The Mecca Pact Could Tempt Pakistan Towards More Adventurism Against India.
Three Muslim-majority countries — Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan have come together and signed a mutual defence agreement — popularly called the “Mecca Pact“. What are the implications?“The primar...
4 Syys 38min
There is Fear in the BJP and RSS and They Don’t Know How to Manage the Situation
After the Jantar Mantar protests, Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat tried to reach out to Gen Z. But these have not been successful because “Gen Z knows that the RSS is part of the problem,” s...
21 Elo 40min
Doing away with Article 370 Has Hurt India’s Secular Foundation
Seven years ago Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir was read down and done away with and the region was converted to two Union Territory-J & K and Ladakh. The BJP had then said that this would fully inte...
14 Elo 41min
The Cockroaches’ Protest Has Been one of the Most Positive Developments in India for Some Time.
“The youth movement consisted of many who were supporters of this government and that is significant”, says Tariq Ali, the icon of protest movements in the 1960s and after.“This is not a movement orch...
5 Elo 1h 5min
If Satluj had been shown in the theatres two years ago, it would have come and gone without controversy
The sudden takedown of the film Satluj from an OTT platform within 48 hours of release sparked a lot of discussion. The film was made four years ago and the censors had asked for 127 cuts which the di...
31 Heinä 46min
The Iranians Did Not Express Any Disappointment to us with India’s Positions. They were Very Positive.
Congress leader Salman Khurshid, was among those who attended the funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei in Tehran in early July. He was invited personally and was also representing the Congress party.“I saw a...
17 Heinä 31min
Did Hyderabad Almost Become the Spiritual Epicentre of the Islamic World
A new book, Indian Caliphate: Exiled Ottomans and the Billionaire Princes floats the tantalising possibility that the Nizam of Hyderabad’s dynasty came close to becoming the Caliphs in the 20th centur...
10 Heinä 49min
