Kisan Sabha Demands High Level Probe New Delhi: The leaders of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) who visited Jaisinghpur of Nuh district of Haryana on April 7 have demanded full scale inquiry into the killing of Pehlu Khan, a dairy farmer by the cow vigilantes. They accused the Sangh Parivar of dragging the country…
By Dr. Mohammed Farooq Pasha There is always an argument regarding the old system of education compared to the latest one. Today, we have all the technologies, but less values. Earlier we had more values with less technologies. Let us make an attempt to cross check the different roles played by students, teachers and management.…
This Kolkata man has devoted his youth to set up three schools to provide English medium education to children from slums. He continues to think of new projects to improve quality of life with unflagging zeal. By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj It was a personal loss for Kolkata’s Mamoon Akhtar that rekindled a pining for offering…
In a world of noise and hustle, and with everyone frantically chasing what will inevitably perish, our appreciation for silence has significantly diminished. By Ali Jabbar Silentium est aureum “ often translated as silence is golden, or perhaps more aptly as silence is gold; is a phrase laden with ancient wisdom in a world severely…
By Paul Vallely From coffee to cheques and the three-course meal, the Muslim world has given us many innovations that we in the West take for granted. Here are some of their most influential innovations: The story goes that an Arab named Khalid was tending his goats in the Kaffa region of southern Ethiopia, when…
Eight years after his first brush with the criminal justice system, 33-year-old Mohammad Atik is back in the system once again. This time not as a terror accused standing in the witness box seeking court’s mercy for release, but as a lawyer representing many like him awaiting justice. By Sukanya Shantha Mumbai: After having spent…
By Audrey Truschke Whatever happened in the past, religious-based violence is real in modern India, and Muslims are frequent targets. It is thus disingenuous to single out Indian Muslim rulers for condemnation without owning up to the modern Valences of that focus. The idea that medieval Muslim rulers wreaked havoc on Indian culture and society…
Kashmiris are treated as a second-class citizens and the government of India is not playing a positive role and not trying to bridge the gap,” Rasheed told Twocircles.net. By Raqib Hameed Naik Doda (Jammu): Around 210 km east of Jammu in Bhaderwah Tehsil, winters are in full swing with frequent rains and snowfalls. Javed Ahmed, a 37-year…
You may be a precious stone, even priceless, but, people will value you, based on their financial status, their level of information, their belief in you, and their motive behind entertaining you. By Abu Umaymah Allah has created every person beautiful, unique and precious. Often, this value is neither recognized nor appreciated by the person…
Dr. Faizan Mustafa, Vice Chancellor, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, delivered a lecture at a colloquium on ‘Gender Rights of Women in Islam and Indian Law’ organized by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR), Karnataka Chapter, at the BIFT Hall, Darussalam, Bengaluru on Human Rights Day on December 10, 2016. The colloquium was…
