Opinions
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Hyderabad: An anachronism in the modern world, a deeply fractured society
New Delhi: Hyderabad, without doubt like Kashmir, was one of the premier states of India. Though perceived to be medieval and backward, it was an anachronism since it had an ambitious economic…
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Challenges before UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
As Rishi Sunak takes over the reins in Great Britain several issues have cropped up needing his decision as the country’s leader. India’s Prime Minister Modi called him to congratulate and remind…
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Safai Karamchari’s daughter, national level basketball player cracks medical school
Chandigarh: Sector 25 is in Chandigarh. And it is not. Tiny lanes, labyrinths, people sitting on charpoys outside their homes….a sharp contrast to the city’s clinical and brutalist architecture. But it is…
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Harsh realities of PoK exposed, while Kashmir progresses
For the first time in Jammu and Kashmir contrasts are being drawn between this side and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on the other side of the Line of Control, something which was…
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Debating Hijab: A matter of choice
In recent times a political group has been in the news. It has been called names, and there are allegations. The court notes that “suddenly in the middle of the academic term,…
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Azimullah Khan: Strategist in First War of Independence
Azimullah Khan, who was renowned as a strategist in the First War of Independence, 1857, was born in Uttar Pradesh. At the time when native rulers, the heads of princely states were expressing…
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Debate over hijab: State can make law that regulates secular activity
I ask myself why the Court needed to ask whether the fundamental rights of freedom of expression under Article 19 (1) (a) and the right of privacy under Article 21 are mutually…
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Debate over Hijab: State cannot abridge rights to profess and propagate religion
The judges framed questions, phrased as they worded them, and we consider each. One question was “What is ambit and scope of the right to freedom of ‘conscience’ and ‘religion’ under Article…
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Center dillydallying SC status to Dalit Muslims and Christians
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has filed a fresh affidavit before the Supreme Court, on giving SC status to Dalit Muslims and Christians in India. The affidavit filed on October…
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Fresh race for UK PM with Liz Truss’s resignation
It is a virtual clash of politics and economics in Britain with PM Liz Truss having to resign within little more than a month due to bad economic policies. Who will be…
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Breast cancer: A tranquil in potential turmoil is not an impossibility
Breast cancer continues to be a major public health problem globally. India is no exception, breast cancer accounts 14 per cent of all cancers in Indian women, almost one in every four…
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Debate over hijab: Kiskay rokey ruka hai savera
Not mere passive religious tolerance, secularism is a positive concept in the Indian constitution: equal treatment of all religions, and Santosh Kumar v. Secretary, Ministry of HRD quoted Justice H.R. Khanna: secularism…
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Dynamic public discussion is Required to regulate internet communications
India released a much-required draft bill titled ‘India Telecommunication Bill, 2022’ in September 2022. It is open for public comments till 20 October 2022. The bill proposes to grant the government an…
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Debating hijab: Raat bhar ka hai mehmaaN andhera/Kiskay rokey ruka hai savera
The Supreme Court of India was Considering Civil Appeal No. 7095 of 2022 with a number of other cases bunched together. The verdict was split. The matters will now go before a…
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Muslim leadership should focus more on educational development than politics, says analyst Siraj
The entire struggle of the Muslims after the Independence has revolved around identity. It has only triggered a reaction and lent a handle to the majoritarian forces who are now keen to…
