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Construction of Ram Temple: An Eternal Electoral Plank
Construction of Ram Temple: An Eternal Electoral Plank
Animitra Chakraborty
It is said that almost each riot (mostly religious) in the Indian subcontinent is hardly related to the concepts of religion but has a deeper affinity with politics only. What's more, this is a fine way to stimulate people and grab the coveted political power. Is this true? Well there can be long debates over this and pundits may bring to the fore contending standpoints that are competent to bewilder the listeners and readers. Let's not get into this and concentrate on some related but hard facts. What was the real reason of partition of British India? While the Hindu maj
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Congress: The Cheerleader of Indian Election League
Congress: The cheerleader of Indian Election League
Amba Charan Vashishth
If one were to go by what hint the Congress Yuvraj Rahul Gandhi gave in his press conference on May 5, it seems the Congress to is preparing itself to act as a cheerleader on May 16 when the referee (Election Commission) of our Indian Election League will start declaring which of our candidates belonging to which party has scored a century and which of them is out for a duck. Congress seems to be deciding to act in the true sportsman (political) spirit to cheer with the beat of a drum and dance whoever wins, even if he/she defeat its party candidate. ...

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Uncovered Backwardness of Muslims: Part 5
Uncovered Backwardness of Muslims: Part 5
Dr. Radhasyam Brahmachari
It has been pointed out earlied that when it comes education, land holdings and employment, Muslims are well below their share of the population. But contrastingly, they have a disproportionately high representation when it comes to being in prison. In fact, in many states, Muslims even make up a higher percentage of population in jail than they do outside. "Muslim percentage of inmates in jails in states is as high as their share in population, in many states, including Gujarat, Maharastra, Jharkhand, Karnataka, it's even higher", says the Sachar Committee Report.
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10 May 2009
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Editorial: Victimizing Varun – A case of ‘Secularist’ Vendetta
Editorial: Victimizing Varun – A case of ‘Secularist’ Vendetta
The Editorial Team
An advisory board of the Allahabad High Court has recommended revocation of the order to book Varun Gandhi under NSA. The advisory court's recommendation is binding on the state government which in effect has now revoked the order. With this the Supreme Court's observation that invoking NSA on Varun was too drastic a step now becomes true. Ironically, the secularist camp which pleaded for justice and justified NSA maintains a
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Deoband’s Anti- Terrorism Declaration: Part II
Deoband’s Anti- Terrorism Declaration: Part II
Jai Prakash Sharma
The most interesting part of the Anti-Terrorism Declaration issued by the Conference hosted by Darul Uloom, Deoband is the enunciation of the virtues of Islam contained in the opening paragraph of the Declaration. Those having some knowledge of Islam's scriptures and history could easily be left wondering whether this part of the declaration was a satirical interpolation by some mischievous elements. However a visit to the Dar
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