Migrant and nation
Pakistan’s inability to govern its territory effectively is in large measure due to its burgeoning refugee population
By: Khaled Ahmed On Sunday, September 16, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that he would start “work immediately” on providing passports to the children of refugees born in Pakistan. He might soon have to eat his words because the opposition parties plus the army would have none of it. As many as 1.5 million children […]
Myanmar and the limits of pan-Islamism
The paradox of Muslim solidarity is that its global character is dependent on the West, conceptually and politically
By: Faisal Devji Since Myanmar’s latest bout of violence against the Rohingya began in 2012, there has been a slow uptick of outrage in the Muslim world. But it was only recently, once international observers described what was happening there as an ethnic cleansing, that Muslim concern became more vocal than protests in Europe or […]
Black British history: A study in erasure
Black people are a part of the fabric of Britain, yet pupils are not taught the full story of Black history in schools.
By: Paula Akpan Growing up in the UK as a black person means that you’re living an existence that is constantly erased, particularly in school. Many will recall the history topics that were covered by the National Curriculum: a look at the infamous timeline of Nazi Germany, explorations of the Vietnam war and an in-depth […]
Sabarimala Temple: The BJP Ploy and the Congress Folly
BY: S.RAMACHANDRAN PILLAI THE RSS and the BJP have been desperately trying to capture a space for themselves in the political sphere of Kerala for the past many decades. The RSS has been working in Kerala for more than seven or eight decades and has been trying to revive all sorts of obscurantist and superstitious […]
Two debatable draft laws
BY: I.A. Rehman PARLIAMENT is currently seized of two significant bills, one for punishing the crime of causing enforced disappearance and the other for the trial of blasphemy and other offences under the cybercrime law. Both demand thorough deliberation. The first draft law, the Protection against Enforced Disappearances Act, 2014, is meant to replace the […]
Government needs a shared understanding and an effective and credible spokesperson on economic policy
Economy, media, message
BY: Sanjaya Baru An important instrument of economic policy-making in a market economy is credible, consistent and timely communication. The role of the media in economic management is not often recognised even by professional economists. Politicians, however, ignore this at their own peril. Crises are inherent to market economies but managing them is the key […]
Slow burn to rage
BY: Vaishna Roy The degree and extent of the revelations over the last fortnight have revealed an ugly, festering side to our society. The long, arduous and often invisible history of women’s struggle needed this spectacular release valve. And it’s historically appropriate that social media became the multiplier and aggregator of voices. For too long, […]
The past in modern idiom
LOOKING at the challenges women face at their place of work or even at home in India or Pakistan, among other venues, I wondered how Prof Kailas NathKaul would have analysed the phenomenon. The late raconteur believed that our languages harboured our ugly past, samples of which may still be lodged in our DNA waiting […]
China is trying to erase the Uighurs and their culture
Uighurs are neither extremists nor separatists as Beijing claims. They just want their rights.
By: Rukiye Turdush Just imagine what it would be like if armed security forces stormed into your home, arrested your loved ones, put them in a concentration camp, and took away your children. This is what happened to the family of 44-year-old Turghunjan, who I met while on a visit to Turkey to interview Uighur […]
Europe In Convulsions Even As Corbyn Rises In Britain
From Rome to London the contrast was sharp – from political despair to hope.
A comprehensive conference on Afghanistan, superbly organized the NATO Foundation was the only redeeming feature in Rome. Meetings with journalists and think-tanks on the margins were depressing. The Far Right leader of the ruling coalition, Matteo Salvini of the League, whose early act as Deputy Prime Minister was to order a boat full of North […]
