Friday, March 29, 2024

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...

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...

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...

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. 

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...

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.

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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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.

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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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.

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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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...

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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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.

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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Is COVAXIN safe?

Approval of the Bharat Biotech Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, which is still undergoing phase-3 clinical trials, has raised serious questions.

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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