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TopicS Irfan Habib

Topic: S Irfan Habib

‘Was Bhagat Singh only a nationalist?’ Irfan Habib reframes the icon

Professor Irfan Habib says Bhagat Singh’s ideals of justice, rationalism, and equality stand at odds with today’s slogan-driven nationalism.

Very few talk about Tagore’s politics today. Bengal remembers him for his art, poetry

In his book, The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore, Iranian academic-philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo explores Tagore’s enduring relevance as a global thinker.

‘Religion is faith, not politics’—S Irfan Habib’s book on Maulana Azad has lessons for today

The launch of Maulana Azad: a life book had Romila Thapar, NN Vohra, Neera Chandhoke and M. Sayeed Alam as guests of honour.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.