Opinion

‘Firaq’: The Urdu Poet Who Celebrated India’s Assimilative Culture

Vikas Datta Scholars have devoted tomes to it, politicians have waxed long about it, but it was an Urdu poet who furnished the most abiding,...

Erasure vs. Sumud: How the Nakba Came to Define the Collective Palestinian Identity

RAMZY BAROUD On May 15, 2023, the Palestinian Nakba will be 75 years old. Palestinians all over the world will commemorate the tragic occasion, known as...

Are Indian Muslims Doing Fine?

JAWED NAQVI A SENIOR Indian minister has made an unusual claim about the well-being of Indian Muslims. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told a conference in...

The Rise of the South: Can BRICS Weaken the Dominance of the IMF and World Bank?

RAMZY BAROUD WHO would have expected that the BRICS nations could rise as the potential rival of the G7 countries, the World Bank and the...

Rising Majoritarian Politics: Dilemma of Indian Muslims

PROF RAM PUNIYANI  As atrocities against Muslim minorities increase and the news comes in that various Muslim leaders and intellectuals are knocking the doors of...

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