Maulana Azad

Muslims are being punished for not migrating to Pakistan during Partition, says Azam Khan on growing cases of mob lynching

Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan said that Muslims in the country are being punished for their decision of not moving to Pakistan after the partition in 1947.

'Open your eyes... country is being torn apart': First-time TMC MP Mahua Moitra sets stage for Parliamentary debate in fiery, maiden Lok Sabha speech

In her maiden speech in Parliament, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra warned that prevalent signs suggest that India is moving towards fascism. During the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in Lok Sabha, the Krishnanagar MP said, 'Only if you would open your eyes, you would see that there are signs everywhere, that this country is being torn apart.'

Delhi Talks: Nationalism reduced to hatred against minorities, lower castes, neighbouring country, says activist Syeda Saiyidain Hameed

'Hatred against women who dare to come out and declare their personhood is palpable everywhere,' says activist Syeda Saiyidain Hameed.

RSS is changing its tune, but are its lyrics still the same? It needs to clarify, especially on the Muslim question

The true test of the RSS worldview, in the final analysis, would lie not in the lofty speeches of its leaders but by the banter that we hear among its cadres

Narendra Modi's Parliament speech: Blistering rhetoric apart, PM's deification of Sardar Patel may need fact check

If Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was willing to trade Hyderabad for Kashmir, how can the BJP argue the Valley would have been ours if Patel were the prime minister?

From Maulana Azad to Shaktimaan — a look at Tom Alter's best roles on the screen and stage

From Shaktimaan and Maulana Azad to Lord Mountbatten and Captain Weston — a look at some of veteran actor Tom Alter's best roles

Ghulam Nabi Azad counters Narendra Modi, says both rich and poor fought for India's freedom

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday virtually countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the contributions of not only the poor, but even well-off persons like Motilal Nehru who gave up their riches for the freedom struggle, cannot be forgotten.

Want to conserve Sanskrit? Throw colonisation out of your mind, says Najma Heptulla

Sanskrit would have survived had it become language of commoners, Union Minister Najma Heptulla noted on Tuesday

Why even Ramachandra Guha has had to rewrite the Nehru-Patel history

It has now become important to the Marxist consensus to rehabilitate Patel and almost equal to Nehru.

Individual vs community: Why the 2 ideas of India must and will coexist

The primary tension in the idea of India is to whether to see the country as a federation of communities or one that gives individuals a zone of freedom, says Pratap Bhanu Mehta. But is it useful to see the two ideas as being in conflict?