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Yogi, BJP’s new poster boy - The mercurial rise of Yogi Adityanath in Indian politics
19 comments | by Adeela Naureen
The mercurial rise of Yogi Adityanath in Indian politics has sent shock waves into oppressed communities, mainly Muslims, Dalits, Sikhs and Christians. As reported by The Guardian on 26 March 17, the monk who founded the Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV), and whose firebrand Hindu supremacist vi
Read Full ArticleIndia Needs to Calm Down - India under the Government of the extreme Hindu Nationalist
0 comments | by Mathew Jamison
India under the Government of the extreme Hindu Nationalist Narendra Modi has been getting itself quite worked up over the past year. It was deeply disappointing and disturbing the outrageous, illegal, overly aggressive and appalling behaviour of the Indian Government and Indian army against the People's Republic of China during the summer of 2017 rega
Read Full ArticleDemolition of Babari Masjid:An attack on the Constitution of India
0 comments | by Vidya Bhushan Rawat
On August 7th 1990 VP Singh announced his government’s decision to accept Mandal recommendations that ensured 27% quota for Other Backward Communities. The Savarna students in the north India resorted to violence including self-immolation against it. Opposition Congress party played dirty politics and Rajiv Gandhi’s naivety resulted in BJP&rsq
Read Full ArticleIndia’s licence to kill? - A report by South China Morning Post
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The series of incidents has reinforced fears that anti-Muslim sentiment has hardened in India in the three years since a Hindu nationalist party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power. Some say it has reached a point where Hindu extremists believe they can get away with murder. Others worry that hardliner Hindu leaders want to rewrite the country&rsq
Read Full ArticleTerrorism and Islam: Correlation Is Not Causation
0 comments | by Nauman Sadiq
Since the time immemorial, it has been an article of faith of every Muslim that suicide is ‘Haram’ (prohibited) in Islam. There is a well-known Islamic precept that whoever commits suicide will go straight to hell. But the Takfiri (those who declare others as heretics) have invented a new interpretation of Islam in which suicide is glorified as ‘ma
Read Full ArticleBeijing beckons to embattled Myanmar - Myanmar is very important to China
0 comments | by Larry Jagan
Myanmar is very important to China. It is central to their national interest – involving both security and economic development – as part of ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative in which Myanmar plays a pivotal role. Many have expressed their view that Myanmar was given a free hand in Rohingya ethni
Read Full ArticleBeijing beckons to embattled Myanmar - Myanmar is very important to China
0 comments | by Larry Jagan
Myanmar is very important to China. It is central to their national interest – involving both security and economic development – as part of ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative in which Myanmar plays a pivotal role. Many have expressed their view that Myanmar was given a free hand in Rohingya ethni
Read Full ArticleWhy India-Nepal ties are likely to worsen - written By Manoj Joshi
0 comments | by Manoj Joshi
The election victory of a coalition of two Communist parties in the recent elections in Nepal signals difficult days for Indo-Nepal relations. The coalition of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) led by Puspa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) led by KP Sharma Oli is on track to win the majority of the seats
Read Full ArticleIndian Nation-State Becomes a Prison House for Minorities
0 comments | by Jaspal Singh Sidhu
At the outset, we must confront a bitter fact that it was a ‘transfer of power’ in 1947 which Indian rulers celebrated as ‘Freedom’ and ‘Independence’. If we use a terse coinage, it was a ‘systematic transfer of power’ between the colonial elite (British) and the post-colonial elite (Congress). That is why; the pre-194
Read Full ArticleThe Russian-Indian Split – It’s coming - Shifting geopolitical dynamics
0 comments | by Dmitriy Frolovskiy
Shifting geopolitical dynamics, especially the rise of China, spell trouble for this long-standing relationship. The Russian-Indian partnership has experienced an upward trend in the past years. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi enjoy cordial relations, meet regularly, hold
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