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Is AMU, a Vatican of India’s reactionary Muslim elite?

Continuing an active debate around the dominant politics at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) this former student questions the latent arcane exclusivism that is affecting both quality, representation and diversity within

Muslims Must Seize Every Opportunity to Reform Their Madrasas

Yogi Adityanath may be doing this for political reasons,...

Nightmarish Visions: Indian government plan for ‘Institutions of Eminence’

Statement by JNU Teachers’ AssociationIn early November, the JNU...

UOH Suspends Ten Students, Modi Regime’s Assaults on Students Continues: Widespread Protests

Strong and widespread protests against the recent suspension of...

Elegy for a Lost Friend: Gauri Lankesh (1962- 2017)

I was preparing to leave Bangalore for three weeks...

Muslims must demolish the wall that separates religious from secular education

What has happened in the intellectual realm of Islam...

Caught between two extremes: Views of Sir Syed on gender, caste and nationalism

As the birth bi-centenary of the distinguished reformer-educationist, Syed...

Students go on Hunger Strike As Jamia celebrates 97th foundation day

Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university in the heart...

ABVP Disrupts Attempts to Implement HC Order: Najeeb Disappearance Case

JNU again witnessed aggression in the name of ‘protest’...

I get death threats every day: Umar Khalid

Umar Khalid, along with his fellow students Kanhaiya Kumar,...

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