One of the biggest problems that independent India was beset with was that following the Partition, social interaction between Hindus and Muslims, something that had carried on for centuries before, was suddenly almost completely snapped. This made it virtually impossible for members of these two co

The leader of the Pakistan Movement, Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, appeared to be a secular person. But he spearheaded the Pakistan movement by using Islam as a slogan. In 1946, just prior to the Partition, a 10-member delegation from the British Parliament visited India. A member of this delegation, Mr.

The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, is one of the most powerful individuals within the entire Middle East despite his power base being firmly entrenched in the Levant. Indeed, the continuing evolution of Hezbollah under Nasrallah highlights the firm reality that this political move

"Life is always a good. This is an intuition or rather, a fact of experience, whose deepest reason (man) is called to understand it" (John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae, 25-III-1995).
We usually say that life is a gift from God, something that we have neither requested nor deserved and God with his be

Targeting religious minorities in Pakistan will remain a sore spot in the Asia. Pakistan, 96 percent Muslim is one of the most hostile nations for religious minorities. All religious minorities in Pakistan, not just Christians face discriminatory laws, forced conversions, and bombs and shootings aim

My father, the late Fariduddin Khan, was a large landlord. He passed away in 1929. He was very popular, not just among the local Muslims, but also among Hindus, so much so that people would come to him to have their disputes resolved. Both parties would accept his verdict without any argument. In ou

Satyendra Nath Bose (1894-1974) was an Indian physicist who specialized in mathematical physics. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics. One of his stories from student life has a great lesson for us. While doing M.Sc. at the Calcutta’s Presidency College, he once performed so well in a

My name is Sapru. I am having 45 years of age. I was born and brought up in Kerala State in India. I was an ethist and became a strong communist. Though I was born in a nominal christian family, but I never believed in Jesus or christian religion. And slowly I became an addict of alcohol. I was a ca

In a short period of time the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has shaken up India’s political landscape by offering an honest alternative to the mainstream national parties, specifically the Congress and the BJP. This article is an attempt to understand AAP’s credibility on certain crucial dimensions, namely

After the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti in 2011, Dr. Paul Bhatti accepted a political role in the government, knowing that he was not a politician. I believe he had some concern for minorities in Pakistan that is why he left Europe to continue the work which was left undone by the sad demise of his broth

A Resolution of the Goa Legislative Assembly and a Memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister last year seek special status for Goa under article 371 of the Constitution of India. This special status is sought on two grounds. As a result of large scale purchase of land by persons from outside Goa, i

In a world where people of different faiths and ideologies interact closely with each other, dialogue is a very important imperative. Islam lays great stress on dialogue. The Qur'an requires us to invite people towards the path of our Lord intelligently, and if there is a debate, it should be conduc

If you ever get a chance to spend a night in a common Christian family living in slum areas. And if you can picture the issues they face in their daily life. And the most important; is to remember the sufferings, if you ever get a chance to become in power at any level. I am particularly talking abo

Bangladesh is under threat because of dangerous internal forces that persistently try to crush religious minorities and to dismantle the secular state. Jamaat-e-Islami is a continuing cancer that threatens society directly along with sinister political forces that manipulate Islamists for personal g

Turkey under Prime Minister Erdogan, alias “The Great Leader Erdogan,” is moving the nation into the orbit of Central Asia whereby leaders dictate from high. The corruption scandal just like numerous serious issues are all being dealt with by manipulation and abusing power mechanisms in order to usu