Published by HarperCollins, ‘Being Muslim in Hindu India’ by Ziya Us Salam,will be released on 29 November on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.
Locals claim demolition drive, which began after 31 July communal violence, meant to teach Muslims in Nuh a lesson. Similar pattern of punishment observed in the past in other states.
Researchers claim likelihood of availing govt facilities drops in areas where scheduled castes, Muslims are in majority & their children fare worse than students from non-marginalised groups.
Barring PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi, no other leader gets as much TV coverage as Owaisi does. Even Yogi Adityanath and Mamata Banerjee can't match his stardom.
India’s salaried class shrank by 2.7 percentage points during pandemic, govt’s Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) shows. But data for religious minorities, women is even bleaker.
Abolishing madrasas, slamming the Gandhis and "reconversion", Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma spoke about his idea of India and whether religion should play a role in education.
Muslims report more discrimination than other minorities, but instead of ‘turning to faith’ they are getting less religious, report says. Experts say reality is more nuanced.
Any technological intervention that intensifies policing will aggravate the historical systemic bias, particularly against Muslims living in over-policed areas like Old Delhi or Nizamuddin.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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