Is atheism rampant in the Middle East?
Just recently Ahmed Harqan, an Egyptian human rights activist, stunned television audiences all over Egypt and rest of the Arab Middle East, by claiming his non-belief in the existence of God and his...
View ArticleSalman Khan case: We will eat grass, but still worship our stars
Indian law is not blind; it is a slave of the rich. The events that have unfolded in the last few days have exposed the age-old vices tormenting our country – favouritism and nepotism. It has been a...
View ArticleWhy is it acceptable for Indian companies to abuse Indian migrants in the...
In the southern coastal belt of India and the Malabar side, there has been an obsession among youngsters to flock to the Middle East for a better livelihood. The trend embarked in the late 60s, as a...
View ArticlePakistan’s Sabeen Mahmud is India’s Narendra Dabholkar
Throughout history, there have been numerous attacks on voices of reason and rationality. The dark ages of Europe led to inquisition and mass persecution of critical thinkers and voices of dissent. One...
View ArticleWhere is India’s ‘landmark judgment’ on honour killing today?
In the spring of 2005, at the exotic valley of Karora village in Northern Haryana, when the sun had bid farewell and the full-moon accompanying with cluster of stars appeared in the darkness of the...
View ArticleMangalore, where a Muslim cannot interact with a Hindu
The torturing, beating, and stripping of a young Muslim man by a mob of vandals connected to the Bajrang Dal faction in the heart of the city, and that even in broad daylight amidst impotent onlookers...
View ArticleBollywood is a cartel which has been thriving on plagiarism and nepotism
I realised what a waste of time Tubelight was only after wasting nearly three hours of my life watching it. I searched for reviews of the movie to see if I was the only one who thought along such...
View ArticleSo much for India’s democratic “freedom”
On September 5, 2017, at about 8:00 pm at night, three unidentified gunmen killed the noted writer, activist and fierce journalist, Gauri lankesh. This brutal murder sent shock waves across the...
View ArticleAtal Bihari Vajpayee: The last dignified fighter in India’s political arena
The demise of former Prime Minister and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) patriarch Atal Bihari Vajpayee has brought an end to the era of ‘statesmanship’ in the country. Vajpayee brought an entirely new...
View ArticleWhy is the Indian government ignoring all the economic red flags?
Owing to a “weaker than expected outlook” for domestic demand in India, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that India’s growth rate will undergo a downward revision by 0.3% for the...
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