Jyoti Punwani responds

(Jan. 31) Jyoti Punwani has sought to differentiate Bal Thackeray from Akbaruddin Owaisi by hinting that the alleged crimes committed by the former are less serious than those indulged in by the latter. The rationale offered is (a) While Thackeray never ...

Asghar Ali Engineer died of natural causes on May 14, 2013. Mumbai: To the general public, Asghar Ali Engineer was many things: a learned Islamic scholar dedicated to interpreting his faith from a modern perspective. Influenced also by Marxist ...

As well wishers of the Left movement, we urge you to make public the report of the enquiry conducted internally by the CPI (M) into the murder General Secretary Communist Party of India (Marxist) Dear Comrade, As you are aware, it is now one year ...

Sent to jail for two months and fined Rs.5,000. Twenty years after their crime, this was the sentence handed down last week by a sessions court to two Shiv Sena leaders. This was for their provocative speeches during the Mumbai riots following the ...

Even as intolerance gets increasing mainstream legitimacy in India, voices of reason are turning into a chorus Hope is a waking dream. Every time you despair the land of the myriad hues and amazing contrasts that is India, its many heroes give you ...

Every time I despair of the land of the myriad hues and contradictions that is India, every time its many heroes give me fresh hope. And every time I stick out my neck to share the insecurities and concerns of my tribe and other dispossessed, I ...

But there are also those out there who never cease to amaze you with their generosity of spirit and ability to feel others' pain. One such blessed soul is my friend Shashank Sharma, who heads a multinational IT giant. (I hope he will forgive this ...

Is there a grand conspiracy among the country's intelligence and police agencies to demonise the Muslim community and Islam as many allege? Or is it that when police of different States single out Muslims for different treatment, their conduct ...

What is it like to have undergone female genital mutilation, asks NID student's film When a 24-year-old student of film and video communication at the National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad received a special mention at the 60th National ...