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Indian 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
Read Full ArticleGeopolitics of Hindutva - The word Hindutva is widely discussed across the world
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The word Hindutva is widely discussed across the world since Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in India in 2014. The term is used to describe the special Indian religion-based political philosophy that emerged in the beginning of the 20th century. The Indian National Congress, which had ruled India through the half of the century,
Read Full ArticleSimilarities between Palestine and Kashmir - The problems of Kashmir and Palestine
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The problems of Kashmir and Palestine both date back to 1947. While Palestine is well known globally, Kashmir is virtually an unknown entity. Ken Stone of the Canadian Peace Alliance thinks it ought to be brought into mainstream. The similarities are striking. United Nations (UN) in 1948 promised self-determination both
Read Full ArticleHindutva’s zealots trigger Sikh militancy in Punjab
0 comments | by P K Balachandran
Flush with unprecedented success of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2014 Indian parliamentary elections, and given the BJP’s alliance with the Sikh party Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is the ideological arm of the BJP, has gone on an over drive to spread “Hindutva” or Hindu nationalism amo
Read Full Article26/11: The Betrayal of India The Betrayal of India, Pharos
0 comments | by Dr Ludwig Watzal
Perhaps the FBI needs guys like Elias Davidsson to solve the circumstances of the 9/11 attacks. Could he have been successful within such an organization? Usually, the FBI investigators can only go so far as their superiors want them to go. That’s why a highly qualified researcher such as Davidsson would have gone nowhere within the FBI.
Read Full ArticleConstructing Muslim Enemy: RSS/BJP Campaign for 2019 Elections
0 comments | by Shamsul Islam
The next Indian parliamentary elections slated for the first half of 2019 (though some political commentators believe that this election may not take place if Modi finds t
Read Full ArticleA hidden potential of Contemporary Dalit Uprisings
0 comments | by Vishal Verma
Today, Indian politics is going through a particular kind of change, especially in the area of politics of uprising. Indian politics has long history of uprising,
Read Full ArticleKashmir: No-go Zone For Foreign Journalists?
0 comments | by Z.G.Muhammad
The storyof contemporary Kashmir would have remained under wraps, marked as “classified,” “top secret” nev
Read Full ArticleAssam’s National Register of Citizens: A Fact Based Analysis
2 comments | by Dr Walter Fernandes
The draft has some flaws, but talk of bloodbath, deportation does not measure up to the facts of the exercise.
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