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1 week, 5 days ago

Indian Diplomat’s Memoir Explores Life in Islamabad During Nuclear Tests and Kargil War

Published : Dec 11, 2024 08:48 IST - 4 MINS READ The mundane life of Islamabad seen through the lens of an Indian woman diplomat presents interesting flavours. Ambassador Ruchi Ghanashyam’s book An Indian Woman in Islamabad 1997-2000 attempts to capture it through casual conversations with her friends and acquaintances during her posting. An Indian Woman in Islamabad By Ruchi …

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1 week, 6 days ago

The spectre of fundamentalism rises over Syria

New Indian Express

On my first visit to Syria, which was being torn apart by the Arab Spring, the most startling experience outside the Umayyad mosque in Damascus was a gaggle of about 100 women speaking Urdu and Hindi. These women—from Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh—had defied the Indian government’s ban on travel to Syria because it had become one of the …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Bangladesh leaders speak of two Indias, plan cell to counter global media

India Today

Amid reports of atrocities against minorities and the arrests of three Hindu monks in Bangladesh, the student leaders now in the government have doubled down on their anti-India stand. After a meeting with chief advisor Muhammad Yunus, the student leaders announced the plan of setting up a media cell to counter the portrayal that Islamic fundamentalism was growing in Bangladesh …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Hinduphobia in Bangladesh: Why ‘liberals’ fail to see the plight of minorities under Yunus regime

Firstpost

Hindus in Bangladesh need attention now or never. Before they thin down to mere microscopic or invisible minority, something must be done to protect them Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu leader associated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, who faces several charges, is escorted by the police at the Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Court, in Chattogram, Bangladesh on November 26, …

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1 month ago

Bulldozer demolitions: Writers, translators condemn JCB for 'blatant hypocrisy'

The Hindu

Over a hundred writers, poets and publishers have come out with an open letter condemning JCB, the British bulldozer manufacturer and organiser of a literature prize, for allegedly “uprooting” the lives of poor and marginalised in India as well as Palestine. Signed by the likes of poet-critic K. Satchidanandan, poet-publisher Asad Zaidi, Adivasi poet Jacinta Kerketta, poet-novelist Meena Kandasamy and …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Diverse Landscape of Minority Politics in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis of Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka

New Indian Express

The article explores the complexities of minority politics in South Asia, highlighting the contrasting approaches of India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. While India and Sri Lanka have achieved relative political stability through accommodating minority politics, Pakistan has faced a history of discrimination and marginalization. The article emphasizes that the trajectory of minority politics in these countries showcases the challenges and …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Will the Iranian people finally rise up in a ‘Persian autumn’?

The Independent

International attention is focused on the likely impact of the decapitation of Hezbollah’s leadership, and on how the Islamic Republic of Iran might react to Israel’s dramatic escalation of its involvement in Lebanon. A key basis of Iranian leader Ali Khameini’s authority has been the Ayatollah’s regime’s ability to project power abroad as a way of intimidating domestic opponents. The …

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3 months ago

Controversy erupts over P Jayarajan’s book on Muslim politics in Kerala

New Indian Express

KOZHIKODE: CPM state committee member P Jayarajan’s new book on Muslim politics in Kerala has evoked strong reactions from different corners with the Congress branding it as a ploy to win BJP votes while the Deepika daily said it was a sincere effort to ‘expose the extremists.’ Addressing a public programme in Kozhikode, Congress leader K Muraleedharan said the CPM …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Democrats Have a Problem With Religion. One Man Is Helping Fix It.

