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...
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...
Dr Nyla Ali Khan Armed insurgency and counter insurgency in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Jammu and Kashmir scorched the landscape, blighting educational and economic opportunities. Despite their active role in political mobilization of 1931, the Quit Kashmir movement (anti-monarchical movement) of 1946, and the fierce nationalism of 1947, terror made women revert...
By: Khursheed Alam Dawood Qasmi Heartbreaking News: 13th January 2019, was a shocking day for me and many others. Early in the morning, we received the heartbreaking news of the demise of well-versed scholar of Fiqh and Hadeeth after his prolonged illness which he had been fighting for about three years. As he was famous...
Freedom of religion in India is a fundamental right guaranteed by Article 25-28 of the Constitution of India. Modern India came into existence in 1947 and the Indian constitution’s preamble was amended in 1976 to state that India is a secular state. However, in S.R Bommai v Union of India, Supreme Court of India ruled that India was already a secular state from the time...
Nyla Ali Khan My book Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s Reflections on Kashmir (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) is a compendium of the speeches and interviews of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, who reigned as Prime Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir from 1948 to 1953, and who was a large presence on the political landscape of...
Dr. Nyla Ali Khan I had the honor of being invited to the Oklahoma Conference of Churches 2017 Annual Dinner by the Reverend William Tabbernee. This event was held at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, which, to my mind, symbolizes the dynamism of cultures and histories...
By: Manzar Imam Famous ‘aalim and sitting Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha, Maulana Mohammad Asrarul Haque Qasmi died of cardiac arrest Friday, 7 December, 2018 in Kishanganj, Bihar. He was 76 and survives two daughters and three sons. His wife Salma Khatoon had died six years ago. News of Maulana’s demise sent...
Khursheed Alam Dawood Qasmi: Demise is such a naked truth that no one could deny it so far; be it a brave or a pure atheist. Death has held many towering personalities and low profile people down alike and will keep on doing the same to all living beings. When the fixed time of one’s...
सबनवाज़ अहमद:जिन लोगों को लगता है कि वो जिंदगी में कुछ नहीं कर पा रहे हैं, या कुछ करना तो चाहते हैं मगर हो नहीं पाता है, उन्हें मणिपुर से आने वाली भारतीय बॉक्सर एमसी मैरीकॉम के बारे में थोड़ा पढ़ना चाहिए. 35 साल की मैरी कॉम ने छठी बार बॉक्सिंग की वर्ल्ड चैंपियनशिप जीत...