Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Opinion

Muslim in blood: Are there no alternatives to BJP?

Strangely, even as the anti-Muslimness of this regime is, “of course, there!,” nobody openly talks about them as factors that should constrain vote for BJP. The Muslim question i.e. the violence against Muslims, has been derided into a non-issue in electoral calculations just like how the left has wanted which often claims, “let’s focus on real issues [and not on religious issues even as the entire Hindutva practice today is organized around religion about which I have written elsewhere]”

Analysing dip in Academic Freedom Index: Who takes the deepest plunge?

Dr. Shirin Akhter, Dr. Vijender Singh Chauhan The recent revelation on the Academic Freedom Index (AFI) shows that academic...

“Aadujeevitham”: Fails in its adaptation, survives on visual grandeur and built-up anticipation

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. 

Democracy is at stake as India gears up for national elections

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his recent speeches has expressed confidence in coming back to power for...

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...

Corona could devastate refugee, migrant and internally displaced without urgent international action

COVID-19 will almost certainly gain a foothold in refugee camps, crowded reception centers or detention facilities holding migrant families. Given how quickly the virus is spreading, such a scenario is looking imminent.

Long neglection of Kerala, Karnataka governments and Kasaragod’s fight against novel virus

The isolation wards of the district were flooding with cats and insects, even in the food provided for the patients. Expats were asked to appear for tests daily and most were sent back after hours of waiting. The same bureaucracy of the heroic District collector and medical superintendent made fewer measures in this. Moreover, the failure of the state in observing and creating awareness for the patient put the entire blame blindly on the expat.
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The Seditious State of India

Anurag Azad The recent turn of events in India where a Muslim man involved in the Shaheen Bagh protests was dehumanized, publicly shamed, targeted online, hounded by the police...

For the people: Rajasthan’s welfare policies & precautions during Corona lockdown

During the Corona lockdown, When the central and various state governments are finding it difficult to find a balance between law enforcement and community wellbeing, the welfare policies of the Rajasthan Government are setting an example for the rest of the country.
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To Shaheen Bagh, With love

Shaheen Bagh protest site was no less than a home to me. An outstation student in Delhi I had no home of mine. Being a hostel dweller after the...

What did Shaheen Bagh achieve?

The spirit of Shaheen Bagh was that of unity and solidarity, of strength and steadfastness, of relentlessness and fortitude.
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I found a letter in his book

It's the Corona epidemic time. The Indian government has strictly asked people to self-isolate themselves (something known as 'quarantine' in a more exotic term). Basically, it's next to impossible to go on the roads. Meet a friend. Or see any relatives. Today, I got his books. From his relative – Ranjan Kaka's – home. These are homes and hearts I've got an unsolicited full access to (without any questioning). Access I didn't ask for. An access I always longed for but one (specifically this one) that didn't belong to me.

Asian market takes hit as Covid 19 takes further grip over countries

Economists and Business analysts are still measuring the depth and intensity of the impact of covid 19 on the global economy.
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India! Stop the idiocy, flatten the curve

Modi's address to the nation displayed his impotence to acknowledge the crisis and understand the gravity of the pandemic. Janata Curfew, An event he wants to put up in...

Citizenship Act: Muslim singularization and the denial of the political

The ongoing anti CAA/NRC/NPR movement has at some point faced an intense controversy over its language and expression. The amount of writing produced during this debate has marked the public anxiety about the expression (in turn the identity) of the entire movement by which a demand for its ‘domestication’ through the nationalist rhetorical foundation arouse. What does this entail?
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Cacerolazo amidst Corona. Is Modi making a fool out of himself?

But what exactly was Narendra Modi’s intention?

COVID19 is a crisis unlike any in 75-year history of United Nations: UN Secretary General

We are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations — one that is spreading human suffering, infecting the global economy and upending people’s lives.
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