Opinions
Opinions from known and prominent personnel from various backgrounds like activism, academia, business and historical experience. Thought-provoking articles, insightful analyses, and diverse viewpoints await, encouraging meaningful conversations on the issues that matter.
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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…
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Consul Sahil Sharma — An honest and a Gentleman officer
Sahil Sharma, who joined the Consulate General of India, Jeddah in the year 2019 went back recently after rendering approximately four years of brilliant public service. Mir Gazanfar Ali Zaki, Vice-President of…
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Sourav Ganguly sacked because he refused to bow down to political pressure
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been unceremoniously dumped and will not remain as the President of BCCI after 17th of October. However, Jay Shah, son of Home Minister Amit Shah, will continue…
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J&K’s non-BJP political groups fear undermining of the role of natives in elections
Despite reports circulating in media about the Deputy Commissioner, Jammu Avny Lavasa, having withdrawn her order in which she had authorized the revenue authorities to list all those residing in the district…
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Gopalakrishnan, a no-nonsense technocrat and nuclear safety expert passes away
In the 1990s, as the country’s Atomic Energy Regulator he gave a ‘wake-up call” to India’s nuclear establishment by listing out over 100 safety concerns in the nationwide facilities, including nuclear power…
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A feast of vultures – The hidden business of democracy in India: Josy Joseph
Josy Joseph is a celebrated investigative journalist. His well researched stories, for those who follow him have blown the lid of multiple scams like the 2G scam, the Naval War Room leaks,…
