The Gujarat High Court has rejected a plea filed by a converted Christian seeking access to benefits extended to him earlier as a Scheduled Caste Hindu. While a state government…Read more.

Breaking the Muslim stereotype
Less than four per cent Indian Muslim children go to madrasas. So logically, it should make no difference whether Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi stays on at Darul Uloom Deoband or…Read more.

Dalit groups to make SC status poll issue in state elections
Dalit Muslim and Dalit Christian groups like All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz and National Council of Dalit Christians seem all prepared to take the fight to get SC status to…Read more.

अल्पसंख्यक दर्जे का असली खेल (The Real Game behind Minority Character)
The author challenges the ‘minority character’ of Jamia Millia Islamia university, as established by a recent judgment, and argues that the move can be seen as an outcome of the…Read more.

CORRESPONDENCE: Prof. Neshat Quaiser to Jamia Teachers’ Association on Minority Character to Jamia Millia Islamia University
With the granting of Minority Status to Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi by the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions on 22nd February, 2011, a great deal of debate has…Read more.

Debating ‘Muslim’ Reservations
THE tabling of the Report of the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities (NCRLM), popularly called the Ranganath Mishra Commission report, in the Parliament recently has led to animated…Read more.

OMINOUS PORTENDS IN ADMINISTRATION’S RESPONSE TO DALIT CHRISTIAN PLAINT
It was the Nineteenth time since 2004 that the Public Interest Litigation on the issue of Dalit Christians did not come up for a real hearing in the Supreme Court…Read more.

Cong aims vote consolidation, to host caste convention
On Wednesday, UP Congress highlighted the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and a UPCC delegation headed by Rahul Gandhi to discuss the special package for UP weavers. A day…Read more.

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Irshadul Haque is a journalist and social activist. He writes for an international media. A former fellow of International Ford Foundation,USA. Completed his Master degree in International Journalism from City…Read more.


