The recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to RSS headquarters in Nagpur and pay homage to RSS founder Dr. K.B.

The term Kufr has been widely misunderstood and misrepresented in Islamic discourse. Traditional interpretations often equate Kufr with disbelief, leading to a binary worldview that classifies all non ...

A few days ago, an editor friend of mine sent a quote: I'm not in favour of Facebook friends who make Facebook enemies for me. It was attributed to the British-American poet W H Auden. While it cannot ...

As US-backed surrender demands mount and ceasefire negotiations collapse under the weight of sabotage and regional betrayal, Hamas is standing its ground – choosing resistance over exile, even as Gaza ...

Soroush’s intellectual endeavour emerges from a conviction that a static and purely metaphysical understanding of revelation often struggles to provide meaningful guidance in a world characterised by ...

Some years ago, I had a memorable conversation with a cab driver, Mishra ji from Uttar Pradesh. It began because he had a near-accident and we agreed it was the other fellow’s fault. This created a ...

There cannot be a better statement on madness / foolishness on Fools' Day than this one that appeared in Allen Ginsberg's iconic poem, "How!”: " I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by ...

Throughout history, colonial powers have exercised dominance not only through military and economic means but also by shaping discourse and redefining identities. One of the most insidious methods ...

As education is the backbone of any civilization, a retrogressive nature of education inevitably leads to a shift or decline of a civilization. Quality education broadens the base of functional ...

Palestinians arrive to attend Eid al-Fitr prayers at Gaza City's historic Omari Mosque on March 30, 2025. (AFP) Women and children are among at least 20 people who have been killed in Israeli ...

SAHIWAL: A seven-year-old boy allegedly killed his mother in a fit of rage with a pair of scissors after she refused to give him money to buy new clothes for the upcoming Eid here on Friday in ...

My erudite and liberal editor friend of an Urdu daily published from Aurangabad and for which I often write, messaged me recently that he got a strict warning from the higher echelons to refrain from ...