Category: Current Affairs

On Taslima Nasreen, fatwas and burqas…

Khushwant Singh recently�penned an article in HT (“A room and a thought to spare“, Feb 16 ’07)) �strongly supporting�Tasleema Nasreen to stay in India beyond the expiry of her visa. Excerpts below (emphasis mine):...

The inconvenient truth behind Samjhauta blasts…

When I first read the reports of the bomb blasts on Samjhauta Express, I had a sneaking suspicion that they were targeted more against Hindus and Indians than anyone else. This recent article by B...

Hindu girls in UK targeted for Islam…

If you thought forced conversions of Hindu girls happened only in Pakistan (read my post on “Sindh’s Stolen Brides”) think again. Earlier today, a friend sent me the link to this story from a...

SRK: “Jihad…a small little word”

Came across this quote by SRK in a recent rediff interview (emphasis mine): ” If some person is using the name of Islam and confusing it with jihad, I think one needs to understand...

Silver lining to dark clouds….?

A few weeks ago, I read about another political party launched by ex-IITians. Some of you may remember “Lok Paritran” (which originally started originally as “Paritran” in early ’06) which was the first one, I think....