I, an Indian Muslim…
byI, an Indian Muslim, shall never speak of my pain, inflicted by inked fingers, and ever share equal blame. I, the victim, should sing…
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Shaheen Bagh: Muslim women and the new grammar of feminism
byThe fearless and unfased Muslim women of Shaheen Bagh are peacefully protesting and shattering the barriers of gender inequality. The protests at Shaheen Bagh…
Sadhvi Pragya does it again, calls Godse a ‘ Deshbhakt’
byMalegaon Terror accused and BJP member Pragya Thakur referred to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as a “deshbhakt” yet again during a debate on…
Hi5- Five things about Shiv Sena you should know
by*Shiv Sena is Marathi regional and Hindu nationalist political organization in India founded on 19 June 1966 by political cartoonist Bal Thackery. The party…
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, The Aligarh Magazine, and all that!
byDuring my student days in Aligarh, I was smitten by the writing bug. I used to write for a Times of India publication called…
The Deep and Often Denied Culture of Bengal’s Identity Politics
byBorn in Kolkata, then called Calcutta, in the year the Communist Party of India–Marxist [CPI(M)] came to power, I grew a political consciousness later…
Air quality deteriorates to ” Very Poor” in Delhi – NCR after Diwali
byPhoto Credit : Hindustan Times The air quality in Delhi and Noida deteriorated to the “very poor” level after Diwali celebration. The overall air…
Campus politics of the 1980’s: Spotlight on Aligarh
byPolitics is integral to our existence and students have always taken interest in it. One need only to remember the large scale protests against…
Two months on, Kashmir situation remains unchanged, future looks uncertain
byAround two months after the unilateral revocation of the Article 370 which granted J&K its special status within Indian Union, the union territory (UT)…
Courting the Muse in Aligarh: Glimpses of campus literary activities in the 1980
byAligarh Muslim University had always been a magnet for Urdu writers and poets. The list of litterateurs who had either studied at Aligarh or…