By Frank F Islam Our word of the year is Critical Race. That’s not critical race theory, but critical race. We will explain the distinction and the reason for our selection in a moment. Before we do, let us list our three other possible choices for this year. They...
RAMZY BAROUD THE Belgian government’s decision on November 25 to label products made in illegal Israeli Jewish settlements is welcome, although it will ultimately prove ineffectual. Belgium has historically shown solidarity with Palestine if compared to other...
PROF RAM PUNIYANI MUNAWAR FARUQUI, a standup comic was to perform for a charity in Bangalore. The tickets were sold out. Then the organisers were informed that ‘show cannot go on’ and it had to be canceled. What was cited as the reason was that there may be law and...
Sumanta Banerjee SALMAN KHURSHID’S observation comparing Hindutva with jihadist Islam has quite predictably raised the hackles of the Sangh Parivar. To go back to the context in which he made this observation in his book, `Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our...
By Frank F Islam The United Nations climate change conference ended in Glasgow, Scotland, November 13, more than a day later than scheduled, with an agreement to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level. Among other measures, the...
Chin is trying to expand its presence globally by constructing ports, railways and roads in partner countries albeit at terms which tilt hugely in its favour, besides challenging the US interests. Asad Mirza THE aggressive and planned manner in which Chinese companies...
Since the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992 and the Supreme Court’s decision to construct Ram Mandir on the land where once the Masjid stood, Hindutva groups have been claiming sites, where mosques are standing, as Hindu sacred sites. Various Hindutva forces have...
By Pravanshi Pandey | New Delhi (Caste reservation is a hot debate in India even today, although it was implemented almost 40 years ago. However, with the recent 105th Constitutional Amendment Act, a milestone has been reached. The Act will strengthen federalism and...
Syed Ali Mujtaba ‘The world is witnessing the cold war 2.0, where China has emerged as a major challenger to the US supremacy,’ observed Col R. Hariharan, and retired Military Intelligence Officer who was with Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) from 1997 – 1990 in Sri...
We cannot allow a little, invisible virus to defeat or define us as humanity AIJAZ ZAKA SYED AMID this deepening darkness of all-round doom and gloom, there is a ray of hope at last. The raging global pandemic of Coronavirus has killed all chances of US President...