Dump the Nuclear Liability Bill

SYED SULTAN MOHIDDIN argues against the passage of Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010, appeals to the right-thinking people to mobilise public opinion against it, and calls upon the Manmohan Singh government to dump the Bill....

Declare Jamia Millia Islamia a Minority Educational Institution

By SHAFAQUE ALAM...

Activism is Change, Not academic Squabbles and Bickering

An activist is a person who feels strongly about a cause and who is also willing to dedicate time and energy towards advancing and realising this cause.
This might be my own limited interpretation of what activism means. I was born and raised in a G...

FROM 'SLAVE OF PERIYAR' TO 'SLAVE OF ALLAH'

By T. AZEEZ LUTHFULLAH...

TAX POLITICS

Malaysia’s government deferred its plan to enforce a 4 per cent goods and service tax fearing that it will make it unpopular in the country. Prime Minister Najib Razak’s administration had previously planned to impose the tax by 2011 in a...

WOMEN'S RESERVATION BILL Will It Sail or Sink?

The constitutional amendment bill pending for the last 14 years, aimed at empowering women by enabling them to play a crucial role in the law-making process by reserving 33% seats in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies , was finally passed by the Rajy...

Education in 'Global List' Outcome of Drained Brains

There is no dearth of experts who are, of late, repeatedly reminding the central government that Education comes under the Concurrent List and not under Union or State List. That is, the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development needs to take the...

Money, Muscle and Morality

DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI discusses the moral rot that finds expression in the behaviour as well as the expanse of our elected representatives, swamis and bhagwans, and suggests the tried and trusted solution....

Muslim Ummah in Compliance

Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz–e–kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal)
And what a wonderful proof all this is of the truth and validity of the Qur'an and of the mission and message of Sayyidina Muhammad, Sall...