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Ajaz Ashraf
Why Modi Cannot Admire both Buddha and Savarkar
09 Jul 2020
The Hindutva icon had a visceral hatred for Buddhism. He disliked Buddha’s ahimsa, Ashoka’s propagation of it, and Kanishka for deviating from both.
Ajaz Ashraf
Delhi Should Reach Covid-19 Peak Mid-July, Predicts AIIMS Professor Sanjay Rai
29 Jun 2020
The world is still said to be six months away from getting a vaccine. Assume a vaccine is very effective. But even then a series of questions arise: in what time-frame can we produce the vaccine for…
Ajaz Ashraf
BJP Does to J&K Media What Indira Gandhi did in Emergency
25 Jun 2020
The ruling party’s remembrance of the dark days of Emergency cannot conceal its role in curbing free speech.
Ajaz Ashraf, Vignesh Karthik KR
Coronavirus is Scary: Your Biases Make it Feel Worse
19 Jun 2020
Scientists are looking for a cure for the virus. Until then, remember that excessive fear suppresses the immune system.
Ajaz Ashraf
Why Lockdown Nikah is Viral in West Uttar Pradesh
11 Jun 2020
As the economy weakens, Muslim families are doing away with the big fat Indian wedding. The reformist mindset may outlast the pandemic.
Ajaz Ashraf, Vignesh Karthik K. R.
Why J&K’s Demography Will Change Beyond Belief
31 May 2020
The new domicile rules could permanently alter the state, socially and politically.
Ajaz Ashraf
Why Harry Doesn’t Mind if the Poor Don’t Make it to Bihar
21 May 2020
In Delhi and around, the Hindi-English identity has subsumed the Bihari linguistic identity but in south India, as a minority, the same Hindi identity has united them.
Ajaz Ashraf
‘Sarkar is Only for the Rich, the Poor Are Meant to Die’
13 May 2020
Meet Siya Ram, president of Dalit Ekta Camp, a JJ cluster in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj colony, an upwardly-mobile residential neighbourhood.
Ajaz Ashraf
Exposed: Ram Madhav’s False Narrative About Italy, Chinese and Muslims
07 May 2020
Media must consider; even opinions need to be grounded in fact.
Ajaz Ashraf
If Trump Sues China, Iraq Should Demand Compensation for Unjust War
30 Apr 2020
Trump’s bigotry against China echoes Western lies that ravaged Iraq.