Hate & Harmony

112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity

Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.

Nature of the beast

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How the West undermined Women’s Rights in the Arab World

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Why we should listen to the music of the Holocaust – and that of Syrian refugees

Image: Patrick M, CC BY-NC-SA As the 71st anniversary of...

What happened to black Germans under the Nazis?

The gates at the Buchenwald former Nazi concentration camp.   ...

I shot Sanjit on orders of a superior officer: Head Constable Herojit

Image: tehelka.comhttp://ifp.co.in/page/items/30358/i-shot-sanjit-on-orders-of-a-superior-officer-declares-head-constable-herojitThe policeman who was responsible for sensational daylight...

Egyptian writer jailed for criticizing ‘Bakra Eid’ as ‘greatest massacre’

Fatima Naoot    Image: Reuters/Al Youm Al Saabi NewspaperEgyptian writer...

The Right to Worship my God

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It’s Official: The Brahmanisation of Government

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Lessons Unlearned: Nine years after the Thorat Committee report

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