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October 13, 2016
This article was written between the two elections to the Delhi assembly and just before the results that announced a triumphant win of the Aam Admai Party against the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in February 2015. Since the basic postulate holds true, given the widespread influence within power centres –central and state—of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) it is being...
October 13, 2016
पिछले दिनों गुड़गांव में प्राइवेट स्कूल में पढ़ने वाले एक बच्चे के अभिभावक ने आरोप लगाया कि फीस न देने पर उनके बच्चे को स्कूल में तीन घंटे तक धूप में खड़ा रखा गया, इस दौरान बच्चे की हालत इतनी बिगड़ गयी कि उसे अस्पताल में भर्ती करना पड़ा. इससे बच्चा इतना डर गया कि उसने स्कूल जाने से ही मना कर दिया .
दूसरी घटना इंदौर की है वहां के पैरेंट्स एसोसिएशन सदस्य निजी स्कूलों में मनमानी...
October 13, 2016
जिंदगी की जंग है कश्मीर की जंग
मेरे दोस्त क्या आप आजकल अखबार पढ़ रहे हो? पढ़ना जरूरी है। आपको हमारी करतूतों के बारे में तो जानना ही चाहिए? हां, वैसे आजकल आप कर क्या रहे हैं? आपने हजारों कश्मीरियों की जान ले ली है। सिर्फ इसलिए कि वे आजादी चाहते हैं। कुछ लोग कहेंगे कि पाकिस्तान कश्मीर पर कब्जा करना चाहता है। कुछ कहेंगे भारत इस पर कब्जा बनाए रखना चाहता है। लेकिन हम यह भूल रहे हैं कि कश्मीरी न तो...
October 13, 2016
मध्य प्रदेश। ग्वालियर - दशहरा कहते हैं बुराई पर अच्छाई की जीत का जश्न है। इस दिन लोग आपने मन के रावण को हमेशा के लिए मारने के लिए रावण का पुतला प्रतीक के रूप में जलाते हैं। पर यह सच है क्या? अगर हां तो फिर यह शर्मनाक घटना किस तरफ इशारा करती है।
दशहरे वाले दिन गावं के एक समुदाय ने रावण की जगह डॉ. आंबेडकर का पुतला बनाया और उसे जलाने की तैयारी करने लगे। जिस पर गावं के...
October 13, 2016
Social media users have erupted in anger on the report that a Muslim youth was brutally ‘tortured’ by police in BJP-ruled Jharkhand after cops arrested him for a beef-related message on WhatsApp.
Many are asking if his body too should be draped in tricolour and his family be given Rs 25 lakh compensation just like the family of one of the Dadri murder accused Ravi.
Ravi’s...
October 13, 2016
A final chance has been granted to a Christian woman – convicted of blasphemy in Pakistan and facing execution.
Image: The Christian Post
The much awaited hearing of Asia Bibi’s last appeal in the court against her conviction for blasphemy in Pakistan’s Supreme Court was adjourned today, according to a report by Dawn. Another date for the hearing was not declared...
October 13, 2016
The prime minister has named Gandhi, Deendayal Upadhyaya and Lohia as three leaders who have shaped Indian political thought in the 20th century.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has a dismal past and lacks leaders of its own, which is why it is often accused of appropriating leaders belonging to other parties.
Of late, Prime Minister Narendra Modi too has been naming different...
October 13, 2016
The Class 10 and Class 12 boards are scheduled for November, giving students just about a month to complete their syllabus and prepare for the tests.
Image: Tauseet Mustafa/ AFP
As the school session in Jammu and Kashmir comes to an end this month, the state government has said board examinations for Class 10 and Class 12 will be held in November, much to the confusion and anger of...
October 13, 2016
Hate crime against Muslims in the US is at its highest level in 15 years. The #MuslimsHaveRights campaign assembles academics, activists and artists who refuse to accept anti-Muslim bigotry.
Image: AP/PA Images/Craig Ruttle
In August 2016, Khalid Jabara was shot on his front porch by his neighbour Stanley Vernon Majors in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It took place only 30 minutes after Jabara...
October 12, 2016
Sangh parivar’s cultural vigilantes force exit of Dalit poet and activist Pradnya Daya Pawar, along with eminent Dalit scholar Dr Raosaheb Kasbe from a lit-fest in Satara
Dalit poet and activist Pradnya Daya Pawar. Photo credit: Praful Gangurde
In what is being dubbed as an appalling attack on the freedom of expression of the litterateurs, renowned Dalit poet and activist Pradnya Daya...