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By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr In this election year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and several other leaders will be attacking the Congress mercilessly over any reference to Muslims.

By KUMAR KETKAR It is not as if the phrase ‘Hindu Pakistan’ is being used for the first time. Similar terminology has been in vogue among liberal and Left intellectuals for nearly

By Manini Chatterjee The Union defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, held an extraordinary press conference last Friday. It had nothing to do with her weighty portfolio but was a declaration of war, all

By Ejaz Haider Mian Nawaz Sharif is back, as is his daughter, Maryam Nawaz Sharif (or Safdar, depending on where one stands, politically). This has put paid to analyses that they will

By Shamsul Islam As an author and street theatre performer challenging the politics of religious bigotry, religious based nationalisms, persecution of women under the garb of religious personal laws and violence against

By Wajahat S Khan Hamza Shahbaz Sharif is looking good. Twenty-four hours before the verdict that will convict his three-time prime minister uncle Nawaz Sharif, and fiery first cousin Maryam, Hamza, 42,

By Faizan Mustafa, Mahendra Shukla The All India Muslim Personal Law Board’s (AIMPLB) proposal to establish sharia courts all over the country could provide fodder to the Hindu right. But we need

By Lal Khan The granting of bail to former Malir SSP Rao Anwar in the Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case, on July 10 has caused a sense of indignation and distrust towards the

By Neera Chandhoke Though the phrase “history is written by the victors” is attributed to Winston Churchill, the origins of the catchphrase are lost in the mists of time. Professional historians scoff

By K C Singh US President Donald Trump completed two of the three legs of his European tour by Saturday, having attended the Nato summit and then completed the official part of