संस्कृति
March 17, 2016
Synopsis
Muslim legal tradition does not treat men and women equally. At the root of this discrimination lies a theological assumption: God has given men authority over women. This assumption is justified with reference to a Qur'anic verse (4:34) and is expressed in two key legal concepts that underlie the logic of most contemporary Muslim family laws. One, qiwamah, generally denotes a...
March 17, 2016
Recent Posts on Facebook by Om Thanvi, former editor, Jansatta and Visiting Professor, JNU
यमुना पाट के आयोजन में पाकिस्तान ज़िंदाबाद के जवाब में रविशंकर महाराज ने 'जय हिन्द' कहा, भारत माता की जय तो नहीं कहा?
नहीं कहा, तो क्या फर्क पड़ता है अगर वे "जय हिन्द" कह देते हैं। भारत की जय बोलने में भारत माता की जय क्या शरीक...
March 16, 2016
In Arab countries, openly declaring a disbelief in God is a shocking and sometimes dangerous thing to do. Many have been imprisoned for it, some have been forced into exile and others threatened with execution.
And yet, in a region where the influence of religion is almost inescapable, growing numbers are claiming a right to believe – or disbelieve – as they see fit. Social media...
March 12, 2016
1934 को ‘हंस’ में प्रकाशित प्रेमचंद का यह लेख बेहद प्रासंगिक हो गया है.
यह तो हम पहले भी जानते थे और अब भी जानते हैं कि साधारण भारतवासी राष्ट्रीयता का अर्थ नहीं समझता, और यह भावना जिस जागृति और मानसिक उदारता से उत्पन्न होती है, वह अभी हम में बहुत थोड़े आदमियों में आई है. लेकिन इतना जरूर समझते थे कि जो पत्रों के संपादक हैं, राष्ट्रीयता पर लंबेे-लंबे लेख लिखते हैं और...
March 11, 2016
Having chosen to be part of the sanghi lynch mob, Zee News has cast aside every pretense of journalistic ethics. Already in the dock for doctoring videos to aide the ABVP's sinister agenda of raising the bogey of 'anti-nationals' at JNU, in its ongoing witch-hunt it has found fresh targets in poet and scientist Gauhar Raza and academic Nivedita Menon. Reproduced below is the...
February 25, 2016
NATIONAL CONVENTION
Muslim Auraton ki Awaaz: Sadak se Sansad tak
Dear Friends and Comrades,
Let us all gather in the national capital on 27th and 28th February 2016 to demand the fundamental rights to life, dignity, equality and non-discrimination, for freedom of religion and expression for Muslim women. Let us bring together the visions and struggles of women’s movements,...
February 25, 2016
First Published on: April 1, 2004
Towards impartial education
Education is fertile ground for transformation and, equally, a potent tool for breeding bigots. A study of science, literature, the arts, theology and history the world over reveals in equal measure both human tendencies. For us South Asians, born on a terrain that is uniquely diverse – where pluralism is at once...
February 24, 2016
The NDA-government and sangh parivar backed crackdown on JNU on the alleged ground of ‘anti-national’ slogans such as ‘kitne Afzal maaroge’ and ’Pakistan Zindabad‘ having been raised on the campus has, among other things, given a fresh lease of life to the Kashmir issue. Some might see it as the ‘law of unintended consequences’ in motion....
February 15, 2016
अगर परम पुनीत राष्ट्रवादी धारा रामजदगी और हरामजदगी के ढलानो से उतरती हुई देश के सबसे बड़े विश्वविद्यालय में जा घुसी और उसे वेश्यालय में बदल दिया तो कौन सी आफत आ टूट पड़ी? धाराओ का काम बहना है और अपने साथ बहा ले जाना है। धाराएं पहले भी बहती रही हैं, बहाती और डुबाती रही हैं।
पहले तो कभी किसी ने शोर नहीं किया तो फिर आज इतना शोर क्यों है, भाई? सवालों के जवाब नहीं हैं, क्योंकि सवालों के...