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Humra Quraishi A strange sort of partitioning is unfolding in India. The usual apparatus of lies, fears and misconceptions about Muslims are being propagated by right-wing lobbies. Foremost among them is the myth that Indian Muslims did not suffer during the partition of India. The stark truth is that both Hindus and Muslims suffered…
Markandey Katju My mind is boggling considering what is going on in Ulta Pradesh (sorry, Uttar Pradesh) lately. I was 20 years a lawyer and 20 years a judge, so I thought I was well versed in the principles of law, but now I am learning a new jurisprudence which can only be found…
Jessicah Pierre As we celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., it’s natural to remember his courageous advocacy for racial equity. But before he was assassinated, King had also begun to broaden his efforts to unify people around economic justice. That’s worth remembering today. In December 1967, King, the Southern Christian…
Ellen Brown While US advocates and local politicians struggle to get their first public banks chartered, Mexico’s new president has begun construction on 2,700 branches of a government-owned bank to be completed in 2021, when it will be the largest bank in the country. At a press conference on Jan. 6, he said the…
Jason Hickel In my research I have argued that rising global inequality is driven in large part by power imbalances in the global economy, in that rich countries have disproportionate influence when it comes to setting the rules of international trade and finance. Nowhere is this problem more apparent than when it comes…
Daniel Kovalik In the aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003—an invasion which many Iraqis believe left their country in the worst condition it has been since the Mongol invasion of 1258—there was much discussion in the media about the Bush Administration’s goal for “nation-building” in that country. Of course, if…
Sabrangindia After vehemently denying the entry of private players, the Indian Railways has proposed a plan to allow private players to run their trains on around 100 routes across the country, mostly for tourism purposes. The proposal was also mentioned by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while discussing the Budget 2020 where she said…
Bharat S. Tiwari The very idea of a festival marking the onset of spring is uplifting, but when it also brings with it the fragrance of a syncretic culture, it becomes incomparable. Such is the annual celebration of Basant Panchami at the dargah, in Delhi, of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya (1238–1325 C.E), of the…
Laila Tyabji Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of a state that has close to 44 million Muslims, over 19% of its population, said recently that Muslims did India no favour by staying on here. “Go back to Pakistan then,” is the response from the majoritarian Hindu Right every time an Indian Muslim dares criticise,…
Aamir H. Khan, Aban Usmani In October 1920, under the shadow of serious British colonial and imperial repression in various parts of the world, a group of influential Muslim leaders in India conceptualised the foundation of a nationalist university that would be free from British colonial control. Unrest had been simmering amongst Muslims…
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