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November'20

Madaris in India – Challenges and Way Forward

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 109 total views If the Madaris (plural for Madrasa) in India could reorient themselves, it may silence their critics besides influencing the government to support these initiatives The first institute of Islamic Madrasa Education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa in Makkah, where Prophet Muhammad was the teacher […]

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December'20

Jerusalema!!!

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 131 total views The song Jerusalema celebrates life and is full of joie de vivre Sometimes you are too bogged down by lethargy or feel really unconcerned by the happenings around the world and don’t feel like pounding at your laptop, dishing out highly opinionated pieces on mundane world issues. Perhaps this might be due to […]

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December'20

2020 Set Many New Paradigms, Here are Some of Them

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 123 total views 2020 set many new paradigms, which may be the norm in the coming years, too Perhaps the humans have awaited no other year’s end so eagerly across the world as that of 2020. Similarly, no other event in the recent history has had such a far-reaching impact as that of the coronavirus pandemic, […]

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Jan

Indian Republic at 72

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 144 total views In the first year of the new decade, we’ll mark the 75 years of our Independence and 72 years of India as a Republic, but there are many questions, which assail the common Indian 75 years after Independence and 72 years after India became a Republic, instead of feeling ecstatic and consolidating our […]

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Jan

What UK Needs to Stay Relevant on Global Stage?

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 125 total views Post-Brexit strategy poses great challenges for the UK; to redefine its internal and external policies besides handling the worsening pandemic situation calls for pragmatism in a large dose Now that the UK has left the European Union (EU) and has lost the shelter of the bloc’s single market and customs union at a […]

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November'19

British Indians and the UK elections

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 132 total views British Indians (also Indian British people or Indian Britons) are citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) whose ancestral roots lie in India. According to latest figures, Indians comprise about 1.4 million people in the UK, making them the single largest visible ethnic minority population in the country. The largest group of British Indians […]

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May'19

Media Ownership Monitor: Who owns the media in India?

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 139 total views The Media Ownership Monitor (MOM) project, a global research and advocacy effort to promote transparency and media pluralism at an international level, was initiated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in 2015. In India, it conducted the Media Ownership Monitor project together with Delhi based digital media company, DataLEADS. The key findings of the […]