Tufail Ahmad writes on political Islam
A breakthrough judgment but freedom for most Muslim women in India is a far cry. Let Parliament do its bit now
The Islamist radicalisation in Kerala
The deplorable use of a Quranic term in India’s Urdu media to savage liberal Muslims
Why the Urdu press in India consistently heaps scorn on Ahmadiya Muslims
In modern times, a glaring intellectual failure of the Muslim mind is not to distinguish between Israel, the Jews and the Zionists
Some Urdu dailies in India extol Islam’s first holy war
Obscurantist clerics mount a campaign against recent moves to reform the Muslim Personal Law
Ravaged by war, terror and bad politics, Afghanistan is waiting for a new life after the withdrawal of American troops
The news from Bangladesh should alert India to the threat from ISIS. It is real and immediate
Roznama Aag of Lucknow was one of the few dailies that carried the news of the fatwa on its front page
CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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