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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.
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala to Malerkotla in Punjab, spontaneous community initiatives celebrate harmony & syncretism
Examples of interfaith solidarity and harmony arise from Kerala to Punjab as collective efforts by communities on-ground spread love in an era which has witnessed perpetrated hatred.
Incidents of everyday harmony from Punjab to Lakshadweep Islands
India’s diverse communities and their aspirations for a diverse and harmonious society is revealed in the multiple events of interfaith harmony organised by citizens from West Bengal to Punjab, and from Lakshadweep to Tamil Nadu.
The sound of music
This was an exclusive in depth interview done in 2008, 16 years ago with the indomitable Ameen Sayani who passed on February 20,2024 at the ripe old age of 91. Teesta Setalvad speaks to Ameen Sayani about the 4 decades old journey in politics, music and life with nuggets of India’s freedom struggle in which Sayani’s mother was a close associate of Gandhiji. A product of the New Era school Mumbai, Sayani’s is a tale more precious in the re-telling
Light a Lamp to rescue Plural India: An Urdu Story, “Diya Baati Ki Bela”, by Zakiya Mashhadi
The author has not been awarded the Urdu Sahitya Academy’s award, possibly because the story harks back to a reality that rulers want Indians to obliterate, and forget
Reason, emotion and history
First published on: June 10, 2022(In March 1994, as...
Muzaffar Ali and his English language autobiography, Zikr: hope for a beleaguered India?
The author, a History professor at AMU, writes on the discussion that took place at the prestigious university last week, on January 25 and 6, 2024 with young students faced with the divisive politics of today
Bhagat Singh, the Tradition of Martrydom and Hindutva
First published on: MARCH 23, 2016March the 23rd (2016)...
A Fast & Penitence: 72 hours of Love & Sorrow to fellow Muslims, pride in My Moghul heritage
This powerful Video Statement that takes just 36 plus minutes to listen to listen to and just ten minutes to read is real India’s response to what the author, Suranya Aiyar
Three hundred Ramayans
The epic story’s spectacular journey through the ages: An extract from The Collected Essays of AK Ramanujan
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