Those who perceive the hugely controversial NRC as a quintessential BJP/ RSS ploy to create a communal rift and further polarize the country are committing a cardinal mistake, for which history and our posterity will never forgive them. For the incumbent BJP government at the centre, the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) suffices to achieve their …
This old piece remains among the best on the organized right wing takeover of Indian media. *** What have been the inroads made by the RSS into the media over the years? It is not just the RSS, but the entire Sangh Parivar. That includes frontal organizations like the Swadeshi Jagran Manch and also the …
India and Development Partnerships in Asia and Africa: Towards a New Paradigm Symbiosis International University to host Conference on International Relations India and Development Partnerships in Asia and Africa: Towards a New Paradigm Pune, December 11, 2013 – Symbiosis International University (SIU) today announced that it would hold a seminar International Relations Conference on December …
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The online donation form on BJP websites openly accepts payments from People of Indian Origin, who are essentially not Indian Citizens and thus can’t legally donate to political parties in India.
Disclaimer: I see Kashmir as a part of India as a geographic reality. If it becomes free, I will see it as free. I refuse to cater to bullshit that treats Kashmir as a separate country before it becomes one. This goes for separatists who don’t like me calling Kashmiris Indian and this goes for …
There is little point writing beyond this. Muslims protest. Whatever it is, they protest. Protests turn violent. People condemn. Then it is an insult of Islam. This rubbish cycle continues forever… Today, when news hit that a Berlin court has allowed a rightwing extremist organization to use cartoons of Mohammed during their protest; I remembered …
The Baloch are sitting ducks. With the sea on one side, and Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, they literally have nowhere to go. The world watches in horror as a steady trickle of deaths flows through the news on a daily basis. I call it “The Baloch Black” in my mind – the season’s color, except …
A few days ago, a news report by the BBC caught my eye. It said the Red Cross reported some 800,000 people as disabled by the ongoing war in Afghanistan. It struck me as odd, since I didn’t think Afghanistan was such a large country. So I saved the link to check up and found …
Recently, the BBC published a video report by Karen Zarindast about the number of people disabled by war in Afghanistan. They quote the Red Cross as the source of their figures: Decades of war have left some 800,000 people disabled in Afghanistan. The Red Cross, has seven centres across the country helping them out. A centre in …
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