EFFECTIVE LOKPAL NOT IN SIGHT

A restrained approach by the government alone can prevent a mass collision with the masses who are determined to vigorously pursue their struggle for an effective Lok Pal, observes RAJINDAR SACHAR...

SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY Ramdas Athawalay Allies with Shiv Sena

Electoral politics has its own strange logic. While Gopinath Munde, a leader of BJP, was hobnobbing with Congress (June 2011), in recent times the leaders from Shiv Sena, Narayan Rane and Sanjay Nirupam have joined Congress in recent years, Ramdas At...

Kolkata Celebrates Budding Artists from across the Country

A gala Cultural Evening was the perfect conclusion of the 3-day National Cultural Workshop organised by the Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) in the cultural capital of India, Kolkata last fortnight.
Mohurgunj, the cultural hub of Kolkata...

Open Letter to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Forbesganj Police Massacre

Indian American Muslim Council
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
 
Chief Minister of Bihar 
Shri Nitish Kumar,
Bihar
   
Subject: Demand for Immediate...

Without Force or Farce?

“The fast of the saint could not break the spell of Brahmin, might or ability to talk to God is a task, shorn of foundation.”
This is a bad, misleading translation of a good couplet of Iqbal... bad because I am always conscious of langua...

India, Pakistan Talk Peace No More War Mongering, Please

The history of independence of India and Pakistan’s creation is soaked in human blood. Fear of insecurity caused by partisan moves and presence of a strong lobby of Hindutva leaders in mainstream political amalgam spearheading the movement of i...

Anti-Islamic Hate Speech is Now Legal in the Netherlands

By YAMIN ZAKARIA...

Media is Judge, Jury and Executioner, Dr. Manmohan Singh

No Editor came out wiser after an hour-long interaction with the Prime Minister at 7 Race Course Road, his official residence in New Delhi on June 29. The less-than-impressive show had been organised at the proddings of the Congress Working Committee...