For several days, the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians has been going on. We in India have seen on YouTube rockets being fired by Hamas, which are often intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome, and the demolition of buildings in Gaza by the Israeli Air Force. What do Indians think about all this? About […]
The question of whether the nineteenth-century Muslim reformer Syed Ahmed Khan, later known as Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, was a nationalist or a communalist, is particularly daunting. Complex as these terminologies and their nuances are, particularly in the context of Muslims of South Aisa, one finds that Sir Syed evinced characteristics of both of these […]
304SharesFormer judge of the Indian Supreme Court Justice Markandey Katju argues that India is transitioning from a feudal to an industrial society, which history shows is always a tumultuous and bloody period. He argues that the recent agitation in India is a sign of rising fascism, and coupled with a tanking economy, is a portent […]