Defending the Defenceless
statement by Rayhaneh’s lawyer regarding her ‘innocence’ In my previous post which titled “Conviction of Rayhaneh Jabbari on charges of defending her honor” many people participated in discussions. Among them was a Judge who claimed to be aware of the contents of the file and considered the petition issued on the death sentence of Rayhaneh […]
The Sentence
The announcement of the Public Prosecutor of Teheran about the sentencing issued by Tehran General and Revolutionary court Following the publication of articles in some of the news related websites with reference to the case of condemnation of Reyhaneh Jabbari Malayeri, the child of Faridoun, and in particular, with reference to the execution of her […]
Sufism and Deconstruction
What links a 13th century Sufi Sheikh to the 20th century Post-modern theorist? Ian Almond, professor of World Literature at Georgetown University explores this question in his 2004 book ‘Sufism and Deconstruction: A Comparative Study of Derrida and IbnArabi’. Almond says that his aim is neither to claim that Ibn ‘Arabi was a post-structuralist or […]
Storm in the Coffee Cup
The recent victory for the Baratiya Janata Party in the assembly constituencies of Maharashtra and Hariyana, following the landslide it had in the Indian Parliamentary election, has boosted not only the morale of various Sangh Parivar elements, but their hubris as well. Recently, there was what appeared to be cultural vigilantism by Youva Moracha, a […]
Ziauddin Sardar: The Careless Critic
I have just emerged safe from reading Ziauddin Sardar’s article on Muslim men. Those who are surprised at what I actually mean should understand that articles, thoughts and reflections of authors can inflict harm on you by perverting realities and misrepresenting truths while remaining earnest, sincere and disinterested and papering over the seemingly credible, but […]
Malala and Crisis of Feminist Politics
Malala yousafzai, a Pakistani activist working for women’s rights and education, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October, 2014, which she shared with Kailash Satyarthi, a children’s rights activist from India, making her the youngest ever laureate in history. The media celebrated the achievement as a victory of her battle against the suppression of […]
The Snowden Question: Espionage and Ethics
Edward Snowden, renowned for letting the genie out of the US top secret bottle, remains to be one of the legends of modern IT era. The US government apparently had no excuse – though lame – to offer in its defense. To the shock of right minded people all over the world the computer […]
Hur Adam: Tale of a Stoic Fortitude
BediuzzamanSaid Nursi (1877-1960), the Turkish mystic, can be considered as the spiritual founder of modern Turkey. At a time when scorn for tradition and faith was considered as the founding principle of Turkish nationalism in the country’s embrace of authoritarian modernity and secularism under Ataturk, Nursi revived faith in the tradition by leadinng people to […]
Hamlet and his Kashmirian Odyssey
Touchstones by which a Hamlet adaptation is measured are the ghost and the play within the play. Though these two appear only minimally on the stage, they drive the tempo of the play. Ghost is nothing but Hamlet’s subconscious which brings his hidden fears and oedipal angst out into his (as well as ours) conscious, […]
Slow Rebellion in the Age of Hyper-parenting
Carl Honore has been compared backhandedly to Karl Marx. According to the Financial Times Honore’s book In Praise of Slowness is to slow movement what Das Capital is to Communism. It’s not wrong to say that the book named as slow movement sporadic incidents of protests against quick, fast paced lives by bringing lives to […]
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