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Intolerance and Cultural Dissenters

Intolerance and Cultural Dissenters

Recently, a spate of artists, writers, filmmakers and scientists from different backgrounds came out and talked about rising intolerance in India. The Dadri incident where Muhammad Akhlaq was lynched after ‘rumours’ of him having stored beef in his refrigerator, the burning of Dalit children by upper caste men in Faridabad and the various sending offs […]

November 17, 2015 Ali Ahsan
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Mughals: Perspectives and Prejudices

Mughals: Perspectives and Prejudices

Mughal history is often taken up in contemporary India, or larger South Asia, to absolve the present of its responsibility for some bitter, hard-to-digest political realities, by taking recourse to a past either glorious or disgraceful. Post Dadri lynching, it was debated all around how a bedridden Babur advised his son Humayun to respect Hindus […]

November 14, 2015 Shameer KS
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#ModiInsultsIndia; an outrage on social media

#ModiInsultsIndia; an outrage on social media

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent statement during his visit to three nations sparked an angry reaction from opposition parties on Tuesday besides setting off a storm of protest on social media. Addressing the non-resident Indians (NRIs) in Shanghai, the Prime Minister said: “Earlier, you felt ashamed of being born Indian,” he said. “Now you feel […]

May 20, 2015
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Abduction in Iraq: India Weighs All Options

Abduction in Iraq: India Weighs All Options

The Ministry of External Affairs in India has taken all steps to trace and rescue the 40 Indians who, as the Ministry had on Tuesday confirmed, has been abducted in Iraq. External Affairs Minister Sushama Swaraj said that all efforts are underway in this regard. The workers who are said to have been kidnapped hail […]

June 19, 2014
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Maududi said ‘NO’ to Pakistan. Why?

Maududi said ‘NO’ to Pakistan. Why?

After 1937, Moulana Maududi’s literature started to turn its attention on political analysis; his writing mainly centred on theology thus far. In the election held in 1937, the Indian National Congress won with a whopping majority in the Hindu-majority provinces. Congress leaders thereafter exuded the mood of confidence that the new-found religious majoritarian power, in […]

May 17, 2014 V A Kabeer
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