The Congress, after its political revival over the last year, in the crucial weeks since the February 14 terror attack in Pulwama, South Kashmir, was confused and defensive…
“When our house was completed, three storeys high, we decided to fly the national flag from the highest point on the terrace,” said Mohammed Sajid, his arm in a sling, his feet unsteady, head still giddy.
Hate has curdled the capacity for compassion in India. Will Indians take a leaf out of New Zealand’s book? “We are broken-hearted, but we are not broken,” declared Imam Gamal Fouda…
The state is proof that communal tension between Hindus and Muslims is not spontaneous. It thrives only because of politically engineered polarisation.
Indian demonstrators hold placards as they form a human chain during an anti-war demonstration called by pacifist organisations in New Delhi on March 4.
The other part of the movement, therefore, must be to deepen our unity and solidarity. It must address not just the state but each of us. In the end, the kind of country we become will be determined not by law or court judgments, but by whether love or hate colonises our hearts.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi signaled the earnestness of his party’s resolve to end poverty and hunger by announcing an untried policy instrument
In this extract from Harsh Mander’s book, Partitions of the Heart, the former bureaucrat and activist points out the absurdity of having to show one’s love for India by hating Pakistan.
There are few parallels anywhere else of the state itself producing statelessness in the manner that it is doing in Assam. By requiring long-term residents of Assam to prove their citizenship…
The official explanation of why India is determined not to continue to give refuge to Rohingyas has legal, constitutional and moral problems.