Why Fear Islam?

By Harris Raja, Baltimore, USA Whether it is Mr. Huckabee blaming Islam for “promoting murderous mayhem on the planet”, or Peter Bergen linking the terror alert to Muslims night of power, or Congressman Peter King’s “radical Islam” hearings, all have one thing in common—they all fear Islam. Either because of violence or […]

Prof Abul Kalam Qasmi on RAWAL TV

An eminent writer of India, Prof Abul Kalam Qasmi, head of the Urdu department, author of more than a dozen books, mentor of 25 Ph.D students Aligarh Muslim University recently visited Canada. During his stay he was interviewed by Prof Pervez Pervazi & Zakaria Virk on RAWAL TV. Toronto. enjoy […]

Is India for Hindus only?

ET: The writer is a New Delhi-based broadcast journalist, contributor to the magazine, The Diplomat and he tweets @destinydefier The Hindu right-wing government in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh finally withdrew the order that aimed to introduce lessons from the religious text, Bhagavad Gita, into school curriculums. The Bharatiya […]

Stop distorting Jinnah’s words

ET: It is a sad statement about Pakistan that 67 years after its founding, our education system and public culture continue to distort key ideas enunciated by Mohammad Ali Jinnah to govern the country. To make matters worse, even his words end up being mutilated. In his landmark speech to […]

Six ways to tame your stressed brain

Six ways to tame your stressed-out brain EILEEN CHADNICK Special to The Globe and Mail, Published Thursday, Aug. 08 2013, 7:00 PM EDT http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/experts/six-ways-to-tame-your-stressed-out-brain/article13667708/ It is late afternoon and a busy executive is trying to finish a project before she leaves to get her daughter from daycare. Already running late, […]