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Mian Maqdoom Shah shrine, Mumbai’s Mahim Durgah & the December Urs

I saw quite a few processions going towards the Mahim dargah in Mumbai for the annual Urs celebration of the Muslim saint last evening. A lot of colour, not...

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....

The filming of Rumi – Everybody’s darling

A Hollywood film project and a joint attempt by...

The Word ‘Rashtra’

Eminent historian K.M. Shrimali critiques the concept of a timeless...

Independent Versus the Hawk: Indian Commercial Television debates

The ongoing unrest in Kashmir, where 23 people including...

Refusing to Recognise Polygamy in the West: A Solution or a Soundbite?

 Azad Chaiwala founder of the Secondwife and Polygamy websites...

The voyage of Nicolas Baudin and ‘art in the service of science’

Christine Judith Nicholls, Flinders University and Dany Breelle, Flinders...

Butter Chai Ruminations at Norbulinka

Credit:Rukmini SenIt was raining ferociously when we reached our...

Cultural Nationalism is Nothing but Rogue Nationalism pitting ‘Us’ against the “Other”

Image Courtesy: rangashankara.orgSadanand Menon de-constructs cultural nationalism, majoritarian and...

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