Indian Muslims Must Organise Themselves Politically, But Not On Religious Lines

The new political formation of Muslims should eschew religious symbols and slogans, and instead, choose...

Tablighi Jamaat, Venomous Macro-organisms And A Novel Virus Caught In Between

In a nation perennially in search of a new Muslim villain for every novel occasion, in this case the ‘novel...

Opinion | Indian Muslims Have Lost Faith In National Institutions And ‘Secularism’

The political situation is so completely pitted against the community that extremist elements wanting to fish...

‘Shiva Express Now Entering…Menstruating Women Move Away’: How Warrior Trolls Of Kerala Are Fighting Hatred, Communalism

Irreverent, hard-hitting, extremely creative trolls have become the most effective means of political...

The Traitorous People of Delhi Who Chose Pakistan Over India

They have elected forces that, according to a BJP MP, could have let loose rapists into every home in the...

Double Standards On Bomb Terrorism And Mob Terrorism Must Be Called Out

A 36-year-old man planted a bomb at Mangalore Airport because he was depressed due to the unemployment. But...

Where God Failed In Kerala, Modi And Shah Succeeded

At the root of the whole divisive BJP politics is its barely concealed design to marginalise, disenfranchise...

Why Has CAB Left Out 2.55 Million Hindus Facing Persecution In Sri Lanka?

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is the latest in a long list of intimidating tools meticulously chiseled...

JNU VC Deserves Compliments -- For Passionate Zeal To Destroy Varsity & His Loyalty To Masters

JNU VC deserves our compliments for his thick-skinned persistence with his mission and his unwavering loyalty...

Ayodhya Verdict: Peace Until Political Exigencies Turn Kashi, Mathura Into Next Flashpoint

Had the verdict been in favour of the Muslim party, it could never have been implemented. We cannot always...

#BoycottMuslims: When Hate Is Mainstreamed, It Becomes A National Trait

I have always believed that one kind of communalism invariably feeds into the other, forming a symbiotic...

Russia in Middle East: The Unputdownable Putin

A cursory look at Putin’s Middle East maneuvers shows up the man as the cleverest player among the big...

Book Which Tells Muslims To Get Over ‘Excesses’

‘The Tale of the Boy Who Never Laughed’ is a parable that tells the reader that it is important for Arabs...

JNU Will Survive Morons, For Resistance To Tyranny, Ignorance Is At Core Of Its DNA

I have no one to blame but the current administration of Jawaharlal Nehru University that left no stone...

OPINION | Shashi Tharoor’s Travails Among Kerala’s Lilliputians

Accusing Shashi Tharoor of being pro-Modi or pro-Hindutva is almost as ‘blasphemous’ as charging Modi...

Opinion | Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur’s Candidature An Affront To The Hindus

Abu Dhabi Diary

This week, a diary from Abu Dhabi on the visit of the Pope and the Imam and the 'new symbolic tolerance'.

When The Pope And The Grand Imam Embrace Each Other

In the history of the papacy, it is the first-ever visit by a Pope to the Arabian Peninsula, where Islam was...

Poland Diary

Shajahan Madampat writes a diary about his visit to Poland, meeting with Lech Walesa and the visit to World...

Continuity Is A Tired Word

They are demagogues who have cunningly used fear and disaffection. This book shows how Trump and Modi brought...