Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, also known as Maulana Azad, was an eminent Indian scholar, freedom fighter, and prominent leader of the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement. He is remembered today as one of…

अहमद फ़राज़ का इंकलाबी पहलु

अमूमन यह तरीका होता है कि हम किसी व्यक्ति/कलाकार को समग्रता में नहीं देखते बल्कि उसके किसी हिस्से को, बहुत संभव है, कि वह हिस्सा काफी महत्वपूर्ण भी हो, ज्यादा उभार कर ऐसे प्रस्तुत करते हैं।…

Four Decades of Nellie: Isn’t an Apology Due?

Today, the Nellie massacre completes 40 years. Thousands of Muslims were killed in the Nellie area of Assam in broad daylight on February 18th, 1983. Their only crime was that they exercised their democratic right to…

India’s Health and Food systems, Review Reflection and Reality Check

On the 75th anniversary of the transfer of power from British rule, a reality check is of utmost necessity in the area of healthcare because the current government has charted a ” Health Care 2022 and…

The Rampant Cases of Untouchability and Caste Discrimination

The murder of a child belonging to the scheduled caste community in Saraswati Vidya Mandir school, Sayala, in district Jalore is a crude reminder about the caste system and untouchability persisting in our educational institutions even…

Advancing Pseudo-Science in Covid Pandemic to Locating Modern Science in Ancient Indian texts – That is the Hindutva “Medicine”

While conducting an interactive session last Sunday at a local youth club on the eve of Science day, I was astonished at the kind of queries my next generation put forth. I was up for a…

Dr Ambedkar’s Analysis of the Muslims in India

Whether you agree or disagree with Dr Ambedkar's analysis, anyone genuinely working on social or political strengthening of the Muslim community in India must not ignore it. It is time we stop judging one of the…

On Attempts to label Dr Ambedkar as an Islamophobe

If you contend that Dr Ambedkar, as an outsider, should not have made his analysis on the Muslim community I will insist that you turn back now. As per my reading, it is one of the…

हिजाब विवाद, मुद्दा एक नज़रिए अनेक

सामाजिक पहचान, जातिगत हो या धार्मिक, उसका निर्माण सामाजिक प्रक्रिया से ही होता है। सामाजिक पहचान के निर्माण की प्रक्रिया में बहुत सारे ऐतिहासिक, सामाजिक और राजनैतिक फैक्टर शामिल होते हैं। किसी भी सामाजिक पहचान को…

सवर्णों का मीडिया और न्यायपालिका पर प्रभुत्व बन गया है राष्ट्र निर्माण में सबसे बड़ी बाधा

आज शाम में राष्ट्रपति देश को संबोधित करेंगे. उनकी स्क्रिप्टेड स्पीच में क्या बोला जाएगा इसका अनुमान बहुतांश लोगो को है. मगर शायद राष्ट्रपति वह नहीं बोलेंगे, या देश के लिए वो दिशा नहीं दिखाएंगे जिसकी…