While Barelvis never stressed on labelling local customs as 'Hinduwana', Deobandis focused on a puritanical version of Islam. Both aim to dominate a new 'Islamic' polity.
Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
A sane voice. Afaik, Hindus are by nature secular and can and do tolerate and respect other religions. But having been provoked since long by their own and others, this extremist streak has crept into them which is inevitable. This is not desirable, and not the character of the religion.
Author’s intensio intension is good. But she should remember how much a call ” Jai Shriram” created uproar? Remember the position taken by Mamata didi and her followers ? And everybody knows how Islam and politics are intertwined!
A sane voice. Afaik, Hindus are by nature secular and can and do tolerate and respect other religions. But having been provoked since long by their own and others, this extremist streak has crept into them which is inevitable. This is not desirable, and not the character of the religion.
Author’s intensio intension is good. But she should remember how much a call ” Jai Shriram” created uproar? Remember the position taken by Mamata didi and her followers ? And everybody knows how Islam and politics are intertwined!