by Partha S. Ghosh
Ever since the Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 (9/11), Muslims all over the world are ‘under siege’. That’s how the Pakistani-American sociologist, Akbar Ahmed, (...)
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The Growing Phenomenon of Demonising Muslims
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BJP’s Appropriation of the Telangana Liberation Struggle (1946-48)
28 September 2019, by Sumanta BanerjeeThe following article came out in Countercurrents on January 27, 2018. In view of its importance today it is being reproduced here for the benefit of our readers.
The BJP last year observed September 17 as the ‘Liberation of Hyderabad Day’, (...) -
Howdy Modi had nothing of enduring value for India
28 September 2019, by M K BhadrakumarThe art of flattery, contrary to what one might think, is a complicated affair. If it is too straightforward, it runs the risk of appearing artificial, especially when the flatterer contrives to combine strict truth of fact with a vast (...) -
Two Politicians Grow in Houston
28 September 2019by L.K. Sharma
Two events held on the same day confused India-watchers. At Howdy Modi, a gigantic political extravaganza in Houston, more than 50,000 Am-Indians kept cheering Prime Minister Modi and US President Trump. India appeared like a (...) -
Kashmir in Focus
28 September 2019, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
In 1967, that is, fiftytwo years ago, N.C. visited the Kashmir Valley for a few days and held detailed discussions with a wide cross-section of opinion-makers and political personalities of all shades there. On his return he (...) -
The Interest around Chandrayaan-2 hides the Gloomy Future of Research in India
28 September 2019by Sambit Roychowdhury
Writing on the Chandrayaan-2, the space mission, the nation’s imagination is aflame with several excellent articles on the mission having already appeared in both the national as well as international media. Besides that (...) -
Butterflies and All Things Good
28 September 2019, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
When you are a downside-up man condemned to horizontality in bed, you start imagining that the world is plotting against you. A butterfly on the window or an itch on the left hand are seen as messages meant for you. Across cultures, (...) -
A Tribute to Valiant Bhagat Singh
28 September 2019, by Bharti ChhibberBOOK REVIEW
The Bhagat Singh Reader byChaman Lal (ed);Noida: Harper Collins;2019; pp. 616; Rs 799.
On September 28, 2019 we are celebrating the 112th birth anniversary of gallant revolu-tionary Bhagat Singh. Bhagat Singh character-ised the true (...) -
Freedom
28 September 2019, by Badri RainaWould you be free of the tyranny
Wrought by the benevolent?
Learn to turn your resolute back
On words of sweet intent.
Ask the insistent benefactor
What he has up his sleeve;
Keep a steady frown in place,
Let him squirm and grieve.
And, if he is (...) -
Where Are We Heading?
23 September 2019, by SCEDITORIAL
Today is September 19, 2019. Precisely 46 days ago the Government of India had abrogated the Articles 370 and 35A of our Constitution thereby divesting Kashmir of its special status in the Indian Union. Yesterday PM Narendra Modi, in a (...)
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