Nupur Sharma

Claiming death threats over Prophet remarks, Nupur Sharma gets gun license

Nupur Sharma claimed that she had been receiving a lot of death threats in person as well as over social media and had therefore applied for a gun license permitting her to carry a gun

Nupur Sharma’s Prophet remark, The Kashmir Files and Oscar slapgate: The biggest controversies and scandals of 2022

It was a year marred with controversies and scandals. It began with Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on the 2022 Oscars stage and then more controversies followed. In India, Nupur Sharma's Prophet remarks and The Kashmir Files row kicked up a storm

Why Al-Jazeera is silent on Qatar’s dubious human rights records, but gets vocal on India and its democracy

As a media outlet that has hired journalists mostly from the West, Al-Jazeera is the heady cocktail of the white supremacist syndrome and the Middle Eastern complex vis-à-vis India

Qatar targeted India on Nupur Sharma: Modi government must return the favour on Zakir Naik

India was asked to explain Nupur Sharma’s remarks by the Gulf countries led by Qatar. But now Qatar is itself platforming a hate-monger like Zakir Naik. Qatar must be politely told to deplatform and reject elements like Naik strongly

Orwellian doublethink: Why West has no moral right to lecture Qatar despite its jihadi connections

Qatar would have found itself among pariah nations by now, had it not been for the hypocrisy of the West that swears by democracy but is often found embracing some of the worst dictators and human rights abusers in world history

Off-centre | Hydra-headed communalism: Ending double standards is the only way forward

Neither the state nor society can afford to go soft or look the other way when confronted with both militant and ‘constitutionist’ Islamism

Dharma Files | How many lives is freedom of expression worth?

When the concept of freedom of expression was first formulated, it was formulated in opposition to matters of faith. India in general does not have a tradition of such antagonism towards faith

Firstpost Podcast: The fatal attