Dr. Shirin Akhter, Dr. Vijender Singh Chauhan
The recent revelation on the Academic Freedom Index (AFI) shows that academic freedom has registered a further dip in India. The report notes...
One can understand how the idea of Najeeb’s Iman in the novel is universalised into Hope in the film. This might appear as nit picking but given the current situation, I cannot help but highlight how Islamic narratives are appropriated by liberal language use.
Saddam Hussain & MD Osama
In their famous work, The Modernity of Tradition: Political Development in India, Rudolph & Rudolph argued that tradition and modernity are not separate conceptual categories...
The inauguration of Ram Mandir was an official National spectacle. Hindutva is now, like the Matrix; omnipresent in every single facet of Indian life; public places, homes, schools, offices,...
What strikes one the most about Jai Kumar's 'Blue Star' is how the film captures the landscape and culture of Arakkonam with all its vibrancy - the heat, the streets, the people, their religion, the trains, railways stations, colleges, sports, festivals and everything else.
Enough reasons to watch. Gladly, Farhana is not a disappointment in terms of representation and aesthetics, to a large extent. At least it stays away from fooling around Muslim sexuality – often, stereotyping Muslim sexuality is a tool of otherisation.
Sharjeel Imam’s politics was no-nonsense, action-oriented, and pointedly disruptive of existing political power hierarchies that sought to disenfranchise Muslims politically and socially
In the heart of Mumbai's suburbs lies Mira Road—an area that holds immense sentimental value for me. It is more than just a locality; it's a living landscape painted...
The recent decision by the Supreme Court to nullify the Gujarat government’s grant of remission to 11 convicts involved in the egregious crimes against Bilkis Bano marks a significant...
As the grand inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya approaches, it unfurls not just as a celebration but as a haunting specter for India's minorities, particularly its Muslim population
Satyajit Ray emerges as a filmmaker who consistently uplifts us, offering an unwavering pursuit of truth, providing inspiration for courage, and serving as a moral catalyst.
Saddam Hussain and Nafis Haider write
Karl Marx's Philosophic and Economic Manuscripts of 1844 asserts that under capitalism, the worker is alienated fourfold. Alienation is the process whereby the worker...
Your money, love, devotion and trust is what made them and yes, they have abandoned you with their silence in the most digitalised genocide. If all this love can only be reciprocated in lip services of gratitude, is it really worth it?
Genocide will always remain a crime that the world prefers to acknowledge in retrospect. An apology, a "never again" pledge, a fact-finding mission, a handful of human remains handed...