Social justice, the articulations of justice rooted in equality, attend to the question of human dignity for all, especially for those at the margins of societies. Amidst the global rise of the far-right and its infrastructure of hate, social justice forms the dialogic anchor for resistance. Given the role of religion in the attacks carried out by the far-right, interfaith dialogues are key registers for social justice. Through the conversational spaces created for diverse faiths, registers can be built to organize against the politics of hate. In these interfaith conversations, majority communities have a vital role to play in listening to the articulations of justice at the margins, in fostering the spaces for claiming human dignity, and in building infrastructures for religious freedom. In India, the rise of the far-right Hindu nationalist forces is embodied in the mobilization for Hindu nation ( Hindu rashtra ). This Hindu nation is built on the monolithic imposition of Hindu sa
This blog offers Mohan Dutta's reflections on the theoretical framework of the culture-centered approach, examining the interplays among Structure, Culture, and Agency in shaping marginalisation and the ways in which communities at the margins challenge structures. Writings on the blog are continually being revised to reflect the organic analysis of structure and agency.