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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.

Paris attacks: The answer is a global human resistance to Islamism

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What Secularism is and Where It Needs to Be Headed

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Communalising beef: The Hindutva camp’s flawed argument

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Building the Idea of India

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Talibanisation of Kashmir

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Demonising Muslims

American Christians have deep-rooted views of Islam as a...

Killing for Peace

The violent fanaticism on display in Pakistan is too...

Hitler, the Indian Emergency, A Strong Government must respect Rule of Law: Raghuram Rajan

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Criticality of the Indian National Movement in Nation Building

Courtesy: Arun Kumar / governancenow.com   Professor Mushirul Hasan, members of...

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