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Opinion: Akhilesh Yadav emerges as main challenger to BJP in UP polls
Kalyani Shankar By Kalyani Shankar Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has emerged as the primary challenger to the BJP for the February Assembly polls now that…
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Vivekananda: Monk who highlighted Humanism of Hinduism
Swami Vivekananda’s teachings are in total contrast to the present scenario, where many saffron robed are promoting hate and inciting violence in the name of same religion. Vivekananda, the legend who conveyed…
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Secunderabad Club fire: By virtue of complacency, we are guilty of severe negligence
Zeenath Khan This morning, national news channels were ablaze with footage of the blaze that engulfed the Secunderabad Club. Overnight, a short circuit-induced fire destroyed most of the Club’s main building. By…
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Adieu Kamal, big thank you for keeping afloat the flag of professional, secular ethics
Kulsum Mustafa By Kulsum Mustafa Disbelief is a big hurdle in way of acceptance and that is why when you wish sabr or solace for the kin who have lost a dear…
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Khorana is ours too
Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy A DAWN article on Har Gobind Khorana (1922-2011) threw me back 50 years when I, along with 600 other students had packed 26-100 (MIT’s largest lecture hall) to hear…
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A desi’s life in America for the past 50 years
Mustafa Ahsan Siddiqui By Mustafa Ahsan Siddiqui Everyone dreamed of living in America. It was referred to as the land of opportunity and employment. My father, Dr. Abul Hasan Siddiqui had a…
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Congress keeps promise, first poll list has 40 pc women candidates
Kulsum Mustafa By Kulsum Mustafa The Congress Party not only took the lead in being the first political party to release the list of candidates for the forthcoming assembly polls in Uttar…
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Pak’s sidestepping Kashmir for trade ties with India should be spelled out clearly
Tomorrow, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan is expected to make the first-ever National Security Policy, public, and the most important aspect vis-à-vis India that has appeared in Pakistani media is that…
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Opinion: Priyanka Gandhi on the front foot in UP
Venkat Parsa Priyanka Gandhi has kicked off a political storm in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, paving the way for the emergence of the Congress as the principal Opposition party to the BJP.…
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Why upcoming assembly elections in five states are crucial?
Kalyani Shankar By Kalyani Shankar Election Commission has sounded the poll bugle for Assembly elections to Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Punjab, Manipur, and Uttarakhand. BJP is ruling in four of the five states…
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How Hindutva is engulfing little traditions of India
Little traditions like spirit worshiping are prevalent all over India. These spirits do not have a physical form and are not part of the Hindu pantheon of the idol-worshiping tradition. These spirits…
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An open letter to MPs, MLAs
By Syed Rizwan Hon’able MPs & MLAs, Come elections and the fever is on to outstrip each other in vile nonsense by politicians of various hues, and over the past few decades,…
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Mufti Sayeed‘s place in history, a recall
Yesterday, January 7, was the death anniversary of former Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who served as India’s first Muslim Home Minister and defied all odds to shake hands with the BJP to form…
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Bulli Bai aims to stifle Muslim women who have broken stereotype shell
Kulsum Mustafa By Kulsum Mustafa New Year for over 100 progressive Muslim Indian women started with a shocking revelation – they were available for sale to the world on an online auction.…