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November 19, 2016
An influential South-Asian rights group has terminated its ties with a major US airlines alleging that it was carrying out racial and religious profiling of Muslims, Arab and South-Asian passengers on its flights reports PTI.
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"Southwest (Airlines) employees have been racially profiling Muslim, Arab, and South Asian passengers in the last year, including at least...
November 19, 2016
'The presidency is about many things,' groups declare in letter to president-elect. 'Chiefly, it is about setting an example through your leadership.'
President-elect Donald Trump "must repent, take responsibility, and challenge those who have been emboldened by his words, and he must also change the direction of his policies that undermine the cause of justice and civil...
November 18, 2016
In a latest flip flop, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that has not challenged the discharge of high-powered politicians and some policemen in the much known Sohrabuddin encounter case, today challenged the discharge of senior police officer of the Gujarat cadre, Narendra K. Amin from the case. The application was submitted before the Bombay High Court today.
A Sessions Court in...
November 18, 2016
An excerpt from Ram Puniyani's latest book, Ambedkar, Hindutva and RSS
As the country came forward to celebrate the 125th birth Anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Babasaheb Ambedkar, (14th April 2016) there was a sort of competition amongst different political and social groups to hold the anniversary programs. While dalit groups have been organizing these programs all through, lately many other...
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
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 16, 2016
The Dalit Voice is Simply Not Heard in the Mainstream Indian Media
This is the English translation of a speech given by Jeya Rani, a journalist for over 15 years from Tamil Nadu at the Network of Women in Media in India (NWMI) conference last week. NWMI is an informal collective of women journalists across the country.
Jeya spoke of her experiences as a Dalit woman journalist and the caste,...
November 14, 2016
The Jumm’ah (Friday prayer) gathering on November 11th was unusually quiet and everyone seemed to be deeply reflective. Unusually so. Even those who are usually chatty seemed quieter than normal. Given that we don’t have a mosque in the area where I live, we meet in a hotel room to pray, every Friday. The Imam there pointed out, like others throughout the country have, that there is...
November 14, 2016
A year after the deadly 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, and France is still grappling with its relationship with its minorities.
Fraternity is often forgotten. Didier Jansen/flickr, CC BY-NC
After it emerged that some of those who carried out the attacks were French nationals, many renewed longstanding criticisms that the outdated French “republican model” of...
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...