By Basheer Ahmed M.D. The Qur’an started with the word “IQRA” which means “Read” and Allah (SWT) reminds us that every Muslim man’s and woman’s prayer should be: “Rabbi zidni ‘Ilmaa” (O Lord, increase me in ‘ilm (knowledge) -20-114, and Prophet Muhammad (SAWS)...
By Taponeel Mukherjee, News about the cancellation of renewable energy auctions demands urgent attention. Renewable energy generation and toll roads have primarily driven India's infrastructure push in the recent past, especially to attract private investors. It is...
By Ram Puniyani The violence against religious minorities has been on the rise during last few years. Many a reports tell us not only about the overall rise in the violence but also about the portents of violence orchestrated in the name of Mother Cow and nationalism...
By C. Uday Bhaskar, August 6 is etched in an apocalyptic manner on the global consciousness given the nuclear enormity that engulfed the unsuspecting residents of Japan's Hiroshima on that day in 1945. Three days later Nagasaki met the same fate, though tragically...
By V. Jagannathan, Chennai : Muthuvel Karunanidhi was one of the last links to the Dravidian movement that ushered in the rise of backward classes in politics and the end of Congress rule in Tamil Nadu five decades ago on the plank of social justice. A five-time Chief...
“Emerging technologies of BFIC (Blockchain, Fintech, ICO, Crypto Mining) can create tremendous job opportunities for youth - Dr. Tausif Malik, founder MAHAbfic” “India can be the next Bitcoin/Crypto currency mining hub of the world” Dr Tausif Malik The Maratha youth...
By Frank Islam. In our book Renewing the American Dream published in 2010, we provided the following conceptualization of the American Dream: The American Dream is the opportunity each and every citizen has to realize one’s personal potential and to achieve...
40 LAKH NAMES STRUCK OFF FROM ASSAM NRC: Hajela’s team made an unpleasant joke with peasantry of Assam and a gigantic mockery of public resources By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi Nearly 33 years after the Assam Accord was signed in 1985 between then Prime Minister of India...
By Saeed Naqvi, Call it coincidence or mysterious design, there are moments in world affairs when disparate societies have the same experience. I had barely registered that the sword of Damocles hung on the heads of over four million people, mostly Muslims, in Assam...
By Amulya Ganguli, Ever since the former saffron stalwart, Arun Shourie, created a stir in the 1980s with his articles on illegal immigrants in Assam comprising Bangladeshi Muslims, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has seen the issue as an excellent one to furbish its...