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The awkward phase of backward Muslim politics

The reasons backward Muslim politics is in disarray. Representational Image. (Photo: TheCompanion)

–Soroor Ahmed As the post-Mandal (that is after 1990) politics in India, especially in the northern half, of the country has undergone a sea change. A sizeable number of public opinion makers have by design or out of ignorance started…

Thenewsweb
July 12, 2020

Opinion, Politics

Reasons, predictions of NDA’s victory in Bihar may go wrong

Nitish Kumar and Tejashawi Yadav (File photo, courtesy: The New Indian Express)

–Shams Khan Apparently, the social combination of BJP-JDU-LJP is stronger than the opposition which is yet to take a concrete shape. No doubt RJD and Congress are most likely to team up at the moment while nothing can be said…

Shams Khan
July 8, 2020

Opinion, Politics

Need to explode the myth of Muslim under-representation in the secular parties in Bihar

Representational Image (Courtesy: madhyamam.com)

–Soroor Ahmed The issue of neglect of Muslims as such, especially the backward Muslims by secular parties arises every time elections are due. As Assembly poll is to take place in Bihar in coming October-November, and Rajya Sabha and Legislative…

Thenewsweb
July 5, 2020

Culture, Opinion

How Fair is the Belief that only ‘Fair is Lovely’?

Representational Image. (Courtesy: Etty Fidele /Unsplash)

–Ariba Neyaz ‘Hum kaale hain to kya hua dil wale hain’ is a popular song from the movie Gumnaam that insists people to look beyond colour and outer appearance. Mehmood, a guy with dark complexion tries to impress Helen (a…

Thenewsweb
July 1, 2020

Opinion, Technology

Comments too should be treated as sacred in this era of social media

Outlandish and absurd comments can create a false narrative and potentially whips up baseless propaganda. (Image Courtesy: Marvin Meyer/ Unsplash)

–Soroor Ahmed Facts are sacred, comments free, goes the proverb. But the comments should certainly be based on facts and not on fiction. However, in this era of social media, facts are the first casualty. The tragedy is that most…

Thenewsweb
June 29, 2020

Opinion, Politics

Left must stop taking to streets at the drop of a hat, should work at home

–Soroor Ahmed Even as the Communist movement appears to have lost its destination following the melting away of the ideology into history, the students’ wing of the CPI, CPM and CPI ML have not given up the habit of taking…

Thenewsweb
June 9, 2020

India, Opinion

Setting up mega Muslim media-house amounts to wild goose chase

Representational Image, Courtesy: Thisisengineering-Raeng-w/ Unsplash

–Soroor Ahmed There is no dearth of genuinely honest souls who, having no experience of working in any media-house for even a day or night, bemoan as to why Muslims of India have no nationally recognised newspaper or television channel. They are from within the community or outside, like US-based Avi Dandiya. The latter even cited the example of Blacks in the United States who had in 1960s come up with several such big media organisations. Without questioning their intention it can be said that the idea is mistimed and should be simply set aside at this point of time.…

Thenewsweb
June 5, 2020

India, Opinion

How effective the Lockdown turns out in fighting Coronavirus?

Representation Image. Andrea Leapardi/ Unspalsh

–Shams Khan As the government has decided to return to business as usual, the move has raked up a debate over the effectiveness of lockdown in fighting Coronavirus. However, there has been a consensus that the country like India whose…

Thenewsweb
June 3, 2020

Features, Opinion

Even Modi ‘bhagwan’ may not be able to bail out Nitish this time

Late evening view of shops at Patna's Ashok Rajpath during lock down . Photo by Md Aamir.

–Soroor Ahmed Anand Sharma, a Nai (barber) works in a salon at Chandni in Kolkata. Immediately after the announcement of lockdown on March 24 late evening he, along with some of his co-villagers, set off to his native place in…

Thenewsweb
May 25, 2020

Features, Opinion

The Trail of Unprecedented Destruction that ‘Amphan’ Leaves Behind

–Mohammad Orooj Azmi TNW, Kolkata, 22 May: The Amphan, one of the fiercest super cyclones to hit India in a span of 283 years, brought unimaginable devastation to states and districts in the eastern coast of the country, ravaging everything…

Thenewsweb
May 22, 2020

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