Syed Ali Mujtaba Muslims in the US are suffering from marginalization in the media and cinema. This is found out by Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, a leading think tank in the US. The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative develops targeted, research-based solutions to tackle...
Many think that the official motto of the United States is ‘e pluribus unum” — from many one. It is not. In fact, given the national drift toward divisiveness over the past few years, that saying should probably be reversed to “e unum pluribus” — from one many. FRANK...
By Haider Abbas It is now only a week to go to make for the first anniversary of the Russian-Ukraine war. The whole world is right now agog with reports of Ukraine foreign fighters and Ukraine’s brutality to them! What would surely shock the world, is how Ukraine has...
By Muskan Mustaqeem When it comes to the situation of minority constituencies, India has taken centre stage in the debate between the ideological state and the constitutional state. In the past few years, majoritarianism and populist undertones have become a strong...
FRANK F ISLAM There has been much ado about many things in the nation’s Capitol as the country moves into the second month of this new year. One of those things is the debt ceiling. Debt Ceiling Conversations President Joe Biden and the new House Speaker Kevin...
By Haider Abbas It might sound a bit erratic that now India, from where there is ‘high migration’ towards US, for greener pastures etc, there is a reverse-employment -generation in the offing, that too for US! It has been learnt that Air India and US Boeing Aircraft...
It is too early to predict what the full and permanent impact of these layoffs will be on the H-1B programme and the Indian economy. If the reading of the tea leaves by the US tech industry on recession turns out to be correct, its effect will be enormous. By Frank F...
Syed Ali Mujtaba Mahbooba Mufti, the PDP leader, and former Chief Minister has recently made a statement that the BJP has made Jammu and Kashmir look like Afghanistan. There may be some exaggeration in her statement, but there are certain truths that speak for...
FRANK F ISLAM What is more dangerous to the future of the American democracy and economy, the artificial intelligence of computers and machines that have been programmed to think like humans or the “artificial intelligence” of we human beings who have been programmed...
Asad Mirza Composite Nationalism as espoused by Hussain Ahmad Madani in early 20th century, holds validity even today also, besides becoming more relevant and giving a new interpretation to nationalism. Husain Ahmad Madani was a traditional Islamic scholar and a...