It’s as if a 90 per cent Muslim-majority country is telling itself it has no responsibility toward those who live differently, pray differently. And that’s the part that stays with me.
Ex-NHRC member Rajiv Jain, former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Veena Sikri say Yunus-led interim govt in denial, unable to act against attacks on minorities in Bangladesh.
Reports say properties of a leader of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council also attacked. Security forces, including Bangladesh Army, responded swiftly to contain violence.
In interview with Al Jazeera, Yunus, who assumed power after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster this August, also terms reports of attacks on minorities ‘baseless propaganda originating from India’.
In his Diwali greetings Thursday, Trump ‘condemned barbaric violence against Hindus, Christians, & other minorities in Bangladesh,’ which he said remains in ‘total state of chaos.’
Rana Dasgupta of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council says student protesters are keeping vigil at properties of religious minorities to protect them from riotous mobs.
Former Dhaka University student says Bangladeshi Hindu students have no one to turn to but their Muslim peers as attacks on minorities continue unabated in wake of Hasina’s ouster.
Sheikh Hasina, who had led Bangladesh since 2009, fled country Monday in wake of antigovernmental protests. Following her departure protesters stormed her residence in Dhaka.
Contrary to naysayers, the RSS practices what it preaches. It is closer to the Gandhian teaching of improving the individual morally and spiritually to change the external environment.
CM Yogi Adityanath claims that from being called a ‘bimaru’ state, UP is now among the top-3 economies in India. The 2026 Budget session of the UP assembly is currently underway.
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.
Nara e Takbir, Allahu Akbar. Death to India’s enemies.