Opinion - Page 229

A few years ago, while having a telephone conversation with Indian critic Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, I learned that he was recovering from a recent bout of health problems. His wife, Jamila Shaheen,…

The Bollywood flick, Padmaavat, has irked many, particularly those having even a nodding acquaintance with the history of the subcontinent. A friend jestingly remarked that Padmaavat has attracted as many critics as…

‘When my daughter sees President Trumps at TV, she giggles’ said writer Pankaj Mishra. Two things are becoming increasingly obvious, one, clownish ways of President Trump and –in- second loss of innocence…

THE Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir is suddenly sizzling. Too much heavy firing, and too many jawans and civilians getting killed. And, then, those damn terrorists manage to sneak in…

During the last election campaign in Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi was challenged by the BJP to say whether he was a Hindu or not. The party, and maybe the nation, wanted to know…

Gunfire erupted at Sunjuwan army station in Jammu on Saturday as Jaish-e-Muhammad militants launched an attack that has claimed 10 lives so far. Another battle broke out in the Jammu and Kashmir…

“[Translation] In 1903, Maulvi Shibli Nomani…sent the respected Abul Kalam Azad…to Qibla-au-Kaaba [Khan Ata] in Amritsar so that he could shape his [Azad] future. Therefore he [Azad] stayed with him [Khan Ata]…

The increasing instability in Jammu Kashmir, hastened by the mass uprisings since 2008, necessitates business organizations to better understand political risk and conflict, including hartals and curfews, in their daily operations. There…

The ideologues of the RSS clan are working overtime to create a narrative of latter’s participation in India’s anti-colonial freedom struggle. This project got impetus after the electoral victory in 2014 of…

For over half a century after the Second World War, fascism had ceased to be a serious political force anywhere. There were, no doubt, many authoritarian, even murderous, regimes and military dictatorships,…