Why are we surprised when Buddhists are violent?

The image of unshakeable peacefulness and tolerance is a western stereotype that defies history and simplifies human nature

By: Dan Arnold and Alicia Turner Most adherents of the world’s religions claim that their traditions place a premium on virtues like love, compassion and forgiveness, and that the state toward which they aim is one of universal peace. History has shown us, however, that religious traditions are human affairs, and that no matter how […]

Sufism – The Eternal Panacea for Kashmir Bloodbath

At the time when whole Kashmir is drenched in bloodshed, Sufism seems the best way out of all the discomforts from which our land is going through day by day. So, the time tested concept & approach of Sufism looks the best medicine to regain the lost peace. The Sufism is said to have existed […]

The toll of revenge

The belief that an increase of fire power on the LoC will impact Pakistan’s cross-border terrorism is illusory. Ceasefire must be restored.

BY: Prakash Menon The alarming frequency of ceasefire violations, inflicting a mounting loss of life and property on both sides of the LoC, begs the question: What is the political purpose of force application? The question is valid as without political purpose the exchange of fire and cross-border raids would be guided by an independent […]

Erdogan’s Rising Islamist Militarism

BY: Eric Edelman and Merve Tahiroglu The 6-year-old child who cried in front of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become a global sensation. Erdogan spotted the weeping girl wearing a military uniform during an address at his party’s congress last week, brought her onto the stage, and told her that if she died as […]

Beyond the chessboard duel

The BJP has formed an alliance with a separatist tribal group, which is neither for a Hindi-speaking state, nor for banning cow slaughter.

RESULTS from the remote, predominantly tribal, Tripura assembly elections have set off a false alarm and, predictably, a false debate within the left. On the other hand, the outcome comes as a pyrrhic victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for Tripura negates its project of Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan. The BJP has formed an alliance […]

UNSCHOOLING emerging as new trend

By: MUKHTAR AHMAD FAROOQI The traditional curriculum is based on the assumption that children must be pursued by knowledge because they will never pursue it themselves. Thus schooling came to be a method of controlling children and forcing them to do whatever educators decided was beneficial for them. Given a choice, most children prefer not […]