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Urdu is not the monopoly of mullahs, nor even the Muslim community 

Our self-styled “left liberal” intelligentsia, otherwise loud in denouncing Hindu majoritarianism, suddenly turned mute when confronted with Muslim right-wing pressure

Growing Up In Downtown Tehran

I grew up in downtown Tehran. As a little...

Resisting Censorship – Documentary Film Style

Excerpts from  A Fly in the Curry: Independent Documentary Film in...

A road to empathy and solidarity: A reading list on Kashmir

To move ahead, we need a new imagination.Image credit: ...

Germany and Islam – “Muslims are already German”

Many people these days are asking whether Islam and...

‘Voices From The Ruins Of Kandhamal’ And Why I Cried After Watching The Film

Kandhamal is not a new subject to me. Countercurrents.org...

How exactly does the Indian media define a terrorist?

The English-language media's use of the term seems to...

Freedom of Speech in the University

Image courtesy Rabindranath Tagore’s utterances about nationalism, montouche“Even though...

How the Indian diaspora is shaping the battle for yoga’s soul

Image: Danish Ismail/ReutersYoga has offered the Indian state unprecedented...

Unwanted by Co-religionists, Muslim Refugees in Europe opting out of Islam

Pope Francis washing and kissing the feet of migrants....

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