Opinion
Opinion
Gangs, kidnappings, murders: Why thousands of Rohingya are desperately trying to escape refugee camps by boats
Ruth Wells, UNSW Sydney and Max William Loomes, UNSW Sydney
Late last week, a boat crammed with Rohingya refugees fleeing a squalid camp in Bangladesh capsized off the coast of...
Opinion
Electoral Bonds: A game theoretic enquiry into who gains at whose cost?
Shirin Akhter and Vijender Singh Chauhan
The debate around electoral bonds in India has brought to the fore a...
Opinion
Should you be concerned about flying on Boeing planes?
Doug Drury, CQUniversity Australia
The American aerospace giant Boeing has been synonymous with safe air travel for decades. Since...
Film and TV
Watching ‘Dune’ from the East
Second part of the 'Dune' film series, adapted from Frank Herbert’s novel of the same title and directed by Denis Villeneuve with a stellar cast of globally acclaimed actors like Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya and Javier Bardem, is gaining attention worldwide. Rising Box office collections and high ratings have made it a remarkable success.Â
Business
WTO conference ends in division and stalemate – does the global trade body have a viable future?
Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The 13th World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi...
Opinion
Farmers’ protest; Day 102, toll 274 and coming summer
Farmers are re-modelling their dwellings on the roads - bringing in straw huts, making walls from nets, fans and water coolers are reaching. The media never asked why has the government not provided toilets.
Opinion
Blind spots – The Malappuram question and Kerala’s answer to it
Malappuram is the only Muslim dominated district in the entirety of South India, with over 70% of its inhabitants being followers of the Islamic faith. The most populous district of the state was formed on the 16th of June 1969, carved out of the already existing Palakkad (Palghat) and Kozhikode (Calicut) districts.
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Opinion
Same symptoms, different cures
When it comes to Muslim subjects, the law fails to function normally. This Hindu privilege is the standard, surpassing all political leanings and ideologies, crimes and professions. The laws work on the basis of Hindu standard, serving more or less justice to good or bad Hindus. For Muslims, it has never been imagined and thus is left to the mercy of the one who’s enforcing or practicing the law.
Opinion
What the Panjab agitation has already won
All said and done, a social movement is about its social consequences, the movement in society that it causes. On these terms, the Punjab agitation has won on every front even before it wins.
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India
West Bengal: How the defection from TMC to BJP affect the state polls?
At the same time, Both Kishor and Abhishek Banerjee, who invited him to work with TMC in the first place, are confident that Mamata Banerjee would successfully retain a third term. Kishor took to Twitter to claim that BJP will struggle to cross double digits in the polls, alleging that he would quit Twitter in the event that he gets proven wrong. Banerjee too had gone on record during a public meeting in South 24 Parganas district to say that his party would easily win over 250 seats, and that the BJP would fail to do so.
Opinion
Full text: “You are a coward wielding power.” Mahua Moitra’s speech in Lok Sabha
So today I speak of cowardice and courage and of the difference between the two of those cowards who hide behind the false bravado of the authority of power, of hate, of bigotry, of untruth and dare to call it courage.
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Opinion
Let me be heard as a mere Muslim youth; Sharjeel Usmani’s full speech at Elgar Parishad
Sharjeel Usmani
Respected dignitaries on stage, dear friends and elders, I sincerely request all of you to separate me from my name, my citizenship, my rectitude, my goodness, my shortcomings...
Opinion
Aysha Renna: Protest against Casteism and Islamophobia must continue
The text of Jamia Millia Islamia student leader and anti-CAA activist Aysha Renna’s speech at the Elgar Parishad 2021 on January 30.
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Film and TV
One night in Miami and the language of cause
The film offers the lived experiences of these epoch-making black men who are at the threshold of endearing an important phase in their lives, it discusses their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s in America, simultaneously attempting to reveal deeper humanity of the characters and so of the viewers as well.
Opinion
Five years of self sacrifice and solitude of anti-caste Muslim politics
Ambedkar was alone in his thought and politics. Rohit was alone in his life and death. None other than his soul could know that he was walking towards death.
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Opinion
Is COVAXIN safe?
Approval of the Bharat Biotech Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, which is still undergoing phase-3 clinical trials, has raised serious questions.
India
Sharjeel Imam became a litmus test for Muslim allies
Muzzammil Imam
Tamam log bahut khush hain, apni masti me hain,
Main kis se bolun mere log mar gaye afkar
Everyone is happy, enjoying their own lives.
Who will listen Afkar that my...
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