Articles for National Identity

Discovering China's rural charms
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Discovering China's rural charms

China Daily  

During my stay at Tsinghua University as a visiting student, professor Zhao Yuezhi invited me to take part in a three-day event in Jinyun county, Zhejiang province. Like Haoxi, the local authorities were very welcoming, personally guiding us around the village into one of their major infrastructure solutions: the elevated highway's unused space below the bridges was refurbished with multiple …

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MNF cannot monopolise issue of Manipur’s displaced Kuki-Zo people: ZPM leader Lalduhoma
1 year, 1 month ago

MNF cannot monopolise issue of Manipur’s displaced Kuki-Zo people: ZPM leader Lalduhoma

The Hindu  

A former IPS officer who became the first MP to be disqualified under the Anti-Defection Law, Lalduhoma is the chief ministerial face of the Zoram People’s Movement, a five-year-old regional party that is shaping up to be the strongest challenger of the ruling Mizo National Front in poll-bound Mizoram. Seeking re-election from the Serchhip constituency, he tells The Hindu why …

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Opinion: BHARAT vs INDIA – Contours of Nationalism vs Pseudo-Nationalism
1 year, 3 months ago

Opinion: BHARAT vs INDIA – Contours of Nationalism vs Pseudo-Nationalism

India Today  

The concept of nationalism is marked by conflicting viewpoints that shape its interpretation and influence its role in various societies. This perspective views the freedom struggle as a catalyst that galvanized diverse groups of people into a shared sense of nationalism, ultimately leading to the formation of the Bharatiya nation-state in 1947. In contrast, proponents of Cultural Nationalism assert that …

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Turkey’s Camlica Mosque: Ottoman heritage or modern nationalism?
1 year, 7 months ago

Turkey’s Camlica Mosque: Ottoman heritage or modern nationalism?

Al Jazeera  

Istanbul, Turkey – Istanbul’s skyline has been rapidly transforming over the years as towering new skyscrapers pop up and expansive bridges connect the metropolis that spans two continents. Since 2019, Grand Camlica Mosque – which stretches over 57,500sq metres and has six minarets and a towering central dome – has been the most visible structure on the Anatolian side of …

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Bangladesh celebrates Language Martyrs' Day: How it shaped national identity
1 year, 10 months ago

Bangladesh celebrates Language Martyrs' Day: How it shaped national identity

India Today  

Bangladesh observed Language Martyrs’ Day on Tuesday, February 21, paying homage to those who laid down their lives 70 years ago for the cause of the Bengali language. President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led the nation in paying respect to the martyrs by placing wreaths at the Shaheed Minar beside Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. Despite …

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‘Over 2,300 persons with disabilities issued national identity cards by Coimbatore district administration in 2022’
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Over 2,300 persons with disabilities issued national identity cards by Coimbatore district administration in 2022’

The Hindu  

Over 2,300 differently-abled persons received national identity cards from the district administration last year, according to the data provided by the Welfare of Differently-Abled Persons Department. As per the data, there were 50,922 persons on December 31, 2021, and 53,298 on December 31, 2022, indicating 2,376 more were issued national identity cards in 2022. This number also includes people with …

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Jennifer Lind on Abe Shinzo and Japanese Nationalism
2 years, 3 months ago

Jennifer Lind on Abe Shinzo and Japanese Nationalism

The Diplomat  

The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo on July 8 sparked a wave of commentaries on his legacy. It hits the headlines every time Japan’s defense budget goes up by some miniscule amount – when actually the real story is, “Isn’t it remarkable how this potentially formidable great power spends barely anything on defense?” In my research with …

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Meet the Khwaja Sira: Pakistan’s Transgender Community
2 years, 8 months ago

Meet the Khwaja Sira: Pakistan’s Transgender Community

The Diplomat  

It took Dr. Sarah Gill more than a decade to fulfill her dream of becoming a doctor, which generally is a five-year journey for students enrolled in an Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree in Pakistan. She had to constantly battle the discrimination faced by the transgender community in Pakistan, known as the Khwaja Sira in South Asian circles. …

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Karnataka High Court Refuses To Hear Plea Challening Power Of Local Registrar Under Citizenship Rules To Declare 'Doubtful Citizen'
2 years, 8 months ago

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Hear Plea Challening Power Of Local Registrar Under Citizenship Rules To Declare 'Doubtful Citizen'

Live Law  

The Karnataka High court has dismissed a petition seeking to declare as ultra vires the power of the local Registrar to verify and scrutinize the data so as to test the citizenship of an individual and consequently to declare him a doubtful citizen under the Citizenship Rules 2003 as ultra vires. The petition has sought to declare the power of …

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Taliban to change Afghan passports, national identity cards
3 years, 2 months ago

Taliban to change Afghan passports, national identity cards

India TV News  

The Taliban on Saturday announced that Afghan passports, national identity cards will have the name "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" in them. Deputy Minister of information and culture and the spokesperson of the Taliban Zabiullah Mujahid said that it is possible for the Afghan passports and NIDs to have the name "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" in them, reported The Khaama Press …

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Nature of religiosity in India
3 years, 5 months ago

Nature of religiosity in India

The Hindu  

FEAR of the mysterious, the unknown, death and defeat is the foundation of religion, declared the British polymath Bertrand Russell in 1927. By contrast, among those who said religion was less important in their lives, 39 per cent expressed a similar view. Women, Indian adults without a college education and those who said religion was very important in their lives …

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Indians see religious tolerance as ‘central part of who they are as a nation’, US think-tank survey finds
3 years, 5 months ago

Indians see religious tolerance as ‘central part of who they are as a nation’, US think-tank survey finds

Firstpost  

According to Pew, the shared values are accompanied by a number of beliefs that cross religious lines, with an equal number of Hindus and Muslims believing in karma Washington: Indians generally feel they live in a society where followers of many religions can live and practice freely, according to the latest survey of the US-based think-tank Pew. Among other things, …

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Egypt is looking to the past to rebuild its national identity
3 years, 6 months ago

Egypt is looking to the past to rebuild its national identity

The Hindu  

Not so long ago, the world witnessed an extraordinary coming alive of Egypt’s Pharaonic past in the streets of Cairo, when 22 mummies were moved from the Egyptian Museum to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. The majority of the population of WANA was gradually Islamised during this period, and Egypt’s Muslim population today is the largest in the Arab …

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Essential Politics: The left-right split is far bigger in the U.S. than in Europe — and it’s growing
3 years, 7 months ago

Essential Politics: The left-right split is far bigger in the U.S. than in Europe — and it’s growing

LA Times  

This is the May 7, 2021, edition of the Essential Politics newsletter. Questions of national identity On several big issues, the center of gravity among conservatives in the U.S. stands further to the right than it does among their ideological counterparts in Europe, Pew’s numbers show. But among American liberals, that view has declined sharply over the past four years: …

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Generation Identity: France begins shutting down far-right group
3 years, 10 months ago

Generation Identity: France begins shutting down far-right group

Al Jazeera  

Ministry of Interior cites Al Jazeera’s undercover investigation, which revealed the group’s violence, as it starts shutting down dangerous organisation. France is beginning the process of shutting down the far-right Generation Identity group, a move that comes after Al Jazeera’s undercover investigation exposed the group’s racism, violence, and connections with Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party. According to a letter …

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