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Remembering Bhagat Singh, Reclaiming the Right to be A Free Thinker

It is quite a striking experience when, in Europe – including in France which is the historical birthplace of secularism –, one gets automatically told, for example, "Oh, you are a Hindu!" if one says one is Indian, or "Oh, you are a Muslim! if one says one is Algerian.

The paedophile charge

  Debunking ancient myths about Prophet Muhammad and his child...

Deconstructing Godhra

Courtesy: APThe alleged torching alive of 59 persons in...

The charge sheet

On June 8, 2006, Zakiya Jaffri, widow of the...

Pockets of resistance

The Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) in Vadodara, Gujarat,...

Cultural fascism

On May 1 and 2, 2006 the illegal attack...

Shadows and silences

It was a deluge of reactions from the Gujarati...

Faulty model

The draft model nikahnama proposed by the All India...

Cinema & Secularism

Man is memory. We are nothing but the sum...

Talaq Talaq Talaq

Whichever way you look at it, in simple human...

‘We need to carry the ulema with us’

  Uzma Naheed Director, Iqra Education Foundation Member, AIMPLB   To begin with,...

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