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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.

Dialogue with the deaf?

  Christians should beware of the sangh parivar’s latest bid...

My hometown

First published on: January 1, 2005MK Raina is a...

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

Mother of the martyr. Photo by Nicola Pratt   This article...

Indian Nationhood after Weathering Partition

  Composite and Diverse: The first presidential address at the...

Peacekeepers: A DM and SP prevent bloodshed in the wake of the Ramjanmabhoomi yatra, 1989

  An Officer and a Gentleman   The Ram Shila Pujan programme...

The Evils of Caste

 We reproduce below excerpts from the work of one...

Long Live the King

Don’t ask me why, but when I saw the...

‘मैं जिंदा हूँ और गा रहा हूं.’ – ‘विद्रोही’

  (जनकवि रमाशंकर 'विद्रोही' को जन संस्कृति मंच की श्रद्धांजलि)कल...

Ambedkar against Hindu Rashtra

  Until 1992, December 6 was remembered as ‘Parinirvan Divas’...

Understanding the Beast

Delhi 1984        Courtesy: Ram Rahman   Communal Violence...

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