 
 
 
  
  The  Indian  government  not  only  repudiated(refuse  to
  accept)  the report but also ridiculed(dismissive language)
  the  USCIRF.  The  autonomous,  bipartisan(involving  the
  agreement  or  cooperation  of  two  political  parties  that
  usually  oppose  each  other's  policies)  commission’s
  influence  over  any  U.S.  executive  action  is  limited  and
  occasional  but  its  presumption  of  global  authority
 appears amusingly expansive(extensive).
  Whether  or  not  the  U.S.  government  acts  on  its
  recommendation  to  impose  targeted
  sanctions(threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule)
  on  Indian  government  agencies  and  officials  depends  on
 American strategic interests.
 
 
  The  U.S.  has  used  arguments  of  freedom,  democracy,
  tolerance,  and  transparency  as  tools  in  its  strategic
  pursuits(tracking), but there is no proof of any uniform or
  predictable  pattern  of  enforcement  of  such  moral
 attributes(regard something as being caused by).
 EMBRACING AND REJECTING:
  The process can be selective and often arbitrary(vague) in
  spotlighting  countries.  Mirroring  this  pattern,  India
  selectively approaches global opinions on itself, embracing
  and  celebrating  laudatory(praising)  ones  and  rejecting
  inconvenient  ones.  The  frantic,  and  relatively  successful,
  efforts to raise its Ease of Doing Business ranking by the
 World Bank is a case in point.
  Many of these reports have a circulatory life — the USCIRF
  report  quotes  U.N. Special Rapporteurs to buttress(focus)
  its  point  on  the  discriminatory  outcome  of  the  National
  Register  of  Citizens  in  Assam.  Overall,  such  reports
  contribute  to  the  construction  of  an  image  of  a  country,
  and  the  Indian  government  is  cognisant(aware)  of  this
  pattern.  In  March,  the  Indian  government  told  Niti  Aayog
  to track 32 global indices and engage with the bodies that
 measure them, to advance reform and growth.
 
Page 4


 
 The Hindu Analysis:1 May 2020
 
 
  1) Religion and freedom: On India and
 communal violence-
 
 CONTEXT:
  Religious  freedom  is  of  paramount  importance,  not
  because  it  is  about  religion,  but  because  it  is  about
  freedom.  The  characterisation  by  the  U.S.  Commission  on
  International  Religious  Freedom  (USCIRF)  of  India  as  a
  country  of particular concern, in its annual report, is not
  entirely surprising, considering its dim(unclear) and known
  views  about  sectarian  violence  and  aggravating(worse)
 governmental measures over the last year.
 REPUDIATION:
 
 
 
  
  The  Indian  government  not  only  repudiated(refuse  to
  accept)  the report but also ridiculed(dismissive language)
  the  USCIRF.  The  autonomous,  bipartisan(involving  the
  agreement  or  cooperation  of  two  political  parties  that
  usually  oppose  each  other's  policies)  commission’s
  influence  over  any  U.S.  executive  action  is  limited  and
  occasional  but  its  presumption  of  global  authority
 appears amusingly expansive(extensive).
  Whether  or  not  the  U.S.  government  acts  on  its
  recommendation  to  impose  targeted
  sanctions(threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule)
  on  Indian  government  agencies  and  officials  depends  on
 American strategic interests.
 
 
  The  U.S.  has  used  arguments  of  freedom,  democracy,
  tolerance,  and  transparency  as  tools  in  its  strategic
  pursuits(tracking), but there is no proof of any uniform or
  predictable  pattern  of  enforcement  of  such  moral
 attributes(regard something as being caused by).
 EMBRACING AND REJECTING:
  The process can be selective and often arbitrary(vague) in
  spotlighting  countries.  Mirroring  this  pattern,  India
  selectively approaches global opinions on itself, embracing
  and  celebrating  laudatory(praising)  ones  and  rejecting
  inconvenient  ones.  The  frantic,  and  relatively  successful,
  efforts to raise its Ease of Doing Business ranking by the
 World Bank is a case in point.
  Many of these reports have a circulatory life — the USCIRF
  report  quotes  U.N. Special Rapporteurs to buttress(focus)
  its  point  on  the  discriminatory  outcome  of  the  National
  Register  of  Citizens  in  Assam.  Overall,  such  reports
  contribute  to  the  construction  of  an  image  of  a  country,
  and  the  Indian  government  is  cognisant(aware)  of  this
  pattern.  In  March,  the  Indian  government  told  Niti  Aayog
  to track 32 global indices and engage with the bodies that
 measure them, to advance reform and growth.
 
