A Political Watershed
The BJP’s victory in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections must be seen as a vote for stability. It ends the era of coalition politics which witnessed a motley group of regional parties polarizing...
View ArticleThese are not simple Goof-ups
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) acquitted Aijaz Ahmed Mirza, junior research assistant at DRDO in Bangalore, of all charges of terrorist or anti-national activities early last month. It took...
View ArticleA Welcome Ruling
It is gratifying to note that the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Darul Qaza and Shariat Courts has been widely welcomed by quarters within the Muslims community. Courts carry out the sacred duty of...
View ArticleMounting Intolerance
Killing of Pune techie Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh, force-feeding of canteen supervisor Zubair Rashid leading to invalidation of the Ramazan fast and tirade against India’s tennis star Sania Mirza are a series...
View ArticleA Welcome Ruling
It is gratifying to note that the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Darul Qaza and Shariat Courts has been widely welcomed by quarters within the Muslims community. Courts carry out the sacred duty of...
View ArticleMounting Intolerance
Killing of Pune techie Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh, force-feeding of canteen supervisor Zubair Rashid leading to invalidation of the Ramazan fast and tirade against India’s tennis star Sania Mirza are a series...
View ArticleTackling the ISIS Threat
The ISIS fundamentalists who have captured wide swath of land in upper regions of Syria and Iraq and have declared themselves Islamic Caliphate of Iraq and Syria, represent everything that has gone...
View ArticleDangerous Course
The nation’s credo of secularism faces grave threat from quarters determined to rewrite history on communal lines and inject poison into the young minds. With the advent of the BJP Government at the...
View ArticleMaking Encounters Transparent
The rule of law has received a massive boost in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 16-point guidelines for investigation into encounter killings. While it is well recognized that maintaining law and order...
View ArticleThe True Spirit of Sacrifice
Muslims all over the world will be performing the Hajj and then celebrating Bakrid. While the rituals are performed, its time that Muslims introspect and reflect into their souls to understand the...
View ArticlePointers from Elections
The emergence of the Bhartiya Janata Party as the single largest party in election for Maharashtra Assembly and the runaway victory in Haryana Assembly has not surprised anyone. These were very much on...
View ArticleA Resolution of Positive Thinking
Success stories of many people, past and present, reveal that their journey of life has been marked by positive thinking. There is no way to get out of the tunnel of darkness and into the light other...
View ArticleFrom Idiocy to Lunacy
The demand for putting Taj Mahal under the custody of Uttar Pradesh Wakf Board is not only unwarranted, but utterly ridiculous. Rabble-rousing Wakf Minister, Azam Khan never known for any sane and...
View ArticlePak’s Drift to Despair
The massacre of the school children at the hands of the Taliban terrorists in Peshawar represents Pakistan’s descent into unimaginable depth of disorder and despair. The bestiality shown by the...
View ArticleSaner Options Must be Explored
What is certain from the poll outcome in Jharkhand and Jammu & Kashmir is that while the BJP’s march has been slowed down, the Congress Party has suffered further decline and defeat and is fast...
View ArticlePatently Biased
The BJP-SS Government in Maharashtra has begun its tenure in the State on a negative note. The recently elected Maharashtra Assembly with the new government in power, passed the bill for reservation...
View ArticleCompassion Towards Teenage Traumas
The death of a 15 year-old student in Bengaluru recently, raises some questions about not just the current system of education, but also the parents’ and teachers’ failure in addressing teenage...
View ArticleDisenchantment is Setting In
The victory of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the stunning defeat of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Delhi Assembly elections should not come as a surprise. The BJP has paid for its...
View ArticleJustice Delayed and Denied
The denial of justice to the victims and those who survived the massacre of the youth of Hashimpura and Maliana is so blatant that it could well deserve the tag of ‘murder of justice’. Justice was not...
View ArticleBreak Those Delusive Shelters
Mere numbers do not add up to anything. Muslims would need to upgrade quality of people. People are today looked at as a vital resource. But only when they are educated, skilled, creative, productive...
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