Man who Galvanised Indian politics
By Qurban Ali Dr Ram Manohar Lohia was among the great sons of India who gave a new dimension to the Indian politics. A great socialist, humanist, writer, feminist, visionary,…
Is Bhoomi Puja by state a Secular Act?
Ram PuniyaniIt is a common sight to see the statues, photos and symbols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses in different Government owned public places like police station and other buildings.…
Daawat’s aroma to captivate Middle East
BY TN ASHOK Notwithstanding the current unrest in the Middle East, the demands for Indian products, particularly the Basmati rice are growing uninterruptedly. The aromatic and tasteful, Indian Basmati rice…
Secular to the Core
By Qurban Ali With demise of Arjun Singh on March 4, the nation lost a great leader while minorities and underprivileged section of the society their messiah. Arjun Singh was…
West Asian strife: Bad omen for Indian economy
BY TN ASHOK Nostradamus had predicted that around 2012 there would be massive unrest in the Muslim dominated world and there could be the possibility of a war breaking out…
Verdict on Godhra; Farcical conspiracy
A.J. PHILIPTHERE are some incidents in life which we never forget. I was tuning into my transistor radio at Wild Grass, a “technology-free” tourist resort at Kaziranga in Assam, when…
Time to revive Congress in TN
BOSCO CELESTINE The outcome of the upcoming April 13 elections to the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly is bound to bring about dimensional change in the politics of the state. It…
Murder of a Mosque
A.J. PHILIPWHEN a friend Shahrukh Alam invited me, on behalf of The Patna Collective, to a workshop on “And what could they possibly want? Engaging the ‘faithful’: Secularism, Social Development…
The fall of ‘Sykes-Picot’ regime
ZAFARUL-ISLAM KHANThe upheaval in the Arab World these days is the second attempt within half a century to bring down the treacherous Sykes-Picot regime imposed on the region after the…
Religious terrorists do not exist
A.J. PHILIPA Hindu religious leader’s recent confession that some major terrorist attacks in India in the past were the handiwork of a “Hindu” group has lent a new dimension to…