To be a Muslim in India

Source: The Tribune Express By Aakar Patel: The writer is a columnist. He is also a former editor of the Mumbai-based English newspaper Mid Day and the Gujarati paper Divya Bhaskar aakar.patel@tribune.com.pk Published: January 31, 2013 In India, the Muslim lives on sufferance. It is the Hindu who has freedom to attack […]

GANDHI, ISLAM AND MORE: HINDU

Gandhi, Islam and more The HinduNEW ARRIVAL: Vice-President Hamid Ansari (second from left) releasing a book titled “Faith and Freedom: Gandhi in History” authored by Professor Mushirul Hasan (left) along with former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi (second from right) and renowned author Ashis Nandy (right) on the 65th […]

GANDHI, ISLAM AND MORE: HINDU

Gandhi, Islam and more   T+ The HinduNEW ARRIVAL: Vice-President Hamid Ansari (second from left) releasing a book titled “Faith and Freedom: Gandhi in History” authored by Professor Mushirul Hasan (left) along with former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi (second from right) and renowned author Ashis Nandy (right) on the […]

Pakistan’s judiciary bites back

Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – Pakistan’s highest court reacted firmly to claims by the country’s anti-corruption chief that it overstepped its judicial powers by putting pressure on officials investigating allegations that last week prompted the court to order the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf. The […]

Salam Namaste

Express Tribune: by Farahnaz Zaidi: It is said that there’s enough religion in the world to make men hate one another, but not enough to make them love. But what if religion were to become a common ground where shared religious and ethical values are celebrated? Perhaps, too far-fetched a […]