Lack of consent during Holi and the bond of husband and wife during Karwa Chauth have given Bollywood a bigger canvas for drama. Diwali just isn't filmy enough.
The absence of wheelchair ramps at entrances to festival spaces, or judgmental stares when a child with sensory issues becomes overwhelmed at a pandal, send a clear message: Not welcome.
The Bihar education department order stated that holidays had to be pared down to maintain 200 working days in primary schools and 220 in middle schools in accordance with RTE Act.
In his bilateral talks with Ayub Khan, Lal Bahadur Shastri said while India had never accepted the two-nation theory, some elements in Pakistan were bent on making it a ‘two-hostile nation' construct.
Coal-based power generation fell 3% in 2025 while renewable capacity surged to 40% of India’s installed power mix, according to India Power Sector Review 2025 by CREA.
Pakistan military said it has assured Bangladesh of fast-tracked delivery of Super Mushshak trainer aircraft during high level defence meet held Tuesday.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
In his brilliant pieces Mr. Khaldun Bharati is never wanting in courage to voice issues that few would dare raise. And he does that to the chagrin of so many as is obvious from some comments here. Now, in this article, what’s on display is his “audacity of hope” which seems to know no bounds. It’s not that he is just being romantic in his view advanced here. Not at all. He’s too knowledgeable and too intelligent to ignore the reality on the ground. Yet he gives examples from history to prove that this audacity of his isn’t completely without basis. He acknowledges that “alas, we don’t live in a world of poetic idealism. Our collective attitudes are shaped by deeply ingrained religious antipathies and ideological antagonisms.”
As one reads on one realizes how deeply and ruthlessly realistic Mr. Bharati is. Yet he has the audacity to say, magar phir bhi. I salute him. I salute his courage, his perspective and his tremendous sense of history. To have the presence of someone of this calibre amongst us is something that should be celebrated.
Well I grow up playing Holi and other fastival many muslim play Holi or Diwali but not any more bcz of hindutva politics rift alredy divided many about Islam is not a indic religion and bcz of your ideology you want to mix islam and indic for fastival lol and if you are talking about nowroz then you need to research more nowroz is a fastival of new calendar in persain it’s like different king start and people play .in Iran ruling people or mejority people not calibrated this only anti government people same for Kurdish and afganistan taliban ban this and many Kurdish kill by turk and Syrian government bcz Kurdish calibrated this for there identity just like indian muslim some king start muharram and shab e barat and many muslim calibrate them even now and you cant compare eid with holi or other lol we know what happed in holi ramadan eid Vibes are different
In his brilliant pieces Mr. Khaldun Bharati is never wanting in courage to voice issues that few would dare raise. And he does that to the chagrin of so many as is obvious from some comments here. Now, in this article, what’s on display is his “audacity of hope” which seems to know no bounds. It’s not that he is just being romantic in his view advanced here. Not at all. He’s too knowledgeable and too intelligent to ignore the reality on the ground. Yet he gives examples from history to prove that this audacity of his isn’t completely without basis. He acknowledges that “alas, we don’t live in a world of poetic idealism. Our collective attitudes are shaped by deeply ingrained religious antipathies and ideological antagonisms.”
As one reads on one realizes how deeply and ruthlessly realistic Mr. Bharati is. Yet he has the audacity to say, magar phir bhi. I salute him. I salute his courage, his perspective and his tremendous sense of history. To have the presence of someone of this calibre amongst us is something that should be celebrated.
Imagine Hindu praying namaaz after celebrating holi
modi ki sarkar ne hame baat diya
Why Hindus should celebrate Mohurram, New year, Christmas etc, Please make an article on it
On a lighter note, should Hindus keep thirty roza fasts as well.
Well I grow up playing Holi and other fastival many muslim play Holi or Diwali but not any more bcz of hindutva politics rift alredy divided many about Islam is not a indic religion and bcz of your ideology you want to mix islam and indic for fastival lol and if you are talking about nowroz then you need to research more nowroz is a fastival of new calendar in persain it’s like different king start and people play .in Iran ruling people or mejority people not calibrated this only anti government people same for Kurdish and afganistan taliban ban this and many Kurdish kill by turk and Syrian government bcz Kurdish calibrated this for there identity just like indian muslim some king start muharram and shab e barat and many muslim calibrate them even now and you cant compare eid with holi or other lol we know what happed in holi ramadan eid Vibes are different
The Problem with wahabic deobandi and barelebi school.of thought that they dont want muslim to mix with bhartiya tradition
They want their diffrent dadhi and topi tradition
Okay. Disagree with the idea presented here, even if the intention was nice.
What great thoughts and views… and such wonderful suggestions… Hats off to you and your likes…