Opinion

War Between Two Powerful Ideologies: What Comes Next?

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi recently travelled to Pakistan, Oman, and Russia to explore ways to end...

Is the United States Facing Diplomatic Isolation in the...

The war with Iran has now extended beyond one month. On 28 February, the United States and...

Political Opportunism and Congress Strategy: An Analysis

Nowadays, a clear pattern is visible: some individuals who were previously in the BJP, the moment they...

Iran lost its leaders, not its leadership

The Iran-US-Israel war enters its fourth week. The United States and Israel continue to attack Iran and...

Why Scheduled Caste Status Should Not Depend on Religion...

The recent judgement of the Supreme Court that only Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists can be recognized as...

Individual Crime vs. Institutional Image, A Deep Analysis

The Intersection of Society, Law, and Ethics In recent times, a concerning trend has emerged in cases of...

Where Are Our famous and influential Scholars When the...

Important Clarifications Before You Read First and foremost: We are NOT here to undermine the sincerity, ikhlas, or tremendous...

From Muharram to mosque: How Shia killings have normalised...

Once again, during worship, Shia blood has been spilt; once again in the midst of Friday prayer;...

What Triggers Swift Policing — and What Does Not?

What the FIR over an unpublished memoir reveals about policing priorities in India The recent registration of an...

From Dr. R. Ahmed to Mata Vaishno Devi College,...

Recently, a sharp contrast between the nation-building legacy of post-independence India and the communal disputes afflicting institutions...

How the Supreme Court Read Bail Under UAPA Despite...

The Supreme Court’s UAPA judgment raises difficult questions about how long personal liberty can be deferred before...

The Bell Tolls for Due Process: The Infinite Incarceration...

The scales of justice in India did not just tilt today; they were systematically dismantled. On January...

What Parliament’s UAPA Numbers Leave Unanswered

Stand first: Between 2019 and 2023, over 10,000 people were arrested under India’s counter-terror law, according to...

Courage to Open Paths Rather Than Close Them: A...

In today’s era of social media, where even minor issues quickly escalate into major controversies, an incident...

Reflections on the Javed Akhtar–Shamail Nadwi Dialogue

I did not witness the debate between Javed Akhtar and Shamail Nawi in person. I encountered it...

The Battle for the Past: Is India’s History Being...

At a time when debates over history are growing sharper, historian and author Syed Ubaidur Rahman has...

Gujarat High Court Dismisses Waqf Petitions: A Procedural Dispute,...

A recent order by the Gujarat High Court is being projected in certain political circles as a...

For Niqabi Women, the Veil Is Faith—And Power Had...

Dear consumers of news,  There are moments in the public arena that pass fleetingly and dissolve in the...

Dual Standards and the Idea of India, A Moment...

India has always stood apart as a civilisation that thrived not on uniformity, but on coexistence. Unity...

The Silent Crisis of Waqf in Gujarat: Documentation Failures,...

For centuries, Waqf (Awqaf) has served as one of the strongest socio-economic pillars of the Muslim community...

The Betrayal of Justice: When the State Shields the...

The proposal to withdraw the case against the men accused of lynching Mohammad Akhlaq is not merely...

Operation Sindoor Fiasco: The Peril of Politicising National Security

In a democracy, few dangers are greater than the politicisation of the armed forces. When governments use...

New York’s Moral Rebellion: Zohran Mamdani and the Return...

New York has always been more than a city; it is a barometer of the nation’s political...

Faith, Fear, and the Politics of Reform: When Governance...

India was intended to be a country where all people could live in equality, dignity, and peace,...

An Existential and Psychological Inquiry into India’s Anti-Conversion Laws

Religious conversions, in their truest essence, represent an act of devotion and conscience. It is a dialogue...

Songs of Paradise: Why Calling Out Erasure Invites Right-Wing...

Songs of Paradise: Why Calling Out Erasure Invites Right-Wing BacklashIn Permission to Narrate, Edward Said observed how...

Gaza: Sixty-Six Thousand Sacrifices — For What?

Some well-meaning and even sensible minds have begun to ask: if, after all, the end was destined...

Trump’s Bogus “Gaza Comprehensive Plan”: A Blueprint to Cement...

Donald Trump’s so-called “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict” is not a peace proposal. It is...

The Elegist of a Wounded Nation

To call Mahmoud Darwish merely a poet is to diminish him. His words did not end with...

H-1B, Tariffs, and Tarnished Ties: The Unmasking of India’s...

Donald Trump’s latest assault on the H-1B visa system—proposing a $100,000 annual fee per visa holder—is more...

The Doha Summit: Smoke, Silence, and Betrayal

On 9 September 2025, Israel struck Doha, killing Palestinian negotiators and a Qatari officer. It was not...

The Tokenism of Protest

“But above all he must refrain from seizing the property of others, because a man is quicker...

The RSS and Hyderabad’s Accession: Appropriating a Tragedy

A Manufactured “Liberation” The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have repeatedly demanded that September...