Dr. Firdous Azmat Siddiqui The twenty-three pages’ new guidelines published on the website of the University Grants Commission have raised some important questions about the future of hundreds of women’s studies centres in the country. The most important thing to be noticed is the fact these guidelines published on their website are date marked to...
Darshan Mondkar Quite a few times, some people ask me, why do I always criticize Modi? Cant I find something good to write about him? Is it possible that Modi, in his 5 years, has done nothing good for anyone? Well, fair point. I dont think Modi has done nothing good for anyone. So I...
Politicians and the mainstream media should take time out and reflect on the role they may have played which led to the mass killing of Muslim worshippers at two of New Zealand’s mosques in Christchurch. What happened during Friday prayers, as 49 innocents were slaughtered by a crazed gunman, went out on a live stream and...
Ajit Sahi No inquiry into security lapse in the terrorist attack on CRPF convoy No explanation by Modi Government for why PM took hours to respond to the Pulwama attack news False claim pedaled by Indian news media such as The Times of India about Modi’s whereabouts at and after the Pulwama attack No explanation...
Darshan Mondkar Corruption in India has always been an perennial problem. As common middle class people, we are aware of the corruption around us and are impacted by it on a regular basis, though we might not have dealt with it directly. So, in 2014, when Modi came riding on the white clean horse of...
On Feb. 14, an Indian paramilitary convoy was attacked in Pulwama in India-administered Kashmir, resulting in the death of 40 Indian officers. The Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Muhammad soon claimed responsibility. In retaliation, the Indian Air Force carried out an airstrike on an alleged militant training camp in Balakot in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Indian Foreign...
Nyla Ali Khan Indian nationalists are quick to claim their intractable hold on Kashmiris; Pakistani nationalists are just as quick to claim to speak for Kashmiris. Kashmir, despite having a real internal history and a place in the world, is suppressed by its positioning in the Indo-Pak conflict. Mainstream Kashmiri politicians culpably reiterate that “Kashmir...
Pratab Bhanu Mehta The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute has long been accompanied by a sense of foreboding. The dispute has been historically charged, politically divisive and communally violent, putting both the nation and the Constitution at risk. So putting the dispute into mediation under the aegis of the Supreme Court evokes a resigned weariness. For...
The Indian authorities have delayed investigating a wave of vigilante-style murders of religious minorities, with many instead working to justify the attacks or file charges against some of the victims’ families, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch. The 104-page report said that since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party...
Can you stop watching TV news for the next two and a half months? Please do it! – Ravish Kumar If you wish to save your sense of citizenship, stop watching TV news. If you wish to be a responsible citizen of democracy, stop watching TV news. If you wish to protect your children from...