Christian minorities are under siege in Indian Subcontinent
By Nazarul Islam, Edited By Adam Rizvi: India’s celebrated Christian community long pre-dated the British, who had sponsored missionary initiatives,
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Opinion
Why Sabarimala issue leaves instinctive liberals like me torn: Shashi Tharoor
Expecting BJP to fix Sabarimala is like hoping an arsonist will develop a better fire-extinguisher. Ihave been wrestling with the
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Me Too Movement
Edited, Copy Edited By Adam Rizvi: The Me Too movement (or #MeToo movement), with many local and international alternatives, is a movement against sexual harassment and sexual
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Sabarimala Verdict: A decision that empowers the future
It has been a crucial year for the Indian population especially in the judicial sphere. The Supreme Court has come
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The debate on the arrest of ‘Urban Naxals’
With the recent arrests of the ‘Urban Naxals’ as they are being called, a lot is being said about the
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Time To Punish Modi For Demonetisation Fiasco
The annual report of the RBI released a few days ago is the last nail in the coffin of the failed demonetisation
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Vajpayee was a fakir in true sense of the word!
Exclusive for TIO by Ninad, Copy Edited By Adam Rizvi: There is a section of media trying to put down
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Why is the Indian govt. mum on lynch mobs targeting Muslims, Dalits?
The Indian media is full of horrifying reports of lynch gang murders. Some 69 cases of mob violence have been
Read MoreNot a Bollywood villian, want to improve Indo-Pak ties : Imran Khan in first speech after victory
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman said Kashmir is the “core” issue between the two countries and it should be resolved through
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JNU and its tryst with student activism with Umar Khalid and Kanhaiya Kumar
So Umar Khalid and Kanhaiya Kumar are back in news. The right-wing leaning JNU panel has penalized and ordered rustication
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Assam Lynching: Nell, ask me for Cha & Chakhna once more…
Needless, senseless and totally unforgivable It is strange that just a few minutes before the news of his death, I
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A Call for Communal Peace and Harmony in Uttar Pradesh
After increasing mob lynchings of Muslims by Hindu vigilantes in Uttar Pradesh, tensions are understandably high and many Muslims in
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The segregated city
Ghettoisation and Disturbed Areas Act are dividing urban spaces in Gujarat, pushing Muslims to the edge. In the current debates
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My body, My choice—finally as it should be!
Ireland votes for change and women’s rights on their bodies. It took the sad death of an Indian origin mother
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Muslim women in India can become change agents through education
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently called for empowerment and education of Muslim women. One would have expected this message to
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Mashobra musings: President Ram Nath Kovind on mutualism and the message of nature
What will India be like at 100 — in 2047? In Mahatma’s bicentenary in 2069? We don’t know. But our
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Oppostion may well thank Karnataka Governor for impressing on them the need for pre-poll unity
Vajubhai Vala was a name few outside Gujarat knew of. That is, until last week. Karnataka knew of him, of
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The consequences of JDS-Cong government on 2019 elections
The final outcome in Karnataka, as it emerged after many twists and turns, is the worst possible for the BJP,
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The game of political chess in Karnataka!
The governor has decided to swear in Yeddyurappa. But even that is being denied, and not announced. What do the
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Waiter! There’s a fly in my holy water
Of gods and men. And why it is better that they stay in their own worlds Two recent episodes demonstrated
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Friend or Enemy of Dalits?
Photo: Forwardpress Editor’s Note: Not just in today’s India but for centuries, is being Dalit, determined by the color of skin,
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The Rape in India….tracing its Roots !!
Rape has, of late, become an acute disease in the Indian society. Prima facie, this is a problem arising out
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Why 2018 feels like 1988
From 400-plus seats in 1984, Rajiv’s Congress fell to a mere 197 five years later. No one can predict how
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Wounds that never heal, pain that doesn’t die…
It was the first week of March 2002. I was working as a soft journalist—a term people often use for
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Ahankar has been many a leader’s undoing
The word ‘hubris’ in the Oxford English Dictionary is summed up simply as ‘excessive pride’. It is the single biggest
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