By: Jaweria Afreen Hussaini Women make up 51% of the population but are dramatically underrepresented in political leadership. We must encourage parents and teachers to tell a girl to run for office. Because if you tell her she can do it, she will believe you. We must focus on making progress rather than achieving parity. Educating...
NAZRANA SHAIKH Recently there was a full series of difficult dialogues on Gender equality in International Centre, Donapaula, Goa. It stressed on Empowerment of women and problems faced by them in overcoming the gender inequality. Each year the international women’s day is celebrated with more and more fervour and is soon approaching this year too....
By: M.J. Iqbal Contrary to the media hype and chest-thumping by the government, the ongoing protest against an ill-thought and flawed bill criminalizing triple talaq, by Muslim women across India not only showcases their love for religion but also exposes the so-called plight of Muslim women due to instant talaq. The nation has often seen...
एम बुरहानुद्दीन कास्मी भारतीय सेना के चीफ जनरल बिपिन रावत ने 21 फरवरी को राजनीतिक दलों पर टिप्पणी कर के देश में एक अनावश्यक तूफान खड़ा कर दिया है। मौलाना बदरुद्दीन अजमल की लीडरशिप मैं चलने वाली आल इंडिया यूनाइटेड डेमोक्रेटिक फ्रंट (AIUDF) असम में एक लोकप्रिय राजनीतिक दल हैं। जनरल बिपिन रावत ने दावा...
The cry for an abnormal Muslim population growth in Assam is a hoax. It is factually busted time and again but the political forces which find it suitable as polarization tool keep propping this issue as campaign material. An Army General should have avoided any public rhetoric on such politically heated issue. By M. Burhanuddin...
A number of factors threaten environmental stability and spur climate change. Asia exemplifies that dams and democracy do not go well together. Dam building has run into major grassroots opposition in major Asian democracies. But it continues unhindered in countries where grassroots empowerment is absent. In recent weeks, one of the most pristine Himalayan rivers...
India’s American-backed anti-Chinese “containment” strategy seeks to have New Delhi establish control over crucial nodes along the Sea Lines Of Communication (SLOC) in the Afro-Indian Ocean, but the country’s plans are being thwarted by China’s ingenuity in crafting asymmetrical workarounds to these future chokepoints. Background Dynamics Make no mistake about it, there’s a New Cold War...
For the first hundred years of American history, the United States was founded on the concept of a limited-government republic, one whose government did not intervene in the affairs of other nations, specifically in Europe and Asia. America’s non-interventionist philosophy was summed up by John Quincy Adams’ Fourth of July address to Congress in 1821,...
A case study and comparison of events of the American Vietnam War of the previous century and the current ongoing Afghanistan War should indicate which of the two statements is more accurate. The Background of the Two Conflicts The background of the two conflicts has many similarities. Both Vietnam and Afghanistan were ravaged by foreign...
By Asif Husain ,Goa The beautiful state of Goa has many good initiatives to tell the world about its social harmony . The secret behind it, needs to be explored and shared with the other states of Goa. The “peaceful state” tag needs to be upheld and in times when politics of hate and...