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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Opinion: Truth behind the veil
J.S. Ifthekhar Hyderabad: As the hijab row rages on, views for and against it are being aired freely. Like any other issue, people across the spectrum have jumped into the debate and…
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Do not underestimate the power of Mayawati in 2022 polls
By Kulsum Mustafa Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo, Mayawati is the uncrowned queen of intrigues. Those who have studied her political moves know this much too well. In fact, a vocal Mayawati…
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Opinion: Priyanka pitching for new brand of politics
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi is pitching for a new brand of politics. She has set out her thesis at considerable length during her ongoing campaign in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.…
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Fifty percent increase in wildfires globally by 2100: UNEP Report
By Satyen Mohapatra India which faces a serious threat of forest fires must take the recent report of the UN Environment Programme seriously. The report warns of a 14 percent increase in…
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A united minority cast anti-BJP vote in fourth Phase
By Kulsum Mustafa Lucknow on Wednesday scored its maiden first division in Independent India. The administrative hub of Uttar Pradesh crossed all past records as it attained its highest polling percentage of…
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India needs to redefine its role in defusing Ukrainian conflict
Arun Joshi The Russian invasion of Ukraine, despite repeated pleas by the world leaders, especially the US president Biden of the United States, to refrain from this violent action that would be…
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Elections in JK – Home minister achieves twin objectives
With just one proclamation, nowadays significant announcements are made through TV channels before those appear in the official gazettes, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has killed two birds with one stone: announced…
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Book Review: Revisiting past debates in fraught times; the China question
Talmiz Ahmad The authors present the foreign policy debate largely in the context of relations with China. They contrast Nehru’s world-view, anchored firmly in progressive anti-imperialism and “Asianism”, with Patel’s hardheaded and…
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BJP poll lingo takes a nosedive after 2nd phase
Kulsum Mustafa Not that it was not done before, but suddenly, after the second phase of Uttar Pradesh’s seven-phase elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election campaign language, and examples cited during…
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Relaunching a Languishing Political Brand
The tortoise racing against the hare wins only in the Aesop’s fable. In real life rarely this miracle happens. Such a magical event occurred in 2004. If you want to know Who?…
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Book Review: Revisiting past debates in fraught times
Talmiz Ahmad In these highly polarised times in India, when the ruling dispensation is questioning and reordering almost every idea and institution that has defined the country since Independence, it is not…
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Karnataka Hijab row: BJP push for polarization agenda
Muskan Khan, the lone girl walking bravely, even as a frenzied mob of hecklers, armed with sticks, menacingly chased her inside the College premises, raising the Saffron war-cry, became an evocative symbol…
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Mulayam’s presence adds clout to Akhilesh’s Karhal poll rally
Kulsum Mustafa By Kulsum Mustafa Karhal could certainly not have asked for a better political presence on the 2022 assembly election map. By choosing to contest from this assembly seat, the former…
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Popularity of Indian films wields more influence, power than its politicians
Abhijit Sen Gupta Literature, art, music and films play a very significant role in the interaction of different sections of the human society. Through these mediums people of different cultures and faiths can…
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Kashmiri parties invest more in democratic space to save their identity
Arun Joshi There is a new maturity in Kashmir politics where the leaders have realised it amply that the only way out for them to show their strength is to invest heavily…
