I don’t remember when I started praying and keeping my Rozas ( the fast during Ramzan). Every child starts aping their parents and I guess I used to do the same. During Ramzan as kids we had the half ticket concept, either fast for half a day “aadhe din ka roza” or the more popular was “aadhe mooh ka roza”: we were allowed to eat … Continue reading My First Roza was in a Durga Pooja Pandal: Amir Rizvi
Ever since Narendra Modi’s Silchar speech in February when he said “harassed” Hindus from not just Bangladesh but the rest of the world had the right to come back to India, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been tying itself in knots over the issue. Under Modi’s influence, the party manifesto released on April 7 said, “India shall remain a natural home for persecuted Hindus … Continue reading Of Hindus, Indians and Modi’s refugee stumble – Siddharth Vardarajan
Sachar Committee has well documented the educational backwardness among Muslims at all levels – literacy rates are much below the national average, dropout rates are higher among the Muslims and therefore, their numbers in graduation and post graduation are much lower. Various reasons are being attributed for this backwardness, however, the varied analyses emanate from basically two perspectives. The first perspective blames either Islam as … Continue reading Maulana Azad and Education: Irfan Engineer
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