Army disposes of old shell found in Surankote
Srinagar: Army on Saturday disposed of an old rocket shell in Surankote area of the Poonch district, officials said. Quoting officials, news agency GNS reported that at around 1030 hours, Army’s 16 RR found the old rocket shell laying at Mohra Bachai (Bella) in Surankote. Later Army’s bomb disposal squad disposed of the shell on […]
My Encounters with Swami Agnivesh
It is very saddening news that Swami Agnivesh is no more amongst us. Swamiji enriched our understanding of Hindu Vedic religion in particular and all religions in general. He remained a critic of all religions and advocated for spirituality. Religion that amounted merely following rituals of worship and life cycle was “fatalism” to him. Swamiji […]
Liberal Dogmatism
One must agree with the advice of Ramchandra Guha (‘Liberals, sadly’, IE, 20/3/18) that the “liberals must have courage to take on both Hindu and Muslim communalists”. Guha misses many Muslim liberals who take on both communalists. We could name dozens of Muslim liberals who challenge the communal leadership within the community. There were 5 […]
Anti-Muslim Riots in Sri Lanka
Irfan Engineer The recent anti-Muslim riots in Kandy, Sri Lanka, once again demonstrate that religion is becoming more salient in public domain, including politics, in South Asia. My recent visit to Sri Lanka and talking to a cross section of people from different religions, including some people in the Government underscores this fact. Anti-Muslim […]
