CIVIL SOCIETY The New Superpower

The bedrock of civilization rests on three institutions:
Family;
Business; and
The State.
A fourth institution called civil society has also always existed, but has generated renewed interest and importance in recent times. Although civil society...

• Civil Society or Evil Society?
  By ABDUL BASEER

• CIVIL SOCIETY Three Dimensional System A Must
  By DR JAVED JAMIL

• NGOs and Tribal Development in India: Issues and concerns
  By SIULI RAY

Reservation Restored But

“In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country.” – John F. Kennedy
The recent Supreme Court judgment to uphold 27% reservation in higher education institutions was indeed a slap acr...

Issues Are Fragile Handle them with care

Islam is the favourite ‘punching bag’ of western civilization and its oriental proponents. It is not an empty rhetoric as some people believe or pretend to believe. It is well articulated, pre-planned, calculated and deliberate onslaught ...

Terrorism is the by-product of politics: Puniyani

Dr Ram Puniyani, noted social activist and Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Dharma-nirapeksha March (ABDM) stated that terrorism was a by-product of politics of opportunism. It has no religion but social, political and economic disparities produce terror...

Secular Challenge

The Twin Towers collapsed and 3,000 people were killed. On the fifth anniversary, the names of 2,749 people were read out at a ceremony. Ahmedinejad wonders why the US never published their names. “Under this pretext they attacked Afghanistan a...

Beliefs and Bad Behaviour

Bad behaviour, whether mere rudeness or criminal activity, boils down to a lack of good standards. I don’t agree with the founder of Boys Town that there’s no such thing as a bad boy, but I do believe that no child is born bad. Children c...

Communicating with the Quran

Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai!  (Iqbal)
Here is some of what it takes to communicate with the Qur’an – some of what it takes to be able to read the Qur’an properly a...