In the last few months South Asia especially Pakistan, Bangladesh and India had to face large-scale religiously motivated extremism, in the form of violent protests or such acts which risked public lives. In Pakistan and Bangladesh people took over the streets, attacked not just public and public property but security agencies and even kidnapped and…
Faroagh ul Islam mom kī tarah jalte rahe ham shahīdoñ ke tan rāt-bhar jhilmilātī rahī sham-e-sub.h-e-vatan Makhdoom Mohiuddin’s Chaand taaro’n ka bann is a pithy description of our historic struggle against the British Raj. The battle of Plassey, fought in 1757, set in motion the nascent struggle for freedom and culminated into a fully organised…
Chandan Kumar Divided subcontinent attained independence from the British colonial regime on the eve of 15th August 1947. Several ideological differences led to the creation of two new countries with similar history of resistance against oppression and repression of dissent. Today, after seventy-three years of independence, the question arises that where do the two nations…
Debojit Banerjee In 1945, just after World War II ended, the police opened fire upon protesters gathered to protest the incarceration and trial of three Indian National Army (INA) officers who were facing unjust trial at the hands of the British government. The impact of this event spread through other parts of India and led to…
Shikha Mishra Preamble of the Indian Constitution “We, the people of India having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a [Sovereign Socialist Democratic Republic] and to secure to all its citizens: Justice, social, economic and political; Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; Equality of status and opportunity; and to promote among then…
Malaika Chishty Safoora Zargar is a 26-year-old Indian-Muslim student activist from Jammu and Kashmir, widely known for her activism in the Citizenship Amendment Act protests. She is an M.Phil student of Jamia Millia Islamia and media coordinator of the Jamia Coordination Committee. Zargar has shaken the socio-political infrastructure of India, which is designed to crush…
