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Many lament the lack of a viable national alternative to the BJP at the national level, but diverse local forms of resistance in a vast country, with rich local political and cultural traditions, still offer hope.
‘Religiosity in Pakistan leading to rise in terrorism in Pakistan’ By Mansoor| Updated: 1st March 2021 8:37 pm IST Islamabad: With terrorist attacks in Pakistan which is witnessing a growing religiosity that has brought greater intolerance among its people, experts have expressed concern about the possibility of the country being engulfed by religious extremism. Security analyst Muhammad Amir Rana writing in Dawn says religiosity has begun to define the Pakistani citizenry and this phenomenon is encouraging a tunnel vision. His piece is titled ‘The soul of Pakistan’. Recently, Nobe...
The recent hounding of the Nobel laureate on social media reflects the regressive mindset of a large segment of the country’s social media consumers.
Watch | Even Gandhiâs Enemies and Critics Cannot Do Without Him Dr Faisal Devji, professor at St Antonyâs College, Oxford University, tells Sidharth Bhatia that context is important when it comes to criticism of Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi receives a donation in a train compartment. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Unknown author, Public domain Video30/Jan/2021 More than 70 years after he was assassinated on January 30, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi still retains a hold on the Indian imagination, even though many of his beliefs and practices are criticised sharply. He has been called racist and anti-Dali...
Faisal Devji The writer is University Reader in Modern South Asian History and fellow of St Antony’s College at the University of Oxford, where he is also director of the Asian Studies Centre. Sun, Dec 27, 2020 While caste differences in India are also displaced onto a religious minority, in Pakistan this displacement locates the minority within and caste outside Islam. Caste really does allow us to see history anew.