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Rizvi has needlessly provoked, but don’t let rule of law be guillotined at the altar of religious edicts March 16, 2021, 7:57 PM IST
The writer is Editor-in-Chief, Times Now
Muslim groups are in a right royal tizz over former Shia Waqf Board Chief Waseem Rizvi’s petition in the Supreme Court. They accuse Rizvi of senselessly outraging sentiments by calling upon the apex court to remove 26 verses from the Holy Quran for allegedly promoting violence against other religions. For this act of ‘sacrilege’ furious adherents have announced that they will pay the ‘faithful’ Rs 11 lakhs to behead the ‘apostate’. This is not an empty threat.
It is Freedom House that’s only ‘partly’ fair March 8, 2021, 12:29 PM IST
The writer is Editor-in-Chief, Times Now
A lazily applied label in the first paragraph of the Freedom House report gives its motives away. Under the section ‘Status Change’ the American think tank explains why India’s democratic status has declined from Free to Partly Free under the Modi regime. It cites a ‘’multiyear’’ pattern in which the ‘’…Hindu nationalist government and its allies have presided over rising political violence and discriminatory policies affecting the Muslims population…’’. Notice the label ‘’Hindu nationalist government’’.
By deploying this appellation the authors of the Freedom House report are admitting that they began their examination from the pre-conceived stand point that the Modi government is committed to the welfare of only one community – the Hindus.
Children in schools, morning walkers in parks, executives on the metro – India was masking up much before the world was hit by Covid-19. Even cricketers on the field had taken to checking the AQI.
‘Secular’ silence over ‘Islamist’ terror in Kashmir is not just selective but also a betrayal February 19, 2021, 6:45 PM IST
The writer is Editor-in-Chief, Times Now
There have been two back-to-back attacks in Srinagar by Islamist groups over the last few days. The first attack was on the iconic eatery the ‘Krishna Dhaba’. The eatery has been a Srinagar institution for decades and one of the few businesses with public interface still owned by Hindu entrepreneurs. In short, it is a beacon of hope for those in the mainland who seek reassurances that it is possible to set up shop in the Valley without the fear of reprisal especially if you are not an apologist for separatism and religious obscurantism. The second attack was outside the Shiv Shakti shop where Islamist terrorists mowed down two policemen who were having tea at the stall. They were Muslims proud to serve their country and guard its sovereignty. It is difficult to say
Much as in Jonathan Swift’s parable Gulliver’s Travels, the protesting farmer at the Delhi border has come to resemble Gulliver. Indeed, the gallant of modern Indian myths, the ‘annadata’ has little room left to manoeuvre.