What happened to Allama Iqbal
The renowned Urdu poet Iqbal ( known as Allama Iqbal ) was secular and a nationalist in his youth. In 1904 he wrote his famous song ‘Saare jahaan se achcha Hindustan hamaara‘.
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Pakistani ( and Indian ) Muslims are fake Muslims ? Asks Justice Katju
Islam spread in large parts of the world because of its great message of equality, and the social emancipation it gave to the suppressed sections of society. But Muslims in our subcontinent mostly practice the caste system, which represents inequality, and is directly contrary to what the great Prophet taught.
93RD ANNIVERSARY OF KAKORI MARTYRS
REMEMBERING THEIR EGALITARIAN-SECULAR IDEOLOGY AND JOINT MARTYRDOMS CAN BE A BULWARK AGAINST THE HINDUTVA ONSLAUGHT
Children’s Day (Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s Birthday)
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) was one of the greatest men the globe has known. He was the first Prime Minister of India. He was also the architect of India‘s Foreign Policy. In 1950 under his leadership…
Bail to Arnab Goswami or personal freedom to intimidate, humiliate and harass the political opponents of the ruling party
The Supreme Court’s decision to give bail to Arnab Goswami to defend ‘personal liberty ‘ which cannot be allowed to get hampered, as Justice Chandrachud remarked and further added if ‘states go against it as…
Campaign to Curb Inter-faith marriages: Ruse to Restrict Women’s Freedom
Dr Ram Puniyani writes on the politics of Love Jihad. Know what is Love Jihad, and what is Jihad. Allahabad High Court in its recent judgment opposed the conversion to get married to the person…
TIME TO JUDGE THE JUDGEMENT: Kafeel’s is no ordinary case. How many judges are doing their duty today?
When the only cause for elation, even a smile in the morning, is news of the release of an innocent detainee with the words that his detention ‘was bad in law’, then democracy is indeed…
The law of Sedition: Endangering the very idea of an inclusive Democracy
British left India in August 1947 but left many of their draconian laws here as a colonial legacy. Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code 1860, i.e., the law of sedition is one such law….
Time for serious police reform to make it more humane
The father-son duo arrested and then murdered in the judicial police custody in Tuticorin is a horrific reminder of unaccountability and brutality of the policing system in India. So far some of them have been…
ON 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EMERGENCY IN INDIA : CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENTS PROVE RSS LEADERSHIP KOWTOWED TO INDIRA GANDHI
RSS is a Hindutva gurukul (university) which specializes in training cadres in speaking lies and manufacturing history. As the latest proof, we find on the 45th anniversary of the Emergency, an ideologue of RSS, Ram…
Treatment In Private Hospital On Public Money Possible But No Relief If Private Transport Used
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic over the last 3 months has failed on almost every front. Not only has the government been unsuccessful in containing the exponential…
We don’t need Tyranny of anyone in democracy: elected or ‘Un-elected’
In the last few weeks, we saw some hard-hitting ‘statements’ made by some big legal names. The Solicitor General of India, Mr Tushar Mehta made many allegations accusing some former judges, some high courts and…
Violence against Dalits and women on the high in Uttar Pradesh
Two incidents in Uttar Pradesh have reflected in the growing normalisation of violence and complete collapse of the law and order. The first incident happened in district Farrukhabad where a couple kept hostage to 23…
CJI Gogoi was blot on judiciary, but why were the other justices mute like Bheeshma Pitamah, seeing the cheer haran of the Supreme Court?
Indians need answers to judiciary’s failures in Gogoi’s tenure By Justice Markandey Katju When former chief justice of India Dipak Misra misbehaved in allocating cases in the Supreme Court, four of the senior-most justices of…
Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhumi Case : hope that the Judgment of the Supreme Court restores confidence of all citizens in rule of law and the Constitution
Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhumi Case : hope that the Judgment of the Supreme Court restores confidence of all citizens in rule of law and the Constitution .
PMC Bank failure: How safe the Indian Banks are?
Never put your all eggs in a single basket. Keep your deposits in different banks and not in different branches of a single bank.
Dr Kafeel khan’s media villain must explain their mischievous stories.
Dr Kafeel Khan exonerated : Who will fix media accountability now? Dr Kafeel khan’s media villain must explain their mischievous stories.
PRIVATE INTEREST MASQURADING AS POLICY CRITIQUE
Geeta Gandhi Kingdom’s attempt to defend the indefensible in the garb of an academic have come a cropper. She cannot be in London and Lucknow at the same time, ideologically speaking.
HOW RSS BETRAYED THE ANTI-EMERGENCY STRUGGLE
ON 44TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EMERGENCY IN INDIA : HOW RSS BETRAYED THE ANTI-EMERGENCY STRUGGLE National Emergency was imposed on the country by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on June 25-26, 1975, and it lasted…
How tiny pests traverse long distance to attack mustard crops
The persistent pests of mustard plants in the Gangetic plain come raiding all the way from the Himalayas, a new study has revealed.