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Thursday, April 03, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025

opinion - Page 139

IQBAL: A GUIDING LIGHT FOR MUSLIMS

Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938), philosopher, poet and political leader, was born in Sialkot, a small town in the Punjab, which is now a province of Pakistan. In 1927 he was elected to
May. 6, 2018

RECONSTRUCTING A ‘MUTINY’

No matter how horrendous the atrocities or massacres, humans have the stark ability to rationalise their actions using a mixture of pseudoscience and ideological narratives. It is only decades or centuries
May. 6, 2018

The alliance should now end

There was only one reason that the otherwise ideologically dissonant alliance between the BJP and the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir — what former chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed called the
May. 6, 2018

Gone Rogue

Every passing day, Kashmiriyat dies a little more, what good does Jamhooriyat hold, when insaaniyat holds true only in our folklore? No matter how ideologically one human is different from the
May. 6, 2018

Winners May Be Losers In Karnataka

It was what a film director would have described as a perfect take. “You are a beginner” says he, grinding his teeth in simulated anger. “These are your days to learn”.
May. 6, 2018

Operation Bluestar had British Hands?

By Kuldip Nayar The British government has rejected a petition by the Sikh community in London to make public all papers concerning Operation Bluestar. Margaret Thatcher, then British Prime Minister, was close
Mar. 26, 2018

Defeating Ambedkar

By Manini Chatterjee The BharatiyaJanata Party president, Amit Shah, gave a spate of interviews to different television channels last week, days after the shock defeat of his party in the by-elections to
Mar. 26, 2018

What you see on FB, Twitter is twisted, and how

By Ravi VisvesvarayaSharada Prasad For years, social scientists have claimed that social media platforms would lead to greater social and political awareness and understanding, by providing easy access to multiple points of
Mar. 26, 2018