सांप्रदायिक संगठन
November 18, 2016
The militant groups attacking Pakistan are an extension of the philosophy of the State.
A few of us had met for drinks at a friend’s farmhouse on the outskirts of the city of Kasur, which borders Lahore. We knew we just had to visit the shrine of Baba Bulleh Shah before heading back to Lahore, for a visit to Kasur is incomplete without seeing this Sufi shrine in the heart of the city...
November 17, 2016
The spread of fascism in the 1920s was significantly aided by the fact that liberals and mainstream conservatives failed to take it seriously. Instead, they accommodated and normalised it.
Image: PA/Roman Pilipey
The centre right is doing the same today. Brexit, Trump and the far right ascendant across Europe indicate that talk of a right-wing revolutionary moment is not exaggerated. And...
November 16, 2016
A revaluation of our institutions is in order
Photo Credit: Rajib Dhar/Dhaka Tribune
Let’s give it to the urban elite: We have yet again survived another crisis without having to resort to a much needed debate on democratic norms and institutions.
Some houses and temples have again been burned. People have again been victimised. It’s not a very surprising routine,...
November 16, 2016
हरियाणा के करनाल में एक सगाई समारोह के दौरान लोगों की खुशी अचानक ही मातम में बदल गई। दरअसल, इस समारोह में शिरकत करने आई अखिल भारतीय हिंदू महासभा की राष्ट्रीय उपाध्यक्ष साध्वी देवा ठाकुर और उसके सुरक्षाकर्मियों ने हवा में गोलियां चलाईं, लेकिन इस फायरिंग में एक महिला की मौत हो गई और तीन लोग घायल हो गए। घटना के बाद घायलों को अस्पताल ले जाया गया जहाँ 50 वर्षीय महिला सुमन की मौत हो गई।
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November 16, 2016
Muslims in India should speak out against any act of violence on Hindus committed by members of the majority population in Islamic countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Tuesday.
He was a addressing a gathering in New Delhi at a seminar on — Role of Muslim Youth in Strengthening Democracy — organised by National Tricolour Association of...
November 14, 2016
On November 14, 2016, Pandit Nehru’s Birth Anniversary, the Indian National Congress re-launched the National Herald under the stewardship of Neelabh Mishra, erstwhile editor of the Hindi Outlook. Mishra had been asked to leave Outlook after a series of shake-ups in the publication, widely believed in the journalist world, to be under executive pressure. Editor of the English edition of the...
November 12, 2016
अगर सुप्रीम कोर्ट के हिसाब से हिंदुत्व जीवन जीने का एक तरीका है तो इस्लाम और ईसाई या कोई अन्य धर्म क्यों नहीं?
भारतीय राजनीति पर इन दिनों भयानक साया मंडरा रहा है। मौजूदा भारतीय राजनीति के प्रमुख खिलाड़ी अपनी पार्टियों, कार्यक्रमों और घोषणापत्रों के जरिये ऐसे मौकापरस्त और वर्चस्ववादी समाज के विचारों को आगे बढ़ाने में लगे हैं, जो भारतीय राजनीति की बहुलतावादी परंपरा के बिल्कुल खिलाफ हैं। ये...
November 12, 2016
The targeting of minorities by Islamists anywhere in the Muslim world must be denounced by religious and political leaders in our country
Image: Star/ Focus Bangla
Hundreds of people ransacked temples and vandalized homes of the Hindu minority in the Brahmanbairs district of eastern Bangladesh. Over 100 Hindu homes and 17 temples were vandalised and looted since October 30 in...
November 12, 2016
“We are the people who were beaten and whose houses were burnt to ashes after being looted to the last valuables. We were shot and wounded critically. And now they have handcuffed my ailing husband and tied a rope around his waist – what kind of justice is this?”
Charan Soren, one of the victims in November 6 attack on his village in Gaibandha, was spotted lying in a...
November 12, 2016
A three-day training camp of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti opens in Delhi with talk of matri shakti – but only within the confines of a family.
For a snapshot of how the all-male Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has kept its women’s wing relegated to a domestic role and away from all issues of gender justice, visit the three-day training camp of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti, which was...