Daneesh Majid
- India
Book Excerpt: Muslim Freedom Fighters of India, Siraj-ud-Doulah
Syed Naseer Ahmed’s book The Immortals is a timely book that sheds light upon different Muslim freedom fighters who contributed in the freedom struggle against the British from 1757 to 1947. Everyday…
- News
COVID-19 effect: 33 newborn children abandoned by their parents
Hyderabad: During the two-month-long, the poor have immensely suffered. As per the Department of Women and Children Welfare, in the past one month in Telangana, 33 newborn children’s parents abandoned. All these…
- News
An ex-army officer’s ode to Muslim practices during the pandemic
Hyderabad: Corona might have given massive human losses to China, Italy, Spain, France, UK, Belgium and Nordics nations like Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and killed lakhs in the US. However, it…
- Kashmir
After humans, now a horse in quarantined
Rajouri: Not too long after COVID Cases reached the 1000-mark in Jammu and Kashmir, a horse from the union territory’s Rajouri District is now in a 14-day quarantine. The horse’s caretakers have…
- News
Eid spirit and communal harmony alive in Hyderabad’s Aghapura
Hyderabad: In the midst of a communal climate further worsened by solely scapegoating Muslims for the coronavirus, Hyderabad’s Aghapura area has kept the spirit of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood alive. Hindus of the locality…
- News
Activist lambasts Modi for neglecting the poor in his address
A social activist from a North Indian labour union lambasted Prime Minister Modi for not just neglecting the poor, but his hollow rhetoric about coronavirus in his latest address. “How come the…
- News
Kerala model against corona praised regionally and globally
Karachi: The Kerala model is garnering global praise for flattening the Covid-19 curve with only four deaths thus far in the state. In an op-ed for Dawn, Lahore University of Management and Sciences…
- NRIs Corner
The patriotic NRIs saga is making waves in the east and west
Daneesh Majid The blue-eyed child About 73 years ago, India gained independence from its British overlords only to be ruled by a more indigenous class of colonists. Today, a hard-liner and communal…
- News
Hyderabad activists stand in solidarity with Zafar-ul-Islam
Hyderabad: Prominent city folk from Hyderabad issued a statement against the charges leveled upon Zafar-ul-Islam Khan, Delhi Minority Commission, under section 124 A and 153 (promoting enmity between different group on of religion, race, place…
- News
Nagpur doctor arrested after call for genocide of Muslims
The Gittikhadan, Maharashtra, police arrested a doctor for reportedly calling for the genocide of Muslims in India. The police had first lodged an FIR against Dr. Satish Sonar based on the complaint…
- World
Pope Francis calls for interfaith prayer to overcome pandemic
Hyderabad: The head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis called for all religions to participate in a day of prayer, fasting and works of charity to help overcome the coronavrirus pandemic on Thursday…
- News
Gurdwara plays Good Samaritan with langar to migrant workers
Ludhiana: The coronavirus pandemic left the country’s migrant workers to fend for themselves as the ensuing lockdown deprived them of work, housing and means to return home. Now that trains are being allowed…
- Health
Is it time for Telangana to further ease the lockdown?
Daneesh Majid Hyderabad: At a time when the prospect of lockdown relaxations are decreasing in the country, Hyderabad received a blow with a two week extension though Telangana is seemingly doing better than…
- Telangana
Fake ulema are a stain on Muslim community: Maulana Rahmani
Hyderabad: On a 4TV panel, Maulana Abu Talib Rahmani of the All India Personal Law Board lambasted so-called Muslim leaders and guides who participate on panels of propaganda channels like Republic TV…
- News
CPI head Yechury blasts BJP’s partial anti-poor relief measures
Jaipur: As the country reels under the hastily-implemented lockdown, CPI head Sitaram Yechury has criticized the BJP for arranging transportation for students from the coaching hub for competitive examinations that is Kota, Rajasthan…
