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Editorial: The Rise of Religious Fundamentalism in South Asia

May 24, 2021September 4, 2021 News DeskEditorial

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…

Fascism in independent India

August 18, 2020August 19, 2020 News DeskEnglish

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…

Religious bigotry in India and Pakistan

August 18, 2020August 19, 2020 News DeskEnglish

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.…

Struggle for Social and Economic Freedom in India and Pakistan

August 18, 2020 News DeskEnglish

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…

The Idea of Democracy in India

August 18, 2020 News DeskEnglish

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,…

Pregnant activist detained in India under draconian UAPA law

June 7, 2020 News DeskOpinions and Comments

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…