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‘What happened to Ali Mohammad was wrong’: UP temple’s Muslim caretaker held for offering namaz; Hindu priest to arrange bail, says he served with...
In Budaun, Times of India reported how a temple priest has offered to bail out a Muslim caretaker arrested for offering namaz on temple grounds. Paramanand Das condemned the video recording and emphasised Ali Mohammad's decades of faithful service. Despite the arrest and charges of defiling a place of worship, Das affirmed Ali's respect for all faiths and the temple's inclusive nature.
Blaphemy or sedition: Poems for our times
There is a Spot upon the Earth There is a...
‘How Opportunistic and Irreponsible can you get, Madame Irani?’
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An Open Letter from the SC/ST Teachers’ Forum &...
‘What is happening in India today is similar to the McCarthy era’: Partha Chatterjee
There is something ominously new in the manner in...
Vilification from the apolitical: The Dreyfus Affair and the case against JNU: Joyojeet Pal
Photo: Courtesy csuohio.eduThe notion that we are a different,...
Chomsky to JNU V-C: why did you allow police on campus?
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Photo: Courtesy ReutersMaintains there is no credible evidence of...
ABVP: In the footsteps of Pakistan’s Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba; ominously so
The unfolding Modi-BJP-RSS-ABVP nexus in India is but a...
The Real Classroom: Outdoor Lectures Dissect Nationalism at JNU
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JNU teachers create History with the sit in lectures...
Look Who’s Talking! Hate speech can’t be free speech, says Jaitley
In Parliament on Thursday Union finance minister, Arun Jaitley...
Who Gets to Fund Higher Education? A Hindu Nationalist Donor Raises Controversy
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