Opinions

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Mikhail S. Gorbachev 1931 – 2022, a tragic hero

Soviet Union collapsed under Gorbachev’s watch but he was not responsible for it. To blame him is like blaming a doctor because he could not save a terminally ill cancer patient when…
Demand for statehood for J&K turned into a political movement

A political movement has been set in motion for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, which since October 31, 2019, is reeling from its degraded status of Union Territory, following the split…

Ghulam Rasool Khan: Nawab of Kurnool who fought against East India Company

Ghulam Rasool Khan, the Nawab of Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, who created terror among the officials of the East India Company, came to power in 1823. Since his childhood, Ghulam Rasool Khan…
Time for introspection: How Prophet would have reacted towards his detractors?

Hyderabad: Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it. That is exactly the case today. Not a day passes when we…
Meet Haji Shariatullah who was source of inspiration for freedom fighters

Haji Shariatullah, who militantly led Farazi Movement that stood as a source of inspiration for several revolutionaries in the Indian Freedom Struggle, was born in 1780 in Bahadur / Banderlakola village, Faridpur…
Azad’s September 4 tryst with J&K – a firm road ahead or beaten track

Ghulam Nabi Azad, hitherto known as the veteran leader of Congress for most of his 50-year-association with the grand old party of Indian politics, is attempting to redraw political map of the…
Opinion: Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra could trigger the party’s revival

The 150-day, 3,500 km-long Padayatra, called Bharat Jodo Yatra, from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, starting on September 7 and passing through ten states and two Union Territories, may prove to be the biggest…

Political revival of Congress may be difficult but not impossible

A day before his assassination on January 30, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi proposed in his ‘ last will and testament to dissolve the Congress Party and replace it with a Lok Sevak Sangh…
BJP working overtime to create sectarian and economic divide among Muslims

Hyderabad: It is not only the communal polarization of the society, the BJP is promoting in the country for its political agenda, but it is also working overtime to divide the Muslim…
BJP’s 3-point strategy on Kashmir

BJP has become increasingly conscious of the fact that its development and peace narrative has not picked up as much pace as it should have in Kashmir. The massive goodwill and the…
Is Raja Singh BJP’s ‘proud boy’?

Friday was trouble-free in Hyderabad setting to rest apprehensions of violence, as thousands and thousands of Muslims peacefully dispersed after performing Friday prayers showing exemplary patience, discipline and political maturity in the…
Syed Mir Nisar Ali’s role in revolt against British rule in India

The Wahabi movement enjoyed a special status in the history of revolt against British rule in India, and Titu Mir, whose real name was Syed Mir Nisar Ali, added militancy to it. …
Impromptu leaderless struggle led to Raja Singh’s arrest?

Hyderabad: An impromptu leaderless struggle by Muslim men for the past three nights led to accused Raja Singh’s arrest on Thursday under PD Act. Though there are reports of police high handedness…
Fingers crossed as Mirwaiz Umar Farooq may deliver Friday sermon after three years

The chief cleric of Kashmir Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is expected to deliver his traditional Friday sermon at historic Jamia Masjid tomorrow after a big gap of three years. He has been under house arrest…
Talk to mainstream to fill gaps, vacuum is hurting Kashmir

At this moment, Kashmir’s landscape is dotted by a host of political apprehensions, there is a need to reopen the dialogue with the leadership, which despite all odds stacked against it, has, time and…