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Intriguingly, not much importance has been given to linking phobia with an issue that is being elaborated upon across the world, regarding of course Covid-19. AP Photo

Nilofar Suhrawardy: Lockdown and coronaphobia

Lockdown-phobia is gradually witnessing protests against it in USA, but there, Islamophobia and corona-phobia bear no...

6 May 2020 5:11 PM IST

Security personnel stand guard during clashes in Northeast Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi 2020: The twisted logic of riot' messaging

The reported incidents of lives being lost and properties targeted were not the result of mob frenzy.

2 March 2020 3:05 AM IST

People hold placards during a protest against the CAA and NRC on New Years Eve at Shaheen Bagh, near Jamia Millia, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

CAA: Social verdict poses constitutional dilemma

Significantly, these demonstrations have succeeded in puncturing the basic foundation on which rested CAA-NRC-NPR's...

23 Jan 2020 1:44 AM IST

$The amended Citizenship law along with a National Register of Citizens (NRC) being planned by the Narendra Modi government \may affect the status\ of Muslim minority in India, a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has said. (Photo: PTI)$ Opinion

CAA & NRC are a wake-up call for all Indians

Amit Shah needs to perhaps deliberate on his confidence about remaining in power for 50 years because of the 2019...

31 Dec 2019 12:54 AM IST

the Supreme Court handed over the disputed land to the Ram Temple trust in the politically-sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case in Ayodhya. (Photo: AP)

Ayodhya land for Muslims not charity'

As citizens of the country, Muslims have as much right to acquire land in this country as other citizens.

23 Nov 2019 2:29 AM IST

Muslims are required to perform wudu in preparation for ritual prayers and for handling and reading the Quran.

Don't question my identity! Setting the record straight in dismal...

The religious priests assumed that they were there for religious purposes and not for tourism.

6 Nov 2019 5:52 AM IST

The e-skin pair can perform wireless communication of the four-state control signal at a distance of more than five metres, and the embedded encoding mechanism makes the inter-skin communication noise-tolerant. (Photo: Pixabay)

The communication gap is increasing!

The preceding point may be illustrated by citing the hype about Ayodhya issue raised by politicians at different levels.

12 Dec 2018 1:51 AM IST

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Do not undermine the Indian media

Suddenly, fingers are being raised against the Indian media and criticism voiced on it for not being as strong as the...

28 Nov 2018 12:28 AM IST

Now, of course, the preceding points do not undermine the importance given to Ayodhya issues religious aspect by a substantial number of people. (Photo: File)

Ayodhya and Indians!

Simply speaking, there is a difference between public being faced with no choice, just one option and multiple options.

18 Oct 2018 12:39 AM IST

BJP President Amit Shah speaks at a press conference in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

'50-yr rule': Who is being addressed?

Whatever be India's political fate in 2019, one is compelled to deliberate on claims being made till 2069.

27 Sept 2018 2:02 AM IST

A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court unanimously decriminalised part of the 158-year-old colonial law under Section 377. (Photo: PTI)

LGBTQ: Social verdict still a mirage?

The preceding point may be supported by drawing attention to another, largely ignored issued.

12 Sept 2018 12:08 AM IST

Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi present at the sworn in ceremony of the Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy. (Photo: PTI)

Women leaders to dominate Lok Sabha polls?

All in all, political dynamism of the two ladies is responsible for both having reached this stage and having outsmarted...

15 Aug 2018 1:20 AM IST