New Delhi: Muslim Personal Law has begun its 2-day plenary session. Apart from other topics, the new…
Existence of secularism lies in struggle
Teesta Setalvad It was an act of violence and terror, albeit of a critically different kind. When 23…
Bigotry and islamophobia in Bhansali’s “Padmaavat”
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s highly controversial historical drama “Padmaavat” was rele…
Thanks to his followers, Modi may meet waterloo in 2019 elections
The titles given to Modi by his critics as ‘pheku’ and ‘NRI prime minister’ are very apt. He lures p…
WHO KILLED ANKIT SAXENA — a new pattern of Hindutva terror?
By Amaresh Misra, The people who murdered Ankit Saxena are supposed to live in West Delhi’s Ra…
Kasganj violence: Fact finding team exposes conspiracies and injustice to Muslims
NEW DELHI: A fact finding team that visited Uttar Pradesh’s violence-hit Kasganj on February 2…
Hajj subsidy drama: Govt. of India gets crores of rupees from air ticket & airport fee
Hyderabad: Hajj subsidy to Muslims began way back in British rule. Later Independent India started g…
Rajasthan and Bengal bypolls result in a lame duck government
By ZAFAR AGHA The BJP’s defeat in the current round of byelections is no surprise. Narendra Modi has…
Felt like a stepson, stifled in BJP: Shatrughan Sinha
MUMBAI: Veteran actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who is a part of the “non-political” …
I will always stand for peace, says Gurmehar Kaur
JAIPUR: Celebrities and others who trolled her and attempted to make her look bad only ended up expo…
Padmaavat’s controversy has diverted people’s mind from other burning issues
Karni Sena’s protest against film Padmaavat has turned violent. They are targeting from public prope…
Karni Sena goons are backed by the government
Protests and processions are not new to our country. But if the protestors are from Dalit, Muslims o…
Not as bad to be Muslim than to be Dalit, says Christophe Jaffrelot
JAIPUR: Eminent French political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot on Friday said that in the absence o…
Whose history is it anyway: Padmaavat shows Alauddin Khilji in bad light, not Padmavati
MUMBAI: He gnaws the meat off the bone, bares his hairy chest, has long unruly locks and laughs like…
Double jeopardy on triple talaq: Why the triple talaq bill is not about empowerment of women at all
Salman Khurshid The triple talaq bill did not go through in the Rajya Sabha after all, much to the c…
India’s Judiciary has been exposed
Kuldip Nayar Whether it was a proverbial storm in a teacup or something else the fact remains that t…
SC lashes out at NIA on ‘love jihad’ propaganda
It is said that ‘justice is blind’. Which means that justice is impartial and objective. When we tal…
RSS is clearly setting BJP agenda for 2019
By Bharat Bhushan After the Pyrrhic victory in the Gujarat Assembly elections, the contradictions be…
A Hindu adopts a destitute Muslim girl, raises her as a devout Muslim and marries her off the Islamic way
8th January 2018 was a day of mixed feelings for Madanan, a Hindu man in Kalariparambu village, Thri…
Triple Talaq Bill: Another tool to diminish Muslim Community
By Dr Shabana Kesar Suri After tainting Muslims as terrorists, BJP has used many such tactics to dim…