It was indeed a humbling experience for me to be part of the Third National Hijra Habba (festival of transgenders) held recently in the capital city of India. Organised by India HIV/AIDS Alliance’s Pehchan programme, it was the first event of its kind at the national level since the Supreme Court’s

It is so sad story to write on the topic of “Nationalism or Racialism” about the facts today again, why Christians are feeling insecure in every field of life in Pakistan. Why Christians are being forced to get Asylum in other countries, Because Christian girls, women and homes are not safe in Paki

Towards the end of June 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with former Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the Kremlin. The Kremlin handout of the meeting quotes Putin as saying that “the so-called Islamic State is getting increasingly active in Afghanistan, consolidating its position there. I

Newly elected President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria is intent on tackling the Boko Haram Takfiri Islamist insurgency both internally and tightening the stranglehold externally. The external dimension applies to working with regional nations that include Chad, Cameroon and Niger. It goes without sayi

The tripartite sectarian nature of ISIS (Islamic State), Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Saudi Arabia led coalition is in full swing and aimed at crushing the Shia Houthis. At the same time, Sunni loyalists who oppose being pawns of Saudi Arabia are in the firing line. After all, gi

The government of Tunisia must do some soul searching because two terrorist attacks since March 2015 highlight the threat from within. It is known that vast numbers of Tunisians have flocked to Syria in order to kill for various sectarian forces. At the same time, the destabilization of Libya now me

So said Priya when I met her at the community dinner on the eve of the recent 3rd Hijra Habba (Habba is a Kannada word meaning festival) event organized by Pehchân project in association with India HIV/AIDS Alliance in Delhi, that brought together over 350 hijras and transgenders from across the cou

My article printed on June 20, 2013 at Daily Times, Islamabad stated that Pakistani Christians have thrown some of their political support to Pakistan Muslim League (N) in the election on 11 May 2013, even though they have reason to be wary of his return to power. Majority of the Pakistani Christian

When President Xi Jinping landed in Islamabad in April 2015, he was delayed in his trip by a couple of months. His September 2014 sojourn was postponed because of security reasons, demonstrating the fear of instability in Pakistan. Then again, his visit in March 2015 as part of a three-nation tour w

While the international community looks the other way when targeted assassinations occur elsewhere around the globe, it is hardly surprising that we should see this going on in a country so highly disputed as Kashmir. Even more so, where there has been continued resistance to occupation and to many

Sub:- (i)- M.P. Congress Leaders Digvijay Singh, Satyavrat Chaturvedi, Kamal Nath, Jyotiraditya Scindia etc. seem to be complicit with BJP govt in 'Vyapam' scam (ii)- Rajasthan Congress Leaders Ashok Gehlot, CP Joshi, Dhariwal, Sachin Pilot etc seem to be complicit with Vasundhara in pay-back scam (

Sub:- How can 'High profile backers’' denigrate Indian State without Lalit Modi first exhausting all remedies in India ?
-- As per report in prominent media - “[Former IPL chief Lalit Modi had enlisted several high profile backers in its efforts to procure resident status in the UK and for his leg

People of Gilgit Baltistan, a unique mixture of ethnic mountain communities, are today living as slaves of the Punjabi-run, military-dominated Pakistan. These simple mountain folk do not have anything in common with the large majority of the Pakistanis. They are not linked by any cultural or histori

Nearly a century after failing to achieve nationhood in the post-Versailles period, the Kurds are now on the move. A greater Kurdistan nation-state taken from the four countries where Kurds are minorities is improbable, although greater autonomy is growing within Turkey and Syria if not Iran, and an

Shia Muslims in Kuwait have been slaughtered in a mosque by Sunni Takfiri Islamists that deem the Shia to be apostates. Immediately ISIS (Islamic State – IS) claimed responsibility for the latest atrocious attack against Shia Muslims that is all too common in nations like Iraq and Pakistan. However,