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Hijab and Stealthy Freedom: The Double Standard

Hijab and Stealthy Freedom: The Double Standard

Economist on the June 14th issue carried a story on “My Stealthy Freedom”, a social media campaign launched by an expat Iranian living in London. The campaign aims to ruffle the feather of religious orthodoxy by uploading in social media sites, including Facebook, images of women who don’t want to put on Hijab. According to […]

July 2, 2014 Amina Syed
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Babasaheb’s Pakistan

Babasaheb’s Pakistan

Pakistan can’t be undone. It could have been, we desired as children gloating over the prospect of a well-organized cricket team-‘our’ batsmen and ‘their bowlers’-panning out as an undefeatable and formidable sporting monolith. The concern of Ayesha Jalal, post Partition, was more serious, transcending as it is the verve and glamour of sports towards the […]

May 6, 2014 Auswaf Ahsan
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The Curious Case of Fawad Ahmad

The Curious Case of Fawad Ahmad

The term cricket yardstick says we don’t play games merely on grounds.  Spectators matter. So do spectators moving like waves in tune not only with each run scored but also with each moment which placates their ego. They have collective subconscious, which sets the behavioral norm of each player and determines the shapes and contours […]

May 5, 2014 Habeeb
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Kanthapura: Probing non- violent questions

Kanthapura: Probing non- violent questions

Raja Rao’s novel Kanthapura (1938) is the first major Indian novel in English. It is a fictional but realistic account of how a great majority of people in India lived their lives under the British rule and how they responded to the ideas and ideals of Indian nationalism.  Kanthapura depicts the story of an Indian […]

May 5, 2014 Najiya PP
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Life of Muhammad: A Critical Engagement

Life of Muhammad: A Critical Engagement

The life of Prophets are never their alone. Their life links us with the Eternity, the Source of all lives. Whatever they do even in the inner chamber of their home is monitored and justified or corrected by the Revelation. Their life is added to the text of Revelation in order to interpret the latter. […]

May 5, 2014 KS Shameer
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Rashid Rida and the Kerala Muslim Reformist Movements

Rashid Rida and the Kerala Muslim Reformist Movements

Interactive Blogemics carried a piece under the title ‘Moulid: Beyond Rashid Rida’s Tolerance’ in its last issue. Here is an engaging discussion based on it in the Facebook group ‘Garden of Bliss!’ Saleem Ch: Teach your children three things; Love of your Prophet; Love of his Ahl al-Bait and the recitation of the Quran. Hadith- […]

Moulid: Beyond Rashid Rida’s Tolerance

Moulid: Beyond Rashid Rida’s Tolerance

As children we did not know the meaning of the moulid we used to recite and sing. Nor did we try.  When we pestered our elders for a little bit of glosses on those sonorous, full-bodied verses, they discouraged: ‘You don’t know the meaning of the Qur’an either.’ Piety stayed well outside all meanings. So […]

May 4, 2014 KS Shameer
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Rumi Cut Out for Consumption

Rumi Cut Out for Consumption

Sometime in the 19th century, man chose sensuality over spirituality. And this has left him with a gaping hole in his inner self; an emptiness which he is constantly attempting to fill up with alternatives. He’s undergoing spiritual decay by an alienation from himself, his friends and the world around him, and he is aware […]

May 4, 2014 Ramziya Asharaf
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Hijab, Burqa; T Shirt or Tight Jeans? Let Women Speak

Hijab, Burqa; T Shirt or Tight Jeans? Let Women Speak

In the wake of the ban on headscarf in France, the popular Insight talk show hosted by award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie, held a debate on the issue. The four-part talk show can be watched in the Youtbe (Go to the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_3X-RLvM6A and to the links to the succeeding parts). Though there were other spectacular […]

May 4, 2014 Ayesha Iqbal
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English Vinglish: A Mom’s Cinematic Self-Discovery

English Vinglish: A Mom’s Cinematic Self-Discovery

It was a Cool Sunday morning. Ours is an extended family, so the clatter at our home on a Sunday is much noisier than in today’s nuclear-families. But like any other family, ours too was enjoying this “Holy Day”. The best thing on that day is one can put aside the Grandfather clock – that […]

May 4, 2014 Razeena Ayesha
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