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Ahead of Eid, a Psychological War is Being Waged Against Muslims

29.03.2025 6

The Wire

Apoorvanand

When Awards Speak Louder than Words

27.03.2025 20

The Wire

Apoorvanand

As Adityanath, UP Officials Play Holi with Communal Colours, We Shouldn't Give Space to This Hatred

14.03.2025 20

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Universities Shouldn't be Spaces Where Official Ideology is Propagated: Apoorvanand to DU VC Yogesh Singh

12.03.2025 9

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Why it smells of Hindi imposition

08.03.2025 30

National Herald

Apoorvanand

Why the Three-Language Formula Threatens South India

01.03.2025 9

The Wire

Apoorvanand

The Loneliness of Being Christian In India

29.01.2025 30

The Wire

Apoorvanand

New Year ruminations: Where Ishwar and Allah can’t be neighbours

I am struggling to respond to my editor’s demand to share my yearend thoughts. After two days, the sun has come out of the clouds and the desk I’m...

29.12.2024 7

National Herald

Apoorvanand

In Parliament, BJP Shows That it Can Bury Any Issue With Violence

The Bharatiya Janata Party is clearly capable of pushing the country into violent chaos. On December 19, its members in the parliament...

20.12.2024 5

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Not the first, nor the last

The recent killing of five Muslims in Sambhal has sparked outrage, with fingers pointing in multiple directions. Among those accused is the just-...

29.11.2024 20

National Herald

Apoorvanand

Sambhal and the Pattern of Official Narratives Without Truth

Four people are dead in Sambhal. Four Indians, and to be specific, four Muslims. They would be alive had the police treated them as they treat...

26.11.2024 50

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Do Muslims Have the Right to Speak for Themselves?

I was attending a meeting of an organisation working for civil rights. The first speaker pointed out to the organisers that most of the people...

28.10.2024 3

The Wire

Apoorvanand

History Will Record the Helping Hand Many Judges Lent When Indian Secularism Was Being Demolished

It is reported that when our lordships were stuck in a judicial jam while trying to find a way to resolve the Babri Masjid case, god came to their...

24.10.2024 10

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Anna Sebastian Perayil's Death Shows How Capitalist Labour Takes the Life of the Worker

The death of Anna Sebastian Perayil has brought into focus the question of the relationship between labour, capital and human beings. It was not...

27.09.2024 9

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Hindi Diwas paradox: Language of cultural pride that few Indians can read and write properly in

“Children studying in English-medium schools are alienated from their culture and traditions.” Thus lamented the Culture and Tourism Affairs...

20.09.2024 9

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Hatred And Violence Against Muslims Have Spread Like an Epidemic in India

An elderly Muslim man is beaten up by Hindu youths in a train, who threaten to throw him out of the train. The train keeps moving. They film their...

05.09.2024 7

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Constitutional Black Hole: Himanta Biswa Sarma’s Assam, Where Muslim Rights Disappear

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has lost the right to remain in his office. Each passing day he remains in this position, he puts the...

02.09.2024 10

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Local Admin and Police Okaying Bulldozer Action Against Muslims Should Remember Nuremberg

Who is destroying the houses and property of Muslims? Who razed the house of Shahzad Ali in Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh to the ground? Who signed...

26.08.2024 3

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Why Did the Supreme Court Need to Hear the R.G. Kar Case?

It was one of the most vacuous hearings the Supreme Court has done in its history. It was an exercise in futility, but more than that, it was also...

21.08.2024 3

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Those Sympathising With Sheikh Hasina Must Realise Economic Progress is No Substitute for Freedom

What thoughts would be crossing the mind of Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India and is living in hiding, as she watches the developments in her...

10.08.2024 4

The Wire

Apoorvanand

Why their khaki knickers are in a twist…

Thank you for the warning, Rahul Gandhi,’ wrote the Hindutva right-wing magazine Swarajya. Where was the warning? Swarajya took Rahul Gandhi’s...

19.07.2024 4

National Herald

Apoorvanand

Why process followed to reject Manusmriti from inclusion in Delhi University syllabus is worrying

The vice chancellor of Delhi University has used his emergency powers to stall the proposal of the law faculty to include the Manusmriti in the...

17.07.2024 8

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