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December'19

CAA-NRC-NPR: Different Labels, Same Goal

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 166 total views,  1 views today 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 […]

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January'20

Time to be united

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 189 total views,  1 views today 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 […]

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January'20

Malaysia’s threat to the OIC

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 173 total views,  1 views today 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 […]

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January'20

Soleimani’s Killing: War Clouds Gather

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 186 total views For Iran, the killing represents more than just the loss of a battlefield commander The targeted killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, could draw forceful Iranian retaliation against American interests in the region and spiral into a far larger conflict between the U.S. and Iran. The killing of […]

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January'20

Indian women will soar high like Shaheen

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 197 total views,  2 views today Shaheen Bagh women have presented a model of Gandhian Satyagraha in practice Shaheen is a Persian origin word in Urdu, referring specifically to the Barbary falcon In Persian, Shaheen literally means ‘majestic’ or ‘like a king’. It also symbolises speed, superiority, determination, loyalty, strength, wisdom, freedom, focus, ambition and aspiration. It […]

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January'20

So what if Muslims are leading protests against CAA-NRC-NPR?

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 167 total views,  1 views today The on-going protests against the CAA-NRC-NPR trio have entered 36th day now The only face off seems to change the retrospective date for the NRC and instead set a current date for new citizens being born in India e.g. after 1 Jan 2020. The on-going protests against the CAA-NRC-NPR trio have […]

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January'20

Indian Republic at 70: Was this our destination?

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 189 total views At present we are standing at a crossroad, where a vast multitude of Indian citizens are wondering about their legal standing and the future 72 years after independence and 70 years after India became a republic, instead of feeling ecstatic and consolidating our achievements we are forced to ponder the question, was this […]