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AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi.

Asaduddin Owaisi: ‘It is not Muslims’ responsibility to keep these parties afloat’

Interview with All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi.

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi during an election campaign in Bihar’s Madhubani district, on October 27.

Bihar Assembly Election | Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM emerges as a force to reckon with

Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM emerges as a force to reckon with in Bihar’s Seemanchal by tapping into the latent fears among the minorities regarding the C

Asoka’s pillar and the Anand stupa at Vaishali, Bihar.

T.M. Krishna: On rediscovering Asoka through his edicts

A musical rendition of Asokan edicts rekindles interest in the ethical values ingrained in them and the Mauryan emperor’s vision of a humane society.

T.M. Krishna: “My politics is my music, which is why I started working on these edicts.”

T.M. Krishna: ‘To bring Asoka back in public discourse was important’

Interview with T.M. Krishna, singer, writer and activist.

Farmers burn the effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the pictures of industrialists Mukesh Ambani (right) and Gautam Adani to protest against the farm laws passed in Parliament, in Amritsar on October 23.

A different Dasara: Farmers use unconventional methods to protest against the farm laws

Farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh use unconventional methods to protest against the Centre’s farm laws.

Ziya Us Salam,Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

At a “rail roko ” protest by farmers at Devi Dass Pura village near Amritsar on October 9.

Farmers' resistance to the farm laws hardens

Farmers continue to agitate against the new farm laws and plan to use the Navaratri festivities to make their voice heard.

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan ,Ziya Us Salam

Police lathi-charge protesters during a demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Lucknow on December 19, 2019.

Uttar Pradesh's Muslims bear the brunt of Yogi Adityanath's politics of "badla"

The Uttar Pradesh government has employed brazen, unlawful tactics, including extreme torture and physical violence, to harass and intimidate citizens

Police personnel stand guard outside the residence of the 19-year-old Dalit woman who died after being allegedly gang-raped, at Bulgadi village in Hathras on October 6.

Casteism and social apartheid the norm in Uttar Pradesh

In Uttar Pradesh, caste-based graded inequality has always been the lived reality. What is different now is the attempt by forces of the ruling dispen

“The Edicts of Asoka”: T.M. Krishna pays tribute to Asoka and non-violence on YouTube

Ask any student of history about who the greatest king of India was and the chances are that it will come down to Asoka and Akbar. While much is known

Romila Thapar and D.N. Jha, both formidable scholars of ancient India, are not on the committee set up to study India’s ancient past. The committee, which does not have any historian of repute, is dominated by archaeologists.

Inventing a past: Committee formed to study the origin and evolution of Indian culture

A committee formed by the Central government to study India’s ancient past draws criticism from scholars and politicians who raise doubts about the ag

Farmers block a national highway during a protest against the farm Bills, in Shambhu in Punjab on September 25.

Punjab: Rising tide of anger

Farmers in Punjab, the food bowl of the nation, vehemently oppose the agriculture Bills as they feel the Bills will soon make the small and marginal f

Naresh Gujral: 'The farmer is not a fool'

Interview with Naresh Gujral, Akali Dal leader.

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