Amjed Jaaved
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Why did India eliminate Father Stan?
In an early morning raid on his house at Ranchi (Jharkhand), social activist and Roman Catholic Father Stan Swamy, 84, was arrested under India’s notorious Unlawful Activities Prevention Act on 28 A → Read More
What precipitated the US exit from Afghanistan?
The situation in Afghanistan is in a state of flux. Even before the vacation of the notorious Bagram Airbase, the Taliban have been encircling major Afghan cities under hostile rule. Though well train → Read More
Ostrich Modi amid the raging pandemic
The protesting farmers have announced to hold a countrywide protest to demand annulment of the newly enacted farm laws on May 26. Despite having seen the havoc of the Kumbh congregation, the Modi gove → Read More
India’s Achilles’ heel
On April3, 2021, there was a pitched battle between a Naxalite (or Maoist) group (called “rebels”) by Indian government) and government forces of over 1500 “jawan”, equipped with state-of-the → Read More
How the caste system corrupted India’s Muslims
In its ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices’ to the US Congress, the Department of State found India wanting in more than a dozen significant human rights issues. These issues include u → Read More
The Kashmiris’ indomitable fighting spirit
A group of envoys visited the illegally-occupied Jammu and Kashmir State ostensibly to get a first-hand account of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and government’s efforts to restore normalcy. Sr → Read More
Hate speech exhorting Hindus to exterminate Muslims
A vitriolic anti-Muslim speech by Yogi Narsinghananda Saraswati, mahant (chief priest) of Dasna Devi temple Ghaziabad, has become viral. The priest furiously spoke against jihad and vowed to eliminate → Read More
The looming threat of Cyber warfare
A cyber attack is no less lethal than a nuclear attack. It could cripple financial systems, stock markets, navigation systems of ships at sea or airplanes in air, and shut down industrial or nuclear p → Read More
A cover-up of reckless spending
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam presented the budget amid rumpus. She stammered a lot and avoided reading out defence allocations. When questioned why the finance minister didn't mention the → Read More
Would dalits benefit from farmers’ protest?’
On India's Republic Day, some farmers climbed up ramparts of the Red Fort and hoisted the Khalsa flag. Some BJP workers took the opportunity to label the farmers’ “traitors”. A section of the me → Read More
The spectacular power of propaganda
The leaks of the WhatsApp messages of Arnab Goswami (Republic TV) have brought into limelight some bitter truths. One bitter truth is that the general public is a ‘bewildered herd’ (to quote Noam → Read More