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In 1971, Bengali insurgents committed genocide against non-Bengalis, routinely capturing and abusing hundreds of thousands of women. Their accounts have been overshadowed by false propaganda portraying Pakistan as the lone villain in the Bangladesh episode.
The concentrated Sikh minority in Punjab, particularly its WPD adherents and other Sikhs who have faced severe persecution over the years, is more vulnerable to state violence. Recent actions have sparked outrage in the community, both in India and abroad.
Hinduism and Islam have coexisted for millennia since Islam arrived in South Asia. This relationship has been sporadic, with periods of both peace and conflict. The need for unbiased historical pattern analysis, though, cannot be overstated.
Ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in India, Muslim minorities in particular have been compelled to endure life as second-class citizens in what is referred to as the largest democracy in the world.
The ongoing search for Amritpal Singh and recent communal violence against Muslims provoke a broader discussion about the role of religion in contemporary Indian politics and the extent to which it has fueled separatism in the country.
Decades after the Lahore Resolution, the nation celebrates \”Pakistan Day\” with much fanfare and a kind of nationalism that is made up of a conglomerate of various delusions and desires.
While the 2002 Gujarat riots may have rendered certain memories of the atrocities unrecoverable and propelled Modi to the pinnacles of fame and notoriety in the last two decades, they surely won him friends across the world who continue to rally around him today.
The spectre of the 2002 Gujarat Riots has loomed large over Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Despite consistent denials of state complicity, a new BBC documentary has raised questions that have haunted the country for two decades.
As India takes the lead in hosting multiple global conventions on counterterrorism within a short span, using them for political mileage, it becomes necessary to call its credentials into question.
Can a No ball decision in a cricket match awaken the Pakistani Nation to the sinister relationship between power and justice?
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