Muslim Stereotyping in Hindi Films: ‘We Cannot Allow Ourselves to Forget What Constitutes Us’
The representation of Muslims in cinema is complex: it involves both surrender and pushback, says renowned film scholar Ira Bhaskar.
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In an India Where Minorities Are Singled Out for Abuse, Is Another Politics Possible?
Today’s climate of communal rhetoric that pervades India has led to a partition of the hearts and minds of citizens. There is an alternative politics waiting to be rediscovered; a politics that emphasises that we have obligations of solidarity to our fellow citizens. Let us look for it. Let us adopt it.
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Kerala: Parties, Including CPM, Defend Hate Speech by Bishop; Women Counter – Two Articles
On how the women of the Muslim League and nuns are ushering in a new debate on issues of gender equality and making hope possible in a state of despair; Also, article: In Kerala, the Ruling CPM and an Islamophobic Bishop Make Strange Bedfellows.
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India’s Dalit Artists are Shaking the Age-Old System of Caste Oppression
A new wave of Dalit artists, musicians and writers is catalyzing the movement for equality by popularizing the struggles of their communities and raising the consciousness of Indian society.
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Maulana Madani and the Flawed Logic of Religious Morality Determining What’s Best for Girls
The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind chief is right when he says higher education is the only way to empower the community, but his attempt to link moral behaviour with co-education deserves contempt and outright rejection.
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Mughal Rulers: Were They Nation-Builders or Objects of Hate?
Nowhere in the world did a pre-modern empire combine as many people and territories under a unified administrative apparatus as the Mughals did.
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The World Must Pay Attention to the Violence Against Muslims in India
Recent incidents in Indore and Ajmer explain why it is urgent for the global community to tell the Indian government that its actions are being watched and it will be held accountable according to international norms which all civilised countries have for their attitude towards minorities.
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A New India Where Replacing ‘Aligarh’ With ‘Harigarh’ Is More Gratifying Than Social Change
Changing the names of streets, towns and districts is the easiest way of asserting power. It does not bring prosperity.
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UGC Framework – a Communalised Caricature of Indian History
The University Grants Commission’s draft history syllabus has dropped books by well-known historians, such as DD Kosambi, R S Sharma, DN Jha and Irfan Habib. The objective seems to be to glorify mythology rather than history, as also deny any Dravidian links to Harappan culture.
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Why the Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference Is Not ‘Hindu-phobic’
The event seeks to bring a long-delayed global awareness about the operations of an exclusionary and discriminatory ideology.
