THE MITTI KI SONDHI KHUSBHOO SMELLS OF BLOOD

The tragic and horrifying details coming from Manipur remind Shabnam Hashmi about Gujarat 2002. Wasn’t it predictable th...

HOW CAN YOU CELEBRATE WHEN YOUR COUNTRY BURNS?

The video surfacing reveals the torture and humiliation that not just the two women faced but thousands in Manipur have while the government re...

LOVE AND SURVIVAL IN THE WAR ZONE

Humra Quraishi observes the events over the last week and asks this question: Where’s the so-called development when ent...

PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION, HATE, ELECTIONS, VOTES…

I cannot dare describe the poisonous propaganda unleashed by the Hindutva lobbies, the myths, misconceptions and twisted lies that are in circu...

THURSDAYS OF FIRE, FRIDAYS OF STEEL

Humra Quraishi views the human rights violations that are piling up and asks how the leaders in the future will heal people fr...

THE BURDERNED OF TRUTH ON SILENCE

I’m writing this column in the backdrop of the film, The Kerala Story. It is not just controversial, it can polarise and divide, writes <...

BEHIND THOSE TALL WALLS

Humra Quraishi recalls the words of Khushwant Singh in trying to understand the nature of the chaos that communal politics in ...

VANISHING WORDS

Today, Humra Quraishi talks about why she will pray namaz but will not celebrate Eid.

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A CONVERSATION OF PEACE AND HARMONY

Here, Vinta Nanda tells the story of Shabnam Hashmi, one among the millions of people who have, over the last 75 years, built a secular, democr...