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December'19

Social Media and UK Elections

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 132 total views One election in which deception has made a considerable role is the British general elections The exponential growth of Social Media in the recent years, with every person becoming a photographer or a journalist or a critic has transformed our society to a completely new one, where most of us are living with […]

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December'19

Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens

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 124 total views BJP had promised in its 2014 election manifesto to provide a natural home for persecuted Hindu refugees Just in two days the protests against The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 have spread to many cities in the country. The protests which started in Assam after December 04 spread to West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, […]

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December'19

Azaadi……..? From What?

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 126 total views The word Azaadi was first used by Lokmanya Tilak who gave us the slogan, ‘Freedom is my birth right’ Azaadi has become a dirty word these days, whereas it has always been regarded as the most sacred tenet of human existence throughout the world. The expression of Azadi in the post-colonial era widely […]

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December'19

Now What…? – Lessons for Muslims for anti-CAA protests

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 124 total views Lastly, though ill timed but the protests have also bought another lesson for the Muslim community The events of the past 12 days against the CAA-NRC have given a new narrative to the CAA-NRC protests, coupled with most of the optics of the protests portraying another picture of the protests. In addition to […]

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December'19

CAA-NRC-NPR: Different Labels, Same Goal

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 116 total views The first NPR was conducted along with the census and thus no one was against it It seems the ruling class in India is trying to teach the public, the rudimentary alphabets. For it first comes the CAA then NRC then NPR. But unlike the traditional alphabets the new alphabets means the same. […]

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January'20

Time to be united

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 149 total views One lies awake feeling a sense of impotent rage, wondering to what state the country has come to One has lost the count of sleepless nights spent since 15 Dec when the ‘police action’ against Jamia students started a whole chain of protests and reprisals across the country. Jamia was followed by AMU […]

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January'20

Malaysia’s threat to the OIC

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 113 total views It is true that world’s 1.75 billion Muslims can’t see Dr Mahathir as their leader, due to historical linkages The fifth edition of an annual gathering of Muslim leaders from across the world was hosted by Malaysia from Dec 19 to 21 last year. The conference was attended by leaders from 20 Muslim […]