Category Religion
20By Battini Rao*For nearly a month thousands of farmers are protesting at the Delhi border along with their wives and children in the coldest winters of Delhi against the anti- farmer laws and the electricity bill enacted by the BJP… Continue Reading →
By Mahesh Trivedi* There are countless Muslim-owned schools in Gujarat, infamous for the violent Hindu-Muslim clashes in 2002, but those offering higher secondary education are few and far between. But little-known Dr Nakadar Institute of Knowledge (DrNIK) situated in a… Continue Reading →
by Prof Prabhakar Sinha It was in 1917 that Gandhiji visited Bihar for the first time. He was pursued and persuaded by one Raj Kumar Shukla, a peasant from Champaran, to come to the rescue of the peasants against their exploitation… Continue Reading →
Robin David The so-called ‘love jihad’ laws that many Indian states hope to pass after Uttar Pradesh’s ordinance, aim to stop Muslim men from marrying Hindu women after converting them. Ironically enough, the same laws may help India become a… Continue Reading →
Bibbi Abruzzini, Forus Communication team, Paris. Credit: Forus International PARIS, Dec 2020 (IPS) -Today more than 80% of the world’s population live in countries where civic space is closed, repressed or obstructed. Protecting civil society and fundamental freedoms means protecting the… Continue Reading →
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev’s wife died on January 23, 1997. The reason for her death has been explained as mahasamadhi. by- Shanmugam Mahasamadhi is defined as follows: Mahāsamādhi (the great and final samādhi) is the act of consciously and intentionally leaving one’s body.[1][2] A realized yogi (male) or yogini… Continue Reading →
The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to human rights activist Faisal Khan who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police for allegedly performing Namaz inside the temple without the consent of the priest and posting its photographs on social… Continue Reading →
Joe WallenDecember 12, 2020, 9:18 pm The first woman detained under India’s controversial new ‘Love Jihad’ laws has miscarried in custody, her family have told The Sunday Telegraph. Yesterday a distraught Muskan Jahan, 22, called her mother-in-law, from a government… Continue Reading →
The Caravan Since late November, lakhs of farmers have been protesting at Delhi’s borders against the government’s recently enacted controversial farm laws. On 11 December, the joint platform of Central Trade Unions reiterated its solidarity to the farmers’ struggle in… Continue Reading →
By Fr Cedric Prakash SJ* December 10 was the Human Rights Day, once again! Another anniversary, when post World War- II the world gave itself the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — a pathbreaking and much needed Magna Carta. Sadly,… Continue Reading →