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The Quiet Revolution
24 March 2020, by Devaki JainIn the midst of darkness, light exists—is a saying attributed to many great minds including Mahatma Gandhi. In the midst of so much hate, violent actions and speeches, feminists’ voices and actions rise like the lotus from the swamp. Muslim women (...) -
Perceived Roles of Hinduism and Islam Reversed
24 March 2020, by Sandeep PandeyOn January 26, Republic Day, 2020, while protests simmered against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens throughout India, a dozen North American cities also witnessed historic protests. Indian Embassies have been (...) -
Sonia Gandhi Should Realise Only Democracy Can Save the Congress Now
24 March 2020, by Badri RainaI write this as a 79-year-old citizen with no formal political affiliation but a lifelong allegiance to the ideals of the anti-colonial freedom movement enshrined in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.
I hold to the view that, contrary to (...) -
Yes Bank Crisis: A Breach of Trust or a Trust in Breach
24 March 2020by Sanjoy De, Atanu Sengupta and Niladri De
Introduction
“I have no doubt that this habit of secretly burying the precious metals, and thus withdrawing them from circulation, is the principal cause of their apparent scarcity in Hindoustan.” (...) -
In the Name of Ram
24 March 2020, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
To build a temple to mark the brithplace of Ram, a mosque was destroyed by deceit.
Those who swiftly and competently did the demolition job on Sunday (December 6, 1992), did so before the very eyes of those leaders who had (...) -
Rubble
24 March 2020You lifted one fistful of salt
And an empire was shamed.
Lift
One fistful of rubble
Now
And pour it on our shameless heads.
December 6, 1992, Gopal Gandhi
(Published on December 13, 1992 in The Hindu from where it is reproduced with due (...) -
Remembering Dr Mubashir Hasan
24 March 2020Dr Mubashir Hasan, 98, one of the most prominent crusaders for India-Pakistan amity at the people’s level besides being an outstanding champion of democracy in Pakistan, breathed his last at his residence in Lahore on March 14, 2020 leaving (...) -
Mubashir Hasan
24 March 2020, by Syeda HameedTRIBUTE
Woh dekha jaye kab ye zulm dekha jaaye hai mujh se
(How shall I bear to see this, this injustice)
Ghalib*
Who was he?
Statesman poet writer ornithologist visionary?
His tall frame
Strode across South Asia
Rose to pinnacle of power
Rose (...) -
Mubashir Hasan: A man who yearned for Peace through Empowerment of People in the Subcontinent
24 March 2020, by Tapan BoseTRIBUTE
Dr Mubashir Hasan, founder and the guiding spirit of Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy, is no more. The subcontinent has lost a great crusader for the rights of the poor and peace between India and Pakistan. Since (...) -
BJP’s Hatred Campaign continues Unabated
24 March 2020by Arun Srivastava
Modi has himself to blame for the battering his image received in the wake of the communal riots in Delhi. What is really intriguing is even after this he has not taken the steps to tighten the screw and put the people (...)
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