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July 2, 2020

How Bakarwals are braving the pandemic

By Firdous Khan At a time when almost entire world is in the middle of Corona Virus crisis and all sources of physical connectivity be it local, national or international have been…

No need for more adventurism

By Mehmal Sarfraz The first phase of the Indian elections is over. These elections and their results are being viewed with a lot of interest in Pakistan. Earlier this week, the prime…
April 13, 2019

Significance of Shabaan

By Abu Eesa Niamatullah One would agree that from the most unfortunate things possible is to be the rightful recipient of some good news – a present maybe, a gift of money,…
April 12, 2019

The Quran and Human Development

By Mansoor Alam In determining how the Qur’an establishes criteria for human development, we can begin by exploring verse 1 of Surah Al-Mulk (67:1). “Blessed be He in whose hands is Dominion;…
April 12, 2019

China destroying Muslim Society

By Rachel Harris Ten years ago, I started researching Islam among the Uighurs. I spent my summers travelling around the Xinjiang region in western China. I took long bus journeys through the…
April 12, 2019

Notes on the BJP’s manifesto

By Shiv Visvanathan Manifestoes are acts of communication. They seek to inspire with rhetoric. When the BharatiyaJanata Party’s manifesto was released, I was not sure if the party was trying to communicate…
April 12, 2019

Identity Reduced to a Single Denominator

By Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee On April 8, a 68-year-old Muslim man, Shaukat Ali, was attacked by a mob in the Biswanath district of Assam and allegedly forced to consume pork. Ali was…
April 12, 2019

It is the people who are supreme

By Prabhat Patnaik I propose to go back in this piece to the Indian air force’s strikes against the terrorist camps at Balakot in Pakistan some weeks ago. My concern here is…
April 11, 2019

How real are the promises?

By Sanjeev Ahluwalia We are far from junking top down, paternalistic, big man rule. Regional political leaders are no different in their preferred style of governance. The pre-election media blitzkrieg — paid…
April 11, 2019