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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
The eKhenana occupation in Cato Manor, Durban, is a significant site in the struggle for a South Africa that respects the humanity of all.
Though Ishrat Afreen remains forgotten and neglected in her own country, she is an institution unto herself.
When self-appointed custodians of Hindus call for ethnic cleansing in the name of dharma, they conveniently ignore the basic precepts of the religion. The philosophy of Hinduism is constituted by a deep commitment to satya and ahimsa. Many stories in our epics illustrate this commitment.
Women journalists and activists; academics and students; two office bearers of the Congress Party; authors, a lawyer, a historian, a radio jockey, a famous actor, all Muslim women, were ‘sold’ in an online hate crime on New Year. Besides their identity, they had something else in common.
Our normal was bad enough with communal strife and anti-Dalit violence, but the new normal is far worse. Hate became the calling card of 2021, and India went several rounds down the spiral. Also: A report by HLRN says that over a quarter of a million people were evicted in India during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sweeping political and administrative changes pushed unilaterally by Modi government in the region, coupled with strong-armed policing tactics, have continued to deepen anger, fuelling a furious blowback in the region this year.
Carlos Caszely is the most popular and beloved player in the history of Chile. But his greatest achievement is this: in an official ceremony inside the palace, in the vigor of killings and shootings of opponents, Carlos Caszely refused to shake hands with dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Press Release and Statement on the ‘Dharma Sansad’ organized in Haridwar from Dec 17 to 19 wherein several religious leaders and those associated with Hindutva extremist organisations gave an open call for Hindus to arm themselves and eliminate Muslims from the country.
The project to flag unlawful online content risks turning the country into a surveillance state.
Employment trends are dismal under the ‘double engine government’ of Modi and Adityanath. Several other claims made in ads do not appear to hold up.
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