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Pakistan’s identity crisis
November 5, 2014, 5:12 PM IST
Yesterday in Pakistan, a Christian couple were beaten to death by a group of angry fanatics. They were being accused of desecrating and dishonoring the Koran. Take another recent incident, which caused international concern: A…
November 5, 2014, 5:12 PM IST
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India-Denmark ties: An open letter to Narendra Modi
October 21, 2014, 3:28 PM IST
Dear Narendra Modiji, I want to express my heartiest congratulations to you and your party for having won a landslide victory both at the national level and now in some of the regional states. People…
October 21, 2014, 3:28 PM IST
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Malala deserves the Nobel Prize, our world needs books, not bombs
October 10, 2014, 7:21 PM IST
“Yes, This is about Islam” is the title of one of the most famous articles written about Islam in New York Times, published on November 2, 2001. Salman Rushdie wrote this column, criticizing the world…
October 10, 2014, 7:21 PM IST
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Time for a Asian-American president of the United States of America
September 30, 2014, 4:59 PM IST
Recently I had the opportunity to meet Tim Uppal, Canada’s minister of state for multiculturalism in UK. He is one among the new generation of Indians who have taken the path of politics, thereby breaking…
September 30, 2014, 4:59 PM IST
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In which country is it the best to be both a mother and a father?
September 25, 2014, 3:49 PM IST
Try and guess in which country it is the best to be both a mother and a father. It is not easy to find an answer, and your guess will probably be as convincing as…
September 25, 2014, 3:49 PM IST
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India and the United Kingdom have much in common
September 19, 2014, 5:51 PM IST
Scotland did the right thing. India should welcome the strengthening of the state, as the result of the Scottish referendum has now been made public. Finally good news came from Scotland today. The Scottish people…
September 19, 2014, 5:51 PM IST
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In Sweden it is racism contra feminism
September 12, 2014, 5:55 PM IST
Sweden is heading for elections on Sunday. In this country in Northern Europe, I have spent more than a decade of my life. Sweden is the opposite of India when it comes to the issue…
September 12, 2014, 5:55 PM IST
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Pakistan caught between mullahs and military
September 4, 2014, 6:15 PM IST
It is high time that Barack Obama and other world leaders take time to present a legitimate rebuttal to the thesis that Pakistan can only be governed by its army. Imran Khan and Tahir ul…
September 4, 2014, 6:15 PM IST
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The war within Islam
September 3, 2014, 5:28 PM IST
“I do not regard the Ahmediyyas as Muslims”, says a female medical student emphatically to me, emphasizing that they are kaffirs and should not be regarded as Muslims at all. What shocks me is that…
September 3, 2014, 5:28 PM IST
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Who wants to live in the paradise of an Islamic state?
August 21, 2014, 3:12 PM IST
Yes, the so-called Caliphate. Would you like to live in the paradise of an Islamic state with full-blown sharia? I mean the self-proclaimed State of ISIS or IS as they like to be called these…
August 21, 2014, 3:12 PM IST
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Do we need think tanks?
August 18, 2014, 4:15 PM IST
Do we really need to get embroiled in a dispute over whether we need think tanks? Take a look at how knowledge today is produced, consumed and communicated, and you will realize that we cannot…
August 18, 2014, 4:15 PM IST
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Will Sunni-Islamists succeed in exterminating Yazidis?
August 12, 2014, 4:05 PM IST
The world is helplessly watching the Islamist expansion undertaken by a group which is alternately being called ISIS or IS or Islamic State. ISIS/IS is a group of Sunni-Islamists who want to exterminate one of…
August 12, 2014, 4:05 PM IST
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Islamic lobbyism is stronger than Jewish lobbyism
August 5, 2014, 2:59 PM IST
There are more than 50 countries in the world which have an Islamic constitution or where the majority of the population follows the Islamic faith. The Organization of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) has 57 nations as…
August 5, 2014, 2:59 PM IST
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John Kerry could emulate John Kenneth Galbraith
July 31, 2014, 3:02 PM IST
Retrospectively speaking, India ought to remember John Kenneth Galbraith. He was the late professor of economics with strong attachment to Harvard University and a true friend of India. He was the former ambassador of the…
July 31, 2014, 3:02 PM IST
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Anti-Semitism in Europe rejuvenates the migration debate
July 28, 2014, 4:01 PM IST
Last week a Danish imam was lecturing in Berlin, and instigated his listeners to torture and kill Zionist Jews. His lecture, which was video-taped, has gone viral. The Danish media have written that imam Abu…
July 28, 2014, 4:01 PM IST
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Gay rights are human rights
July 18, 2014, 1:59 PM IST
The time has come for India to make its mark on the world stage. There are clearly certain issues that prevent India from being taken seriously on the global arena. Our image is tarred because…
July 18, 2014, 1:59 PM IST
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Unaccomplished El Dorado dreams of Indians abroad
July 15, 2014, 1:11 PM IST
For the last two days the national television channels of Denmark have been telling a story about 11 Indian boys missing from a team of handball players. They had arrived in Denmark to play, but…
July 15, 2014, 1:11 PM IST
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Do we really need death fatwas and death penalty?
July 8, 2014, 2:03 PM IST
Issuing death fatwas based on an evaluation of a religious cleric, often a mufti or a mullah, is neither civilized nor scientific in its approach. A democratic society cannot allow its citizens being subjected to…
July 8, 2014, 2:03 PM IST
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Will the global jihadists succeed in destabilizing the world once again?
July 4, 2014, 8:45 AM IST
We have to make a distinction between global, local and classical jihad. Let us start in the reverse order. Classical jihadists, when waging war, stick to the war guidelines, which say there is no point…
July 4, 2014, 8:45 AM IST
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Language politics: United we stand, divided we fall
June 25, 2014, 4:22 PM IST
Mahatma Gandhi, whom we love to call the “great soul”, was trying to learn his tenth language just a day before he died. Born a Gujarati he was trying to learn Bengali, both written and…
June 25, 2014, 4:22 PM IST
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