Pressure, Self-Censorship, Silence: How The Press In Kashmir Is Censored
A day after a Delhi court’s decision to award life imprisonment to Kashmiri pro-independence leader, Yasin Malik, I was skimming...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
How India’s Inclusive Jamia Millia Islamia Leaves Hate Mongers Red-Faced
India’s prestigious educational institution Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) is once again in the news. Two years ago, students of this...
Fringe Hindu Groups New Foot Soldier Of RSS-VHP
Hindu nationalists in India never get tired of demoralising and inculcating a sense of insecurity among minorities. Even before an...
Bulldozers Becomes BJP’s Latest Weapon To Bully, Alienate Muslims In New Delhi
Taking cue from Israeli action against Palestinians, authorities in India used bulldozers to terrorize Muslims in New Delhi in mid-April...
In Another Attempt To Persecute Muslims, Hindu Extremists Object To Azaan On Loudspeakers
In a clear pattern of cases of discrimination against minorities in India, the hijab ban in colleges in Karnataka is...
Ram Navami: Rightwing Hindus Have Hijacked Lord Ram To Instill Fear Among Muslims In Gujurat
Ram Navami – the birthday of Hindu mythological hero Lord Ram – should ideally bring solace and introspection. But, over...
How Communalism Limits Urdu: From The Language Of Hindustan To That Of The Mussalman
From its glorious past interwoven into the first war of independence of the subcontinent in 1857 to becoming the language...
How A Well-Oiled Social Media Machine Gives The BJP An Edge In Electioneering
The electoral victory of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 also announced...
Indian Elections: BJP Punjab Rejects Hindutva, But Uttar Pradesh Drapes Itself In Saffron
Except for the Sikh-dominated Punjab province, voters in the four other states -- Goa, Uttar Pradesh (UP), Uttarakhand and Manipur...
Holier Than Thou: BJP-Ruled States Consider Whether The Value Of A Cow’s Life Exceeds That Of Humans
While in Pakistan a mere suspicion of blasphemy invites vigilante violence, in India the vigilante lynching is reserved for those...
Erasing Nehru: Modi Is Trying To Rewrite India’s History
Indian millennials like myself were used to seeing portraits of India’s icons of freedom, like Mahatma Gandhi and first Prime...
Deconstructing The Fault Lines In India’s Politically Significant State Of Uttar Pradesh
India’s most populated and politically significant state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) was once a skills capital and the industrial base...
Indian Govt Forcibly Takes Over Kashmir Press Club, Journalists Lose A Safe Space
Everywhere in the world, a press club is like a post box for journalists and the first stop for any...
Back To The Future: A Five-Cornered Election Contest Reminds Punjab Of The 1980s In India
On Valentine’s Day this year, when lovers all over the world will exchange affection and greetings, voters in the Indian...
Forthcoming Provincial Polls In India Are A Test For Hate Politics
Using hate against minorities, particularly Muslims, for political gain is not a new tactic in India. Lal Kishan Advani, Umar...
Polarisation, Farm Protests: Cracks In India’s Secular Credentials
New Delhi – In February 2021, India and Pakistan announcing a ceasefire along the blazing Line of Control (LoC) in...
Prime Minister Modi Raises Communal Tempers Ahead Of Polls
Last month when violence erupted in Bangladesh, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ram Madhav gave sermons to Prime...
While Bollywood Toes The Hindu Nationalist Line, South Indian Cinema Takes Up The Real Issues
India’s versatile Bollywood industry has not only entertained people but has also worked as a powerful medium to broadcast social...
Opposition Silenced, Journalists Barred: New Normal In India’s Temple Of Democracy
For a reporter covering the Indian parliament from the press gallery, it was always a treat to cover debates laced...
Fear Of Revival Of Militancy In Punjab Forced Modi To Withdraw Farm Laws
Although many analysts in India are attributing the u-turn of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on three controversial farm laws to...
Baba Guru Nanak’s Teachings Can Help End Hostilities Between India, Pakistan
As Sikhs across the world celebrate the birth anniversary of the founder of Sikhism Baba Guru Nanak today, it remains...
Ruling BJP Chalks Out Provincial Election Strategy
Political parties in India have started gearing for five provincial elections in: Uttar Pradesh (UP), Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa....
How Indian Politicians Stuck In The Past Use Jinnah And Gandhi’s Names To Stir Up Voters’ Sentiments
Even 75 years after independence and partition of the subcontinent, politicians in India continue to lure voters by invoking the...
Cricket In India: The Gentleman’s Game Has Been Hijacked By Nationalism, Corporatization
Corporatization and the recent intensification of hyper-nationalism has robbed cricket of its spirit in India. Soon after India lost to...
In India, Congress Wakes Up To Put House In Order
Since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) assumed office in New Delhi in 2014, its juggernaut has mauled and...
Selective Outrage: India’s Opposition Parties Are In Solidarity With UP Farmers But Silent About Attacks on Muslims
Over the last three weeks, two major politically sponsored massacres took place in India. One is in the Hindi heartland...
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Siddiqui Saints Of Pat Sharif
Pat Sharif was a historical village whose landscape...
Message Of The Madman
In literature, Existentialism starts from Dostoyevsky’s famous maxim...