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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
The shrine in Ayodhya will be a symbol of religious triumphalism, a sign that this is becoming ever more a Hindu-first country.
21 demands that India needs to act on to resolve the growing crises of unemployment, malnutrition, social conflict, ecological collapse and decline in democratic rights.
Seyma Akin, who teaches at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the Necmettin Erbakan University in Konya, Türkiye, speaks on the history and politics of women’s clothing in Türkiye.
Vivekananda’s speech on 9/11,1893 at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago holds immense value to India of 2023, which is torn apart by sectarianism and bigotry.
Temples and churches hosting Iftar parties and Nabi Dinam, blending of the azaan with temple bells, Muslims helping Hindu families – all these instances add to the state’s already rich traditions. Also, review of a film, Innu Swantham Sreedharan (Yours Truly, Sreedharan).
A US commission in its report released on 01 May 2023, categorized India as ‘a country of particular concern’ for its ‘severe violations of religious freedom or belief’ in the year 2022. In response, the Indian government termed the comment as ‘biased and motivated.
In 1971, the Pakistan army began a brutal crackdown against Bengalis in which hundreds of thousands of women were detained and repeatedly brutalised. Only now are their stories beginning to be told.
He was an amazingly secular person. The ease with which Bismillah, a Shia musician, embraced the tenets of the Hindu faith seems improbable in the present day.
An excerpt from Dhirendra K Jha’s book, ‘Shadow Armies: Fringe Organizations and Foot Soldiers of Hindutva’ that is based on the Bhonsala Military School (BMS). The school provides military education to young Hindus.
Speaking at a gathering of scholars in Hyderabad, the author raised the issue of reforms within the Indian Muslim community. He asked: ‘Are you, India’s Muslim intellectuals and theologians, prepared to reform personal laws, particularly on the caste and gender justice fronts?’
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