Slate

The Republican National Convention last month was teeming with God talk. I spoke to Ilyse Hogue, a senior fellow at New America, the author of The Lie That Binds—a history of the religious right’s authoritarian crusade against abortion—and the first person to, in 2016, tell her own story of elective abortion for the stage at the DNC, about what a …

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4 months, 1 week ago

The Yunus Paradox: Nobel laureate’s peaceful vision vs the growing fundamentalism in Bangladesh

Firstpost

With the uncertain political landscape that lies beneath the developments in Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus’s leadership, though promising in the short term, may struggle to navigate the turbulent waters ahead Bangladesh is currently experiencing a historic political shift. The potential for increased radicaliation, cross-border terrorism, and a deteriorating situation for the Hindu minority in Bangladesh could strain India’s resources and compromise …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Islamic fundamentalism, targeted attack against Hindus: Chaos in Bangladesh signals dangerous times ahead

Op India

Immediately after Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country, scenes of thousands of violent protesters storming the compound of her residence, stealing her utensils, sarees, undergarments and flashing them as war booty and subsequently scaling the iconic parliament building brought us a glimpse of the ominous times that lies ahead for Bangladesh, another nation where democracy was snuffed …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: 99 years after the Scopes ‘monkey trial,’ religious fundamentalism still infects our schools

LA Times

Almost a century has passed since a Tennessee schoolteacher was found guilty of teaching evolution to his students. The lawmakers, however, made it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine for any teacher in the public schools “to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that …

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1 year, 3 months ago

A neuroscientist explains how religious fundamentalism hijacks the brain

Raw Story

In moderation, religious and spiritual practices can be great for a person's life and mental well-being. Esteemed philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett insightfully described how ideas can control minds when he said, "The haven all memes depend on reaching is the human mind, but a human mind is itself an artifact created when memes restructure a human brain in …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Gujarat tribal leader resigns from AAP after party shows support to UCC

Hindustan Times

An Aam Aadmi Party leader from Gujarat who fought unsuccessfully from a Scheduled Tribe reserved Assembly seat in the 2022 polls resigned from the party on Sunday opposing its "in principle" support to the Uniform Civil Code. Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal In his resignation letter addressed to AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Violence in France: An Inevitable Clash of Civilisations - News18

News 18

The riots and violence in France aren’t merely about the death of a Muslim teenager. The whole West is facing an onslaught from Muslim fundamentalism and as Samuel Huntington had predicted in the 1990s that it is the ‘Clash of Civilisations’ between the West and the radical version of Islam. The paper said, “The presented data show that the percentage …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Pakistan’s People Are Fleeing Not Only Economic Crisis But Extremism

The Diplomat

Young Pakistanis are increasingly inclined to leave their country in the quest for better lives abroad. Rapid population growth in the face of Pakistan’s many economic woes means that there will always be more people moving abroad. How Bright Young People Lost Hope For a very long time, those in policy corridors thought that the Pakistani diaspora was a great …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka Election 2023: Amit Shah Holds Roadshow in Shimoga; Congress to Release Manifesto Tomorrow

News 18

The ruling BJP promised to implement the Uniform Civil Code and the National Register of Citizens in Karnataka, in its election manifesto for the May 10 Assembly polls, released on Monday. The BJP said it would provide three free cooking gas cylinders to all BPL families — one each during the months of ‘Yugadi’, ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ and ‘Deepavali’ BJP chief …

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1 year, 7 months ago

BJP promises to implement Uniform Civil Code in State

The Hindu

The BJP’s manifesto for the Karnataka Assembly elections released on Monday has tried to come out with promises that relate to its core ideological base. Prominent among them are implementing of the Uniform Civil Code in the State based on the recommendations by a high-level committee which will be constituted if the party is voted to power. In addition to …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 | BJP promises to implement uniform civil code and NRC in manifesto

The Hindu

The ruling BJP promised to implement the Uniform Civil Code and the National Register of Citizens in Karnataka, in its election manifesto for the May 10 Assembly polls, released on May 1. “We will set up an ‘Atal Aahara Kendra’ in every ward of every municipal corporation in the State to provide affordable, quality and healthy food across the State”, …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Hinduism Must Become Missionary Again, If India wants to Win Silent Demographic Warfare

