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Ajaz Ashraf
Babri Masjid: Now a Metaphor of Hindus Harming Themselves
06 Dec 2021
The divide of Partition glimpsed in the wake of the Babri Masjid demolition, as historian Sumit Sarkar pointed out in 1992, now shows signs of permanence.
Ajaz Ashraf
MSP is Insurance Against Anarchy in Future: Economist Sukhpal Singh
25 Nov 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hope that his promise to repeal the three new farm laws will have the protesting farmers to promptly fold their t
Ajaz Ashraf
Modi is Wrong: Death Data Shows Protest Not of Big Farmers—Economist Lakhwinder Singh
17 Nov 2021
On 26 November 2020
Ajaz Ashraf
Gurugram Friday Prayer Controversy is a Recipe for Radicalisation
07 Nov 2021
Harassed by Hindu mobs, abandoned by the Indian state, the Muslims of Gurugram find their religious feelings mocked every Friday.
Ajaz Ashraf
How and Why those who Trolled Shami Should be Booked
31 Oct 2021
The law provides for it, so why does not the Indian state charge those who accuse Muslims of being anti-national?
Ajaz Ashraf
Bangladesh Violence: Indian Subcontinent is a Hard Place for Minorities
20 Oct 2021
Instead of learning lessons from upheavals of the past, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India seem to be witnessing Partition redux.
Ajaz Ashraf
Some Government Policies Broke Pandit-Muslim Relations in Kashmir—Sanjay Tickoo
12 Oct 2021
The Kashmiri Pandit leader says when a Hindu is killed in Kashmir, all Kashmiri Muslims must condemn it, just as all Hindus must condemn lynching of Muslims anywhere in India.
Ajaz Ashraf
Thokne Wali Sarkar Eats Humble Pie in Lakhimpur Kheri
06 Oct 2021
The Indian State remains the upper caste feudal landlord, who brooks no opposition to protect a social order, with all its class and caste inequalities.
Ajaz Ashraf
Why Everyone in Punjab loves a Dalit CM
22 Sep 2021
There’s a buzz among Dalits that Charanjit Singh Channi is the new CM. Still, unless he implements land rights for Dalits, it will remain a symbolic move and not alter the status quo.
Ajaz Ashraf
Bhagwat Proposes, Adityanath Disposes: What’s RSS Makeover About?
16 Sep 2021
The RSS chief has been seemingly trying to moderate Hindutva, but the rhetoric of its leaders exposes all talk of ideological change as phoney.