A seven-year-old deaf and mute girl with injuries all over her legs and arms narrated her ordeal before a magistrate in Muzaffarpur last month. A fellow inmate translated her frantic signs into numbing words for the judge, detailing sexual assault on her. She was among the youngest victims of what has come to be known...
Hajela’s team made an unpleasant joke with peasantry of Assam and a gigantic mockery of public resources By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi Nearly 33 years after the Assam Accord was signed in 1985 between then Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and All Assam Students Union (AASU), the Assam state Coordinator for National Register of Citizens...
सेकुलरिस्म हिंदुस्तान की ज़रुरत है. ज़रुरत इसलिए क्योंकि हमारे मुल्क में मुक्तलिफ़ मजाहिब को मानने वाले लोग रहते हैं. हमने इरादतन अपने मुल्क का सेकुलर आईन बनाया ताकि सभी मजाहिब के मानने वालों के साथ इन्साफ हो सके. सेकुलर निजाम की ज़रुरत शायद इसलिए भी थी क्योंकि ऐसे निजाम में ही कमजोर, पिछड़े तबको और...
In 2018, the United Nations estimates that almost 1 million Rohingya refugees have fled Burma’s violent campaign of ethnic cleansing and moved into refugee settlements in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Yeehang Lee said, the Rohingya crisis in Rakhine “bears the hallmarks of genocide”. The statement followed the release of images...
Assam accommodates more than 50 different tribal, semi-tribal, and plain land ethnic groups, as well as several religions. According to the 2011 census, 61.47% of Assam’s population were Hindus, 34.22% were Muslims, and Christians were 3.7%. Hindus are predominant here, and the religion is playing the leading role in uniting many ethnic groups against a...
By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi The National Register of Citizens (NRC) final draft is released today in Assam, (30 July 2018) in accordance with Supreme Court order. Thanks to hon’ble SC of India for it’s strong and decisive stand to bring out the draft list by all means. It is only because of SC that the...
By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi The Assam state coordinator for National Register of Cetizens (NRC) Parteek Hajela announced that the complete draft under supervision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India will be released tomorrow (Monday) at 10 am. Nearly 32 years after the Assam Accord was signed, the first draft of an updated NRC for...
The pact between the Saudi monarchy and the Wahhabi establishment has been reinterpreted and redesigned during times of transition and crisis. The speed and magnitude of change in Saudi Arabia have accelerated considerably after the consecration of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. To legitimize his ascent, fulfill his absolutist ambitions and face various internal and external challenges,...
After the Singapore Summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump, Trump was very upbeat about the denuclearization of North Korea. On June 12, 2018, Trump said in a CNN interview, “He’s denuking the whole place and he’s going to start very quickly. I think he’s going to start now.” Seriously? For this to happen, Kim...
Essay-theme: Muslims in Kerala, Muslims in North India, Islamic view of Development, the Myth of Minority M.S. Alam Oomeri Presently, India is experiencing a Gujarat model of development envisioned by the BhartiaJanta Party (BJP); the ruling party in New Delhi. Based on several reports, after 4 years of the rule, the Gujrat model has failed...