News 18

Veteran journalist and editor R Jagannathan has just come out with a book, Dharmic Nation: Freeing Bharat, Remaking India, a compilation of 17 chapters largely aimed at helping Hindus “rediscover the essential dharmic heritage of Bharat and close ranks to defend them”. One chapter, ‘Why Hinduism Must Become a Missionary Religion’, is especially pertinent given the challenges the Sanatana Dharma …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Preparing for silent demographic warfare: Why Hinduism needs to regain its missionary traits

Firstpost

Veteran journalist and editor R Jagannathan has just come out with a book, Dharmic Nation: Freeing Bharat, Remaking India, a compilation of 17 chapters largely aimed at helping Hindus “rediscover the essential dharmic heritage of Bharat and close ranks to defend them”. One chapter, ‘Why Hinduism Must Become a Missionary Religion’, is especially pertinent given the challenges the Sanatana Dharma …

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2 years ago

Literature review| Adeel Hussain’s new book is a must read for Indians concerned about emerging separatist attitudes

Firstpost

The book - “Law and Muslim Political Thought in Late Colonial North India” - is an intervention into the portrayal of Muslims under the colonial regime in mainstream historiography Law in colonial India has been scrutinized by legal historians and modern history scholars threadbare to shed light on the working of colonialism and the centrality of the legal framework in …

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2 years, 1 month ago

BJP, AIUDF two sides of the same coin, says Congress

The Hindu

The existence of the “Hindutva combo” of Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Assam is inextricably linked with that of the minority-based All India United Democratic Front, the State unit of Congress has said. Addressing party workers during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in western Assam’s Dhubri on Friday, State Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah, said the BJP …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Behind Indonesia’s success, a president who rules by consensus

Live Mint

To rework an old line, President Joko Widodo of Indonesia is a modest man with a good deal to be immodest about. Dignitaries and leaders will see a country that is one of the surprise success stories of the developing world in the past couple of years, one that has come a long way since the overthrow of Suharto’s dictatorship …

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Indian Diplomat’s Memoir Explores Life in Islamabad During Nuclear Tests and Kargil War

The spectre of fundamentalism rises over Syria

Bangladesh leaders speak of two Indias, plan cell to counter global media

Hinduphobia in Bangladesh: Why ‘liberals’ fail to see the plight of minorities under Yunus regime

Bulldozer demolitions: Writers, translators condemn JCB for 'blatant hypocrisy'

The Diverse Landscape of Minority Politics in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis of Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka

Will the Iranian people finally rise up in a ‘Persian autumn’?

Controversy erupts over P Jayarajan’s book on Muslim politics in Kerala

Democrats Have a Problem With Religion. One Man Is Helping Fix It.

The Yunus Paradox: Nobel laureate’s peaceful vision vs the growing fundamentalism in Bangladesh

Islamic fundamentalism, targeted attack against Hindus: Chaos in Bangladesh signals dangerous times ahead

Column: 99 years after the Scopes ‘monkey trial,’ religious fundamentalism still infects our schools

A neuroscientist explains how religious fundamentalism hijacks the brain

Gujarat tribal leader resigns from AAP after party shows support to UCC

Violence in France: An Inevitable Clash of Civilisations - News18

Pakistan’s People Are Fleeing Not Only Economic Crisis But Extremism

Karnataka Election 2023: Amit Shah Holds Roadshow in Shimoga; Congress to Release Manifesto Tomorrow

BJP promises to implement Uniform Civil Code in State

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 | BJP promises to implement uniform civil code and NRC in manifesto

Hinduism Must Become Missionary Again, If India wants to Win Silent Demographic Warfare

Preparing for silent demographic warfare: Why Hinduism needs to regain its missionary traits

Literature review| Adeel Hussain’s new book is a must read for Indians concerned about emerging separatist attitudes

BJP, AIUDF two sides of the same coin, says Congress

Behind Indonesia’s success, a president who rules by consensus