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Will Taj Mahal meet the same fate as Babri Masjid?

One of the greatest wonders of the World and the only one in India, Taj Mahal, has become the newest target of the Hindutva killer/demolition squad. It was ordered to be built by Mughal king Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram known as Shahjahan (1592-1666) in the memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is interesting to note that it was named as Taj Mahal (Crown of the Palace) despite being a mausoleum which took 20 years to be built.

Widespread Protests Mushroom All Over Northeast; NESO Leads The Charge

Along with the commencement of the Partliament’s winter session, November 18 saw a profileration of student union protests over all the north-eastern state capitals.

Indian Muslims’ position being ‘undermined’ by new nationalism gripping the country

Muslims are the second-largest demographic of India, with nearly 14 per cent of the country’s population, or roughly 172 million people, but they are so marginalised that their presence in important public spheres is almost invisible. Most of them are poor, semi-literate and driven into ghettos.

A United States Commission calls out Indian government’s bias against Muslim community

Many issues have erupted in Assam after the NRC updation process began a few years ago. The economically weaker sections have suffered the most and there is a looming fear amongst the people of Assam of being rendered stateless. In the midst of all this, there appears to be a clear agenda of the ruling government against the Muslim community which it has clearly manifested in its Citizenship Amendment Bill, which it plans to re-introduce in the current winter session.

Why have India’s elite institutions sounded the death knell for Dalit Adivasi-Muslim scholars ?

The suicide of bright, young scholar Fathima Latheef at...

God Is Everywhere: A Hindu Reflects on A-Yodhya

Painting of Lord Hanuman by M.F.HusainAs a person who...

Kashmir After Abrogation of Article 370: Lies and Propaganda Galore

Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.comIt is over three months that the...

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What can one say about the wisdom of a...

Listen, Muslim Bhai

(Representational/File)Listen, Mister Muslim. You are rightly upset with...

Death of Fathima Latheef a blatant case of discrimination and Islamophobia, say students

Just five months after Dr. Payal Tadvi, a medical...

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