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March 25, 2024

PM Modi could swing Tesla to India

On March 15, the government announced a new scheme to promote investment in EVs. Any company willing to invest $500 million in a new manufacturing facility that begins production in three years…

Why a Muslim can’t offer namaz in public?

I personally dislike religious processions of any kind immensely. Any juloos, visarjan, jagrata, or mass — an overt expression of faith that obstructs civilian life and stresses our already stretched resources —…
May 11, 2018

Majoritarianism going berserk

When the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was pulled down on 6 December, 1992, a Delhi politician contemplated the Muslim community’s response. He was Hindu. Yet, his proximity to the city’s Muslim elite…
May 10, 2018

A curious friendship

Ever since his election as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath has been cultivating the Shias, a minority within the Muslim minority, which relates uncomfortably to the Sunnis, as is evident from…
May 10, 2018

A fatal mixture in Pakistan

On Sunday, Pakistan’s interior minister, Ahsan Iqbal, survived an assassination attempt. Iqbal was attacked during a corner meeting in his constituency in Narowal. Thankfully, the bullet did not hit any of his…
May 10, 2018

Reviving ‘Neighbourhood First’

Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s critics acknowledge his uncanny ability to take bold decisions and this reflects in his foreign policy initiatives. Interestingly, he is also demonstrating an ability to undertake course…
May 10, 2018

IQBAL: A GUIDING LIGHT FOR MUSLIMS

Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938), philosopher, poet and political leader, was born in Sialkot, a small town in the Punjab, which is now a province of Pakistan. In 1927 he was elected to…
May 6, 2018

RECONSTRUCTING A ‘MUTINY’

No matter how horrendous the atrocities or massacres, humans have the stark ability to rationalise their actions using a mixture of pseudoscience and ideological narratives. It is only decades or centuries…
May 6, 2018
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