COVID-19: Catastrophe reveals our real character
By Shahid Jamal
Covid-19 has caused less disaster on earth than the unforgivable brutality committed by people during the course of history.
A Pakistani driver, Indian co-rider, and a Kashmiri’s American fiancé share an Uber in D.C.
By Danielle Cyr
During this UberPool, my own preconceived notions of others were proven wrong, and I was given the opportunity to see the beauty of humanity at its finest. I urge you to remember this during your interactions with others. Stop letting borders and politics cloud your judgment and respect for your global brothers and sisters.
India and Pakistan pick Kashmir for bloodbath
By Rameez Raja
Since the partition of India, Kashmir remained an unfortunate battleground for both states to express their anger against each other. Regrettably, it is only Kashmiri people, who have remained the victim of human rights violations between the two belligerent states.
A Review of the Working of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) In India
By Aijaz Ahmad Turrey
Until now three rounds of the survey have been conducted – NFHS-1, NFHS-2, and NFHS-3. The main target of NFHS survey is to provide information about mortality, fertility, infant mortality and child health, family planning methods, anaemia and other diseases, reproductive status, and quality of health services.
Fascism: The silent rise of the neo-Nazis
By Arrow
As a non-European citizen under rejuvenated neo-Nazi conditions, I’m a little sceptical about where the priorities of my European friends lie. I’m not sure if the person I’m talking to is a friend or a foe; an anti-Nazi or a neo- Nazi, who silently hates me for my religion, race, and language.
Book Excerpt: From N Ram’s ‘Why Scams Are Here To Stay’
By N Ram
Politically, Vyapam implicates or features senior BJP and RSS leaders, including ministers, in addition to a vast array of bureaucrats, intermediaries, fixers, and the participant victims, many hundreds of students and job-seekers ensnared in the racket.
Press Release: SASG Urges UN Special Rapporteur to Investigate the Spiral of Human Rights Violations in India
By SASG
The London-based human rights organization South Asia Solidarity Group (SASG) has launched an online petition urging the UN Special Rapporteur, Rita Izsák-Ndiaye to investigate the growing human rights violation in India, particularly the attacks on religious minorities and Dalits.
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in India, the land of Palestinian Friends
By Fazzur Rahman
Palestinian President, Mr. Abbas’s visit to India might be intended to use the deep political and strategic ties between India and Israel when Prime Minster Modi would visit Israel in July.
Lecture: Populist-Authoritarianism in India
By Ajay Gudavarthy
The other part of the success of this new populist regime is its ability to include subjective emotions more upfront than liberal democracies, moving away from liberal democratic conception of a rational self, based on separation of the private and public individual.
Christmas as Good Governance Day: Is it more than a Coincidence?
By Ananya S Guha
Is it more than a mere coincidence that both the days of Christmas and Good Friday have been declared National Governance and National Digital Days respectively? What does this mean? Good governance and digitization are part of a governance plan, to be worked out strategically. Why choose them on special days?
Parallels between Indian and Palestinian Partition
By Inamul Haq
In comparing and assessing partitions of British India and Palestine, one can see that different identities saw an opportunity for their national visions to materialize and all clusters used violence (communal) in defending their visions against the counterparts. The study has relevance for the modern period, because there is no stability in Palestine/Israel and India/Pakistan.
Kashmir Conflict in Contemporary India
By Inamul Haque
Those who are aware of Kashmir history would know that violence in the Kashmir valley has increased a lot since 1989. As Hanna Ardent had perceptively argued, violence becomes a tool and technique of social control among the modern nation states.
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