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Opinion | Pakistan Endorses Terrorists, Excommunicates Nobel Laureate

This has something to do with the legacy of Islam, which Pakistan could not outgrow despite being a nation-state and a UN member

23.05.2025 10

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Opinion | Does Jinnah’s 1911 Bill Hold The Secret To Waqf Malaise?

Jinnah’s 1911 Bill reveals that waqfs were largely about property, not charity. Are we administering noble remedies to institutions born of mundane...

02.05.2025 20

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Opinion | India Lost Its 'Golden Hour' To Waqf

Instead of encouraging Muslims to form viable charitable trusts on modern lines, newly independent India upheld only the waqf model for the community....

17.04.2025 10

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Opinion: Is Saving Private Members’ Business Worth The Hype?

The marginalisation of Private Members’ business in Parliament is a commentary on the growth of modern governments. Very few Private Members’...

02.04.2025 20

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Opinion | Vandalising Temples Expose Mental Bankruptcy Of Khalistanis

Those who vandalise temples are hoodlums—the very elements in whose hands the Khalistan movement has always been. No wonder the movement has been...

14.03.2025 10

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Opinion | Saraswati: The First Hindi Literary Magazine That Set New Standards

125 years ago, ‘Saraswati’ was launched in Allahabad, by a Bengali gentleman. Beyond setting a new benchmark in Hindi literature, Saraswati was...

19.02.2025 10

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Opinion | Sambhal As Symbol: Hindus Hounded In Their Own Country

26.12.2024 20

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Persisting Central Information Commission vacancies challenge transparency claims

Eight vacancies of Information Commissioners undermine the cause of transparency and accountability Recently on December 10, Dr. Jitendra Singh, MoS...

16.12.2024 5

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Opinion | The Other Side of Freedom: India’s Constitutionalists and the Making of a Nation

Written By: Priyadarshi Dutta News18.com Last Updated: August 15, 2024, 11:36 IST New Delhi, India Without constitutionalists advancing the ideas...

15.08.2024 4

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Khalistan movement is bereft of any vision, survives merely on hatred

Khalistan movement harps upon divisive tactics and has struggled to present a viable vision for a sovereign state nearly fifty years since its...

08.08.2024 2

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