Pheroze L. Vincent Former students of the Sardar Patel Vidyalaya (SPV), the capital’s crib for children of liberal parents, have written to the management in protest against a scheduled visit by Union home minister Amit Shah to the school on Monday to commemorate Vallabhbhai Patel’s 147th birth anniversary. In an email to principal Anuradha Joshi… Read More Sardar Patel Vidyalaya alumni oppose Amit Shah visit
Bharat Bhushan Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been donning a military combat uniform every Diwali since 2017— when the Indian Army faced-off with the Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army at Doklam. This year too he was in army fatigues in Kargil, flanked by serving generals. The honour of Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces is… Read More PM Modi in combat uniform: Fancy-dress show or deeper symbolism
Aakash Hassan in New Delhi Indian authorities have been criticised after a Kashmiri photojournalist said she was barred from taking a flight to New York where she was scheduled to receive the 2022 Pulitzer prize. Sanna Irshad Mattoo, 27, was in a team of Reuters photographers who had won a Pulitzer for feature photography for their… Read More India criticised over arbitrary travel bans after photojournalist blocked from Pulitzer trip
NB: This is justice under the BJP/RSS Modi regime, brutal, shameless, and blatantly partisan. If you complain, you will be labelled anti-national. The impunity enjoyed by criminals is the most glaring example of the approach that might is right. It was said of the Sophists of ancient Greece that they ‘taught, rather publicly, the view… Read More Mahua Moitra asks why convicted rapists and murderers in the Bilkis Bano case were granted parole prior to remission of their sentences
Standing in a row outside the gates of Godhra remand center in Gujarat, western India, the 11 middle-aged men could have been mistaken for visiting dignitaries receiving sweets and blessings from local admirers. In reality, they were part of a 2002 Hindu mob who had just been released after serving 14 years of life sentences for one… Read More Her rapists were sentenced to life in prison. Now they’re free, and she’s in hiding
SHEKHAR GUPTA Who speaks for India’s Muslims now? Who can, or is even trying to fill the Mulayam Singh Yadav-sized hole there? The answer is none. The BJP’s rivals want the votes of Muslims, but are frightened of being seen as their leaders. For clarity, this week’s National Interest isn’t yet another obituary, tribute or… Read More Press mute for Indian Muslims: Gujarat flogging shows up ‘secular’ silence of Indian politics
Mainpuri – Fears are growing for the survival of a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly set on fire by a family member who is also accused of raping her as she fights for her life at a hospital in northern India. In a case that has shocked the country, police in Uttar Pradesh state arrested an 18-year-old man… Read More Teenage girl fights for her life in India after alleged rapist’s fire attack
Bharat Bhushan The growing noise in public discourse about whether freebies should be promised to the electorate suggests that the playing field is about to change for the 2024 general election. Not only the Election Commission (EC) but the Supreme Court and the government have also contributed to this debate. The Law Minister has announced… Read More Why are EC, SC and government singing the same tune on “freebies”?
Jailed separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi early on Tuesday morning. Shah’s daughter Ruwa Shah confirmed the death through a tweet. “Abu (father) breathed his last at AIIMS, New Delhi. As a prisoner,” she tweeted. Son-in-law of late Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani,… Read More Jailed separatist leader Altaf Shah passes away at AIIMS, says daughter
Prajwal Bhat Amol Kale was a 23-year-old mechanical engineer working in a multinational company in Pune when he went to a Shiva temple for a prayer meeting. Here, he met a charismatic couple with whom he had a deep conversation about Hinduism. This moment in 2003 changed Amol’s life so much that soon he decided… Read More Why Gauri Lankesh was assassinated: The story of an indoctrinated engineer
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