Tag: A Year of Disappointments
Post-Bihar Poll : Where do we go from here ?
- Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam -The Bihar elections have delivered a staggering blow to the NDA. They may not be a game-changer, but they...
Opinion : Bihar sets the trend
Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam
With their political maturity and fresh thinking the people of Bihar have set a trend which is likely to be followed...
Short Takes – Defending the Indefensible
- Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam -
As a roaring chorus of condemnation of the Sangh-inspired storm of intolerance rises to high heavens, the perpetrators of...
Murder is no ordinary issue
- Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam -
The Dussehra address of the RSS chief is by now an established ritual to which Hindutva votaries look forward...
The fascist onslaught and the secular backlash
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On October 12, Sudhendra Kulkarni, journalist and aide to former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, was forcibly painted black...
You are what you eat
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Our food largely decides what kind of a body and mind we are going to get finally. If you...
Secular-communal gang up against Muslims
- Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam -There is an Urdu couplet that can be loosely translated as: “When the gardener set my nest on fire,...
Heart-to-Heart : Celebrating a sacrifice
- Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam -I am returning to this column after a long while. But, better late than never. The occasion for writing...
Return of the Angrezi Raj
- Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam - The circular issued by Maharashtra’s BJP government late last month has raised concern in liberal, informed sections all over...
Short Takes : Telling a lie with statistics
- Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam -In Bihar, the BJP-RSS propaganda machinery has got a windfall in the form of religion-wise census. The foot soldiers...
