A group of Banaras Hindu University students protesting against the appointment of a Muslim professor at the Sanskirt literature department ended their ‘dharna‘ on Friday. The university had announced on Thursday that classes at the department would resume, indicating that… Read more ›
‘The verdict must be seen as something more; as a historical balm, a moral restitution and the deliverance of justice to a people wronged,‘ argues Vivek Gumaste. IMAGE: People belonging to Hindu and Muslim faiths celebrate the verdict in the… Read more ›
‘Tipu Sultan may have had his flaws, but that does not mean he can be axed from textbooks.‘‘Besides, if it is Tipu today, who will it be tomorrow?‘ asks Shuma Raha. Photograph: PTI Photo There is a stunning headless… Read more ›
‘Rajapaksa‘s victory poses a serious foreign policy challenge for the Modi government,‘ notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka‘s new president, right, with his brother, former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is expected to be named prime minister… Read more ›
‘For Muslims, India is now a Hindu Rashtra, no matter what kind of Constitution is still in place,‘ argues Mohammad Sajjad. IMAGE: Muslims offer sweets to each other after the Ayodhya verdict outside the Shah-e-alam shrine in Ahmedabad. Photograph: PTI… Read more ›
Maharashtra‘s next government will be led by the Shiv Sena and the common minimum programme being worked out along with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party ahead of its formation will be in the “state‘s interest”, said party spokesman Sanjay… Read more ›
‘Both Hindus and Muslims should work together to construct both the masjid and mandir.‘ IMAGE: Indians from the Hindu and Muslim faiths celebrate the verdict in the Ayodhya case outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi, November 9, 2019. Photograph:… Read more ›
The Supreme Court on Saturday held that the 1989 lawsuit filed on behalf of deity ‘Bhagwan Sri Ram Lalla Virajman‘ was not time barred as its ‘puja sewa‘ continued even during the existence of disputed mosque in Ayodhya. The Law… Read more ›