The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 led to several controversies, protests and violent eruptions. The leaders of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) claimed, “The Muslim community views this Waqf Amendment Bill as a direct attack on the community. It is evident that the BJP’s politics thrive on communal
The aim of the sinless One consists in acting without causing sorrow to others, although he could attain great power by ignoring their feelings. The aim of the sinless One lies in not doing evil unto those who have done evil unto him. If a man causes suffering even to
Pakistan was not the result of a territorial dispute. Its founders didn't argue about where to draw a line on a map. They argued about whether two communities could share a future, concluded they could not, and built a country on that conclusion. Pakistan was designed, from its
"All religions are essentially the same." You've heard it. Maybe you've even said it. Sounds enlightened but it's not. It's merely intellectual surrender dressed up as wisdom. Composite culture means that you don't defend anything because defending requires
It happened in Greece. It happened in Rome. Now it's happening in India. Two generations. That's all it takes. Delete the gods, delete the operating system. Hindu gods ran everything. Not in some vague spiritual sense. They were the actual infrastructure. You couldn't start
I sat in a cafe on Rue Suffren, paying ₹450 for a cappuccino that tasted like disappointment with foam. The menu was in French, and around me, Indian tourists were busy photographing yellow buildings like they had discovered Versailles. This was during a recent forced transit through Pondicherry or as
ततः क्षीयते प्रकाशावरणम् Thence is destroyed the veil of the light Pranayama is not merely a physical act. When done correctly, the ultimate goal is to remove the obstacles that hinder an aspirant's pursuit of true knowledge. According to the Yogasutras, the light
In 1857, roughly 45,000 British personnel controlled 300 million Indians. That's 0.015% of the population holding absolute dominion over the rest through systematic oppression that killed more than 100 million people. The majority died while the minority profited. We've been taught to think about
There's an old Urdu saying: "Apni gali mein toh kutte bhi sher hote hain" (In one's own street, even dogs become lions). This proverb captures something important about human nature—courage and conviction are easiest when they're directed outward, away from uncomfortable
Three generations. That's the architecture of cultural warfare. The first generation fights. They die holding the line, bodies stacked against the doors of temples, manuscripts clutched in burning hands. The second generation preserves. They hide, they record, and whisper stories to their children in the dark in a
You think you're being noble when you choose restraint. When someone mocks your gods, you bite your tongue and respond with measured dialogue, careful not to offend, eager to prove you're civilized. You think this makes you better than others. It doesn't. It makes
Falling at the behest of intentional prevarication, it necessitates us to rethink Hindutva’s strategic and moral posture. Have you ever wondered - why do most ‘liberal’ leaning people around the globe openly denounce religious fanaticism and ethno-religious groups, yet always protect the interests of Abrahamics? The answer is simple