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By Pratap Bhanu Mehta The relative lack of interest, outside South Africa, in the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela is perhaps a sign of the times, a reflection of the fact that…

By Ashutosh Varshney The role of meritocracy in Chinese history, focused on the so-called examination system, has been a matter of long scholarly scrutiny. In its self-image, China is a meritocratic society.…

By Khaled Ahmed The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) predictably found the already dismissed prime minister Nawaz Sharif guilty and sentenced him to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI), his daughter Maryam Nawaz…

By Shailaja Bajpai This is the story of men — along with a few women — and their goals in life. Now, the men and women, like their goals, came in different…

By OMAR ABDEL HALEEM Social scientists, historians, and economists have been running something of a competition to theorize the origins of the two hallmarks of our time: The catalyst that occasioned the…

By A. Faizur Rahman By announcing its decision to open several Darul Qazas (Sharia courts) across India, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has once again stirred a controversy…

By ASLAM ABDULLAH There was a time when people would spend months and months preparing themselves financially and spiritually to live the real meaning of Hajj. However nowadays Hajj is offered as…

By Seema Mustafa A Venomous attack on the Muslims by the BJP via the Congress this time. Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seconded by able Minister of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman…

By Zahid Hussain Imran Khan thought he was there in 2013, but it was not to be. He claimed that the elections were stolen. He won’t accept defeat and was willing to…

By Harsh Mander The court has asked Parliament to consider passing a special law on lynching. As the grim threat of lynching casts a terrifying shadow over large swathes of the country,…