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Babri Masjid Part-II (just say no)
....Ram Pal who raises pigs, said, “We celebrated Holi and Diwali along with Christimas.....people were asking....If you’re a Christian, how can you be a Dalit?”.....danger is that the re-converts will...
View ArticleThis is Rape Culture
The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim: It was with a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes that I read about the horrific cases of abuse and neglect...
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"They have stormed the PTV office"
.....200 supporters of Qadri seized the PTV building......"They have stormed the PTV office"...news anchor said just before the screen went blank....."PTV staff performing their journalistic duties are...
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Pakistan following "Bangladesh model"
.....According to the PTI president Hashmi, a script for such a move was laid out well in advance......"When Imran laid out the plan, I said to Imran, 'Khan sahab what are you doing?.....He said, 'I am...
View ArticlePakistan's Contain(er)ed Revolution
When real revolutions happen in significant countries - as in Iran in 1978 or Egypt in 2011 - millions of people pour out on the streets throughout the country and bring everything to a standstill. In...
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Jihadi Death Row (no end in sight)
We fear this will become a frequent event. First there was James Foley, now it is Steven Sotloff. Next on the death row, a Briton's life hangs in the balance. ........... Setting aside the personal...
View Article"The Prophet would be anonymous"
....“Everything around the Prophet’s mosque has already been destroyed..... It is surrounded by bulldozers.....Once they’ve removed everything they can move towards the mosque..... The imam is likely...
View ArticleGandhi mukt (free) Congress
....Of course there will be chaos.....Blood will be shed....real change, does not come easily and those in power never give it up easy.....And the Gandhis, you must remember, have enormous power,...
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The price of (right to) protest
Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri district of (North) West Bengal is a beautiful place in a narrow tract of land sandwiched between Bhutan and Bangladesh. It is not far from the serene Jaldhaka river as it flows...
View ArticleNo Mask, "Pure RSS"
.....receive calls from Modi when chief minister, but only once to complain....My paper had done a story...in many parts of Gujarat Muslims denied benefits......Modi said story was wrong.... "You...
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The Balmikis of Pakistan
....In Balochistan....an idol revered by Hindus and Muslims....Umerkot, birthplace of Akbar....“confluence” of Hindu god Shiva and an important part of Mughal history......a stone shiv-ling, believed...
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Every tweet tells a (Arab) story
....You might expect that supporters of the coup would be less negative given Washington’s friendliness toward the Egyptian military and hostility toward Muslim Brotherhood....But in fact “no matter...
View Article"Then be ready for the fire"
Ahmed Shahzad will not be the first person to worry that people who are outside the favored group will not be allowed into the Club in the Clouds. He is also correct that Islam frowns on apostasy, if...
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Abolishing elite-selves
“When the activists first asked us to fill applications we thought they were mocking us....When they still didn’t leave, we ignored them....But they didn’t give up and today we are so glad”....says...
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Open doors (after 817 years)
Nalanda University was born in the 5th century CE and was consumed by flames in the 12th. Eight hundred years later the doors are open once again (classes begin Sep 14). We are hopeful that the...
View Article‘Aaj rapat jayein, toh humein na uthaiyyo!’
..In Bollywood’s rain songs....the heroine discovering herself.....The rain is a crossroads in a woman’s life where she throws caution to the monsoon winds and locks hands with a man she chooses....she...
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David Cawthorne Haines
....The killer says: “This British man has to pay the price to arm the Peshmerga against the Islamic State.....he has spent a decade of his life serving under the Royal Air Force.....“Your evil...
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Education is our birth-right
....Rekha, student of Class X, resisted marriage when 10 years old......Since the time many girls came forward to oppose the practice.....a Class V textbook of the State Board has a chapter on child...
View ArticleThe "rockstar" Gandhi
......Shiva, dressed in a burgundy sari and a shawl the color of rust....“We would have no hunger in the world if the seed was in the hands of the farmers....They want to take that away”.....Shiva...
View ArticleTCS bats for (Saudi) women
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is surely making waves with their women-focused initiatives. In India it is the 200 Crore (3.27176 million dollars) Toilets for School Girls initiative announced in...
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