Bhagat Singh was one of the most original Marxist thinkers in the country who not only dreamt of freedom from the British Raj but also of an egalitarian and secular India. Two days before his 85th death anniversary, Bhagat Singh – the Marxist revolutionary hanged by the British at 23 –
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Don’t push the Indian Muslim over the edge
From IS to RSS: Drawing parallels between Islamism and Hindutva
Patriarchy and bigotry have been the twin pillars of religious majoritarianism everywhere, and at all times. India is no exception. I have been reading Michel Houellebecq’s Submission, a novel set in the year 2022, when (in the novelist’s fancy) an Islamist party takes power in France. A character in the novel
Evolutionary course correction for all Dalits
Members of various student organisations express solidarity after the Dalit student Rohith Vemula committed suicide on January 25 2016. Time and again, reservation for backward castes as well as Dalits (scheduled castes and tribes) has been a matter of public debate in India. The topic is on the national platform yet
ISI paid Haqqani Network $200,000 for attack on CIA base: US cable
According to the cable, the Haqqani Network was paid by Pakistan’s ISI to coordinate a suicide bombing and a CIA base in Afghanistan. Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency provided $200,000 to the Haqqani Network for a 2009 suicide bombing at a CIA base in Afghanistan, according to a newly declassified State
A government of, by, and for the slogan
At its recent meeting, the national executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party passed a political resolution, a passage of which read: ‘Our Constitution describes India as Bharat also, [hence] refusal to chant victory to Bharat is tantamount to disrespect to our Constitution itself. Bharat Mata ki Jai is not merely
A de facto Emergency?
In the aftermath of the events in JNU, the NDA is forcing every person intervening in the debate to first prove his/her nationalistic commitment. Not agreeing with the BJP discourse means that the person is anti-national. Three months ago, I jocularly argued in these columns (Our ‘liberal’ worries, December 18) that
Al-Qaeda vows by the strategy of ‘a thousand cuts’ and ‘bleed the enemy to death’
Posted by Canasiantimes on November 28, 2010 The Yemen-based branch of Al-Qaeda has vowed to continue attacks against the West such as last month’s cargo plane parcel bombs, in a “strategy of a thousand cuts” that will “bleed the enemy to death”, a monitoring group said. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Five who survived financial crisis like phoenix
A woman begging on a street in Dublin. Ireland is currently facing the toughest budget measures in the nation’s history. Five countries that faced meltdown in the past 20 years have all recovered – with or without IMF bailouts. Thailand It seems there is nothing that can stop the Thai economy: not violent
US & Pak play ‘I spy’ with one another
Posted by admin on July 13, 20102,293 Comments US & Pak play ‘I spy’ with one another A Pakistani man approached CIA officers in Islamabad last year, offering to give up secrets of his countries closely guarded nuclear program. To prove he was a trustworthy source, he claimed to possess spent nuclear fuel