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: PM Modi and his twisting of facts about Pandit Nerhu
By Palwai Raghavendra Reddy Prime Minister Narendra Modi time and again finds an opportunity to attack the Congress and its present leadership. However, in the ongoing budget sessions of the Parliament, Modi…
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Wordle: Game that keep your mind sharp, occupied
Kalyani Shankar By Kalyani Shankar The Covid pandemic has posed a challenge to many people feeling isolated. We are amid the third wave Omricron. People look to new games during the pandemic.…
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Sant Guru Ravidas ji: Embodiment of Humanism
Ram Puniyani India has a very rich tradition of saint tradition. The medieval saints came from both Hindu and Islamic traditions. These saints upheld the humane values of religion and build bridges…
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Maya’s ‘Turncoats welcome’, max tickets to minority, are hurdles in SP path
Kulsum Mustafa By Kulsum Mustafa Written off as a ‘spent force’, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) supremo, Mayawati, the reigning queen of ‘political intrigues’ is the top game spoiler for Samajwadi Party chief…
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Opinion: Karnataka Hijab row is nothing but a Hindutva perspective
Dr. Mohammad Manzoor Alam The discourse around hijab or headscarf being oppressive is not new. From European to South-Asian countries, all of them have, at some point, made it controversial to an extent to…
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Landmark visit of Commander Royal Saudi Land Forces to India
By Irfan In a historic first, Commander of Royal Saudi Land Forces Lieutenant General Fahd Bin Abdullah Mohammed Al-Mutair arrived in New Delhi on an official visit on 14 February 2022. The…
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Telangana Minority Bandhu scheme should be launched immediately
Saleem Pasha By Saleem Pasha In the Malidasha Telangana movement, 1200 people sacrificed their lives for the cause of the State. This includes martyrs belonging to the Muslim social class. Cases of…
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Architecture is more than bricks and mortar: Sajjad Shahid
Syed Qamar Hasan By Syed Qamar Hasan Architecture is more than bricks and mortar. it is a quest for a unique identity of its own, where those who commission the monument want to…
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Minority holds ‘majority hope’ for SP-alliance contestants in 2nd phase
By Kulsum Mustafa If democracy is all about numbers, it is primarily the minority that is holding up majority hope for the Samajwadi Party and its alliance partners in the crucial second…
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Is big money IPL ruining cricket in India and elsewhere? It is definitely killing other sports
Abhijit Sen Gupta The auction of IPL players seemed to generate even more interest than the tournament itself. Players raked in bagfuls of cash that would boggle the minds of those who…
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Jammu’s campaign for statehood is not without pitfalls
Arun Joshi A new dynamic is shaping in Jammu and Kashmir, where campaigns have been unleashed for a separate state for the Jammu region. This idea, though quite old, gained momentum as…
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Hindu group Chairperson Malini describes Hijab as symbol of “female subjugation”
J.S. Ifthekhar Hyderabad: The alleged oppression of women in Islam is the favourite topic of journalists and politicians. They simply love to have the world believe how oppressed creatures are the veiled…
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Hijab — choice or not?
By Maleeha Fatima I do not speak for all Muslim women, but for many of us, in whatever Institution we go to for higher education in this country, we often find ourselves…
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UP resounds with two court orders, voters use caution in first phase of polling
Kulsum Mustafa By Kulsum Mustafa Registering a marked dip from the 2017 polling percentage, Uttar Pradesh appears to have polled very cautiously in the first of the seven phased assembly polls on…
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AIDS Virus co-discoverer Montagnier visited Hyderabad in 1987; he was enamoured by Golconda Fort
M Somasekhar The setting was the Bala Hisar Pavilion atop the Golconda Fort. The year was November 1987. The highest point of the fort was alive with the baritone voice of well-known…