 
  
  (TRIVIA-  The  National  Register  of  Citizens  (NRC)  is  a
  register of all Indian citizens whose creation is mandated
  by  the  2003  amendment  of  the  Citizenship  Act,  1955.  Its
  purpose  is  to  document  all  the  legal  citizens  of  India  so
  that the illegal migrants can be identified and deported. It
  has been implemented for the state of Assam starting in
  2013–2014.  The  Government  of  India plans to implement it
 for the rest of the country in 2021)
  
 MULTI-RELIGIOUS DEMOCRACY:
  India advertises itself as a multi-religious democracy and
  as an adherent(follower) to global norms of rule of law. It
  also aspires to be on the table of global rule making. For a
  country with such stated ambitions, its record on religious
  freedom as reflected through events of the last one year
 is deeply disconcerting(dissatisfying).
  The catalogue (complete list of items) of religious violence,
  incitement(provoke)  and  wrecking(destroying)  of  the  rule
  of  law  in  several  parts  of  the  country  remains  an
  unsettling  fact.  The  partisan(bias)  nature  of  the  ruling
 
Page 5


 
 The Hindu Analysis:1 May 2020
 
 
  1) Religion and freedom: On India and
 communal violence-
 
 CONTEXT:
  Religious  freedom  is  of  paramount  importance,  not
  because  it  is  about  religion,  but  because  it  is  about
  freedom.  The  characterisation  by  the  U.S.  Commission  on
  International  Religious  Freedom  (USCIRF)  of  India  as  a
  country  of particular concern, in its annual report, is not
  entirely surprising, considering its dim(unclear) and known
  views  about  sectarian  violence  and  aggravating(worse)
 governmental measures over the last year.
 REPUDIATION:
 
 
 
  
  The  Indian  government  not  only  repudiated(refuse  to
  accept)  the report but also ridiculed(dismissive language)
  the  USCIRF.  The  autonomous,  bipartisan(involving  the
  agreement  or  cooperation  of  two  political  parties  that
  usually  oppose  each  other's  policies)  commission’s
  influence  over  any  U.S.  executive  action  is  limited  and
  occasional  but  its  presumption  of  global  authority
 appears amusingly expansive(extensive).
  Whether  or  not  the  U.S.  government  acts  on  its
  recommendation  to  impose  targeted
  sanctions(threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule)
  on  Indian  government  agencies  and  officials  depends  on
 American strategic interests.
 
 
  The  U.S.  has  used  arguments  of  freedom,  democracy,
  tolerance,  and  transparency  as  tools  in  its  strategic
  pursuits(tracking), but there is no proof of any uniform or
  predictable  pattern  of  enforcement  of  such  moral
 attributes(regard something as being caused by).
 EMBRACING AND REJECTING:
  The process can be selective and often arbitrary(vague) in
  spotlighting  countries.  Mirroring  this  pattern,  India
  selectively approaches global opinions on itself, embracing
  and  celebrating  laudatory(praising)  ones  and  rejecting
  inconvenient  ones.  The  frantic,  and  relatively  successful,
  efforts to raise its Ease of Doing Business ranking by the
 World Bank is a case in point.
  Many of these reports have a circulatory life — the USCIRF
  report  quotes  U.N. Special Rapporteurs to buttress(focus)
  its  point  on  the  discriminatory  outcome  of  the  National
  Register  of  Citizens  in  Assam.  Overall,  such  reports
  contribute  to  the  construction  of  an  image  of  a  country,
  and  the  Indian  government  is  cognisant(aware)  of  this
  pattern.  In  March,  the  Indian  government  told  Niti  Aayog
  to track 32 global indices and engage with the bodies that
 measure them, to advance reform and growth.
 
 
  
  (TRIVIA-  The  National  Register  of  Citizens  (NRC)  is  a
  register of all Indian citizens whose creation is mandated
  by  the  2003  amendment  of  the  Citizenship  Act,  1955.  Its
  purpose  is  to  document  all  the  legal  citizens  of  India  so
  that the illegal migrants can be identified and deported. It
  has been implemented for the state of Assam starting in
  2013–2014.  The  Government  of  India plans to implement it
 for the rest of the country in 2021)
  
 MULTI-RELIGIOUS DEMOCRACY:
  India advertises itself as a multi-religious democracy and
  as an adherent(follower) to global norms of rule of law. It
  also aspires to be on the table of global rule making. For a
  country with such stated ambitions, its record on religious
  freedom as reflected through events of the last one year
 is deeply disconcerting(dissatisfying).
  The catalogue (complete list of items) of religious violence,
  incitement(provoke)  and  wrecking(destroying)  of  the  rule
  of  law  in  several  parts  of  the  country  remains  an
  unsettling  fact.  The  partisan(bias)  nature  of  the  ruling
 
 
 dispensation(party) is also difficult to wish away.
  
 CONCLUSION:
  Reputation  is  important  for  a  country’s  economic
  development  and  global  standing  but  beyond  that
  instrumental  perspective,  rule  of  law  and  communal
  harmony  are  essential  for  any  functioning  democracy.
  India  must  protect  its  freedoms,  and  come  down  heavily
 (take strong actions) on religious violence.
  
  2) The making of the modern public
 intellectual-
 
 CONTEXT:
  This article is based on fundamentals of a just law. Law is
 not the source of its own moral authority and legitimacy.
 A SETBACK TO DEMOCRACY:
  Centuries  later,  M.K.  Gandhi  reiterated(repeated)  that  a
  law  is  binding  only  if  it  satisfies  the  unwritten  codes  of
  public  ethics.  He  spoke  in  the  context  of  colonial  rule.
 
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