New Delhi: This week, Urdu newspapers described the assassination of Hamas’s political wing leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran as martyrdom. They also criticised the...
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
The Urdu press has never spoken up for the Pasmanda Muslims. It is controlled and managed by the Ashraf class and has never championed the case of Pasmandas. No wonder it sees the Waqf Bill as a threat to all Muslims.
Quite interestingly, the Urdu press has always been vociferous about Dalit, tribal and OBC rights.
The Urdu press has never spoken up for the Pasmanda Muslims. It is controlled and managed by the Ashraf class and has never championed the case of Pasmandas. No wonder it sees the Waqf Bill as a threat to all Muslims.
Quite interestingly, the Urdu press has always been vociferous about Dalit, tribal and OBC rights.