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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a stark threat to the people of Pakistan, warning they would face his bullets if...
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Confronted with a tough foreign policy challenge in the wake of a contentious border clash with China, Indian Prime...June 20, 2020
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Renowned writer Arundhati Roy has echoed another warning about the perilous state of Indian Muslims, saying India has created...June 13, 2020
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Spreading tensions threaten to char India’s soul – Manmohan Singh
As images of gruesome violence in capital New Delhi – mostly targeting Muslims -tarnish India’s international standing, former prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned that social tensions would “char soul” of the country, once held up...March 6, 2020 1456 0 -
Trump expected to raise Kashmir, religious freedom issues during India visit
President Donald Trump is expected to discuss a range of issues – from trade and investment to Kashmir and citizenship amendment act – during his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his first visit to...February 22, 2020 806 0 -
Will Modi learn from Emperor Akbar’s inclusiveness?
An illustration of Emperor Akbar holding a religious assembly including Jesuit missionaries Rodolfo Acquaviva and Francisco Henriques Credit:Nar Singh/Public Domain/Wikipedia About five centuries ago, India was the center of a thriving empire under the leadership of...December 28, 2019 3277 0 -
Why India cannot afford to shred its secular fabric
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), passed by the Indian Parliament on December 11, has triggered widespread protests across the country. Though large-scale agitations are not new to India, not since the days of the Emergency in...December 25, 2019 897 0 -
UN says India’s Citizenship Act is fundamentally discriminatory
Amid widespread protests against exclusion of Muslims from seeking Indian citizenship, the United Nations has called the BJP Government’s Citizenship Amendment Act as “fundamentally discriminatory.” The UN Human Rights Office reacted to the passage of the...December 14, 2019 898 0 -
Indian Parliament approves bill banning Muslims from seeking citizenship
In yet another move fulfilling BJP ruling party’s exclusionary agenda, India’s Parliament on passed a bill that would deny Muslims from other countries a right to seek Indian citizenship. The measure, known as Citizenship Amendment Bill...December 11, 2019 781 0 -
Arundhati Roy: Silence is the stifled Kashmir’s loudest sound
Arundhati Roy speaking to Democracy Now Image Credit: Screenshot In her latest denunciation of India’s crackdown in Kashmir, acclaimed Indian novelist Arundhati Roy has said the level of horror in the region – annexed by New...November 19, 2019 1269 0
