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Politics and AMU

On how the university got enmeshed in political battles with communal overtones.

A View of the Aligarh Muslim University Campus. Photo:Sandeep Saxena
26-05-2005

AMU under assault

The Modi government’s reversal of the Union government’s stand on the Aligarh Muslim University not only perpetuates a grievous wrong but betrays a po

The Indian Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi and the Sri Lankan President Mr. Jayewardene sign the historic Indo-Sri Lanka accord in the country's capital, Colombo.

July, 1987.

Intelligence & policy

It is high time that the rogue elephant that is the Research and Analysis Wing acquires a strong statutory mahout—a charter enacted by Parliament. Thi

Facts of a carnage

An important addition to the documentation of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom, the book deserves a wide readership.

Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan photographed with Sir Owen Dixon, United Nations Mediator on Kashmir and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister at a meeting held at Government House, New Delhi on July 20, 1950.

Relevance of U.N. resolutions

Though most of the U.N. resolutions on Kashmir have been overtaken by recent events, two that define the contours of the conflict are still relevant:

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh speaks in Lok Sabha as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks at during the first day of winter session of Parliament in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo / TV GRAB(PTI11_26_2015_000091B)

Constitution and secularism

The 42nd Amendment made formal the Constitution’s basic commitment to the idea of a secular state—quite contrary to the BJP position that the amendmen

Mr. Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of the western Indian State of Gujarat, addressing a gathering at the beginning of the fourth leg of the 'gaurav rath yatra' from the Ambaji temple.

India’s Sawdust Caesar

It is futile to expect Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rein in the so-called fringe elements because they form the core of his constituency. He neithe

JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, 18/07/2015: Indian Muslims offering prayers on the occassion of Eid-ul-Fiter after ending the Holy Month of Ramzan at Idgah on the outskirts of in Jaipur on July 18, 2015.
Photo: Rohit Jain Paras

Zeal and poor scholarship

The cure to the malaise is not the imposition of a hated uniform civil code but a strong agitation for respect for the sharia and rejection of the Ang

Zeal and poor scholarship

The cure to the malaise is not the imposition of a hated uniform civil code but a strong agitation for respect for the sharia and rejection of the Ang

AHMEDABAD : GUJARAT : 21/03/2015. A Muslim brides talks each other as she sits with other brides during a mass wedding organized by a Hussaini Wakaf Committee in Sarkhej Roza, Ahmedabad, Saturday 21st March 2015. At least 121 couple weds today in this mass wedding function. Mass weddings in Gujarat are organized by social organizations primarily to help families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well as the elaborate dowry that is customary in many communities. Photo : VIJAY SONEJI.

Hindutva’s stick

Hindutva groups use the idea of a uniform civil code as a stick to beat the minorities with, an enterprise that finds an answering echo in judicial ze

The Doval doctrine

The National Security Adviser’s policy prescription is marked by three themes: irrelevance of morality, extremism freed from calculation or calibratio

Role of the revolutionaries

The story of the intersection between the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, the Congress, and the British government in India’s movement fo