Author Archive: Infoeditor
To the Lyrical Soul of Yours…
Certain films allow you to read many layers of a life articulated using a loose storyline but its eloquent poetic narrative. In a sense, they are easy to interpret and very difficult – almost impossible – to review. Terrence Malick belongs to that rare species of filmmakers who keep us engaged in their frames despite […]
Dalits According to the Quran?
A question arises: ‘Do the oppressed signify Muslims alone?’ Most Islamist groups the world over single out as beneficiaries of their multifarious projects as Muslims even in societies where there are weaker sections than Muslims In the Quran, the word mus’taḍʿafīna (widely translated as ‘weak’ and ‘oppressed’) and its verbal derivative us’tuḍ’ʿifū and is’taḍʿafūnī (be […]
Tracing the Roots of Islamophobia
Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire emerges from the author’s engagement with and experience of the social and political climate after 11 September 2001. Deepa Kumar, a professor of Media Studies and Middle East Studies at Rutgers University, began taking a closer look at the contemporary Muslim life and racism against Muslims in the United […]
IFFK to commence on December 6th
The eighteenth International Film Festival of Kerala is scheduled to be held from December 6 to 13 at Trivandrum and will showcase 208 films in various sections. The festival is organized by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of Cultural Affairs Department, Government of Kerala. List of the films in the competition, Indian cinema […]
Search for missing Malaysian Airliner to take longer
Malaysia’ national police Chief Khalid Abu Bakar on Tuesday said that the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might take a long time and might remain inconclusive. No traces of the plane have been found yet. He said that the criminal investigation is still focused on four areas such as hijacking, sabotage and […]
Palestinians Resume Bid For Further UN Recognition
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday announced resumption of a campaign for further international recognition of the Palestine state despite an earlier decision to suspend such efforts during nine months of negotiations with Israel. In a ceremony telecast live from his West Bank headquarters, he signed applications for Palestinians to join fifteen international treaties and conventions. Abbas said […]
Delectus Malabaricus: Malabar Awaits Ramadan
Ramadan is already in the air and people are grooming themselves for the much awaited holy month. Eating out, hanging out with friends, watching blockbuster movies, music, and rocking weekends; every known obsession comes to a standstill during Ramadan. Some renovate their homes, some buy brand new furniture, others simply replace their ringtones with something […]
Blogging Lives in Madrassa
From the clutches of a madrassa. – Anonymous I joined the madarssa in 1997 and finished my studies in 2007. For the reason that my Alma mater is not characteristically different from all other institutions of the same ilk, I would not like to mention any name, thereby proving that I am not pursuing any […]
Art in Sharjah: a new vista for Muslim women
Artists in the UAE are calling people to visit a new online exhibition to expose themselves to the plight and success of Muslim women around the world, and challenge common stereotypes. Artist and University of Sharjah College of Fine Arts and Design lecturer Dr Fatima Zahra Hassan said Emirati women, in particular, should view a […]
A Touchstone to Measure Your Gandhi
In Mahatma Gandhi’s life, opposites collide in such a way that we can defend him as rightly as we can demonize. Idealism and realpolitik have never vied with each other so powerfully in the life of any other person. Faisal Devji brilliantly captures this dilemma in his new work on Mahatma Gandhi: The Impossible Indian, […]
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