अल्पसंख्यांक
November 30, 2006
The Rajinder Sachar Committee, appointed in 2005 by the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was commissioned to prepare a report on the latest social, economic and educational condition of the Muslim community of India. The committee was headed by the former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Rajinder Sachar, including other six members. The committee prepared a report of 403 pages, and...
September 1, 2006
COMMUNALISM IN ORISSA
Report of the Indian People's Tribunal on Environment and Human Rights
Tribunal Led By:
Justice K. K. Usha (Retired)
Former Chief Justice, Kerala High Court
Tribunal Convenors and Report Editors:
Dr. Angana P. Chatterji and Advocate Mihir Desai
June 1, 2006
Bad mullahs, good mullahs
Secular India has failed to give Indian Muslims a fair deal. To all but the prejudiced, the bare facts are too stark to be ignored or explained away any longer. Problems of educational and economic backwardness, social discrimination and political under-representation continue to dog a community of around 150 million. As if that were not bad enough, there is...
November 1, 2005
Empowering Dalit Muslims
Ali Anwar is the founder of the Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz (‘Marginalised Muslim Front’), Patna, Bihar, a union of several Dalit Muslim and Backward Caste Muslim organisations. A well known Hindi journalist, he is the author of Masavat Ki Jang (‘The Struggle for Equality’) and Dalit Musalman (‘Dalit Muslims’) and writes regularly on...
October 1, 2005
February 1, 2005
Hasnath Mansur is a prominent Muslim woman’s activist from Bangalore. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand she talks about the ongoing debates on Islam and women and on the recent splits in the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board.
Q: Could you tell us something about your background?
A: I was a teacher for several decades and have now retired. I taught at several schools in...
June 1, 2004
A Tribute to the extradordinary deeds of 'ordinary' people at the height of the Genocide-Gujarat 2002
May 31, 2004
Dedicated to the victims of communal carnage in Gujarat whose terrible sufferings have once again warned against converting India into a theocratic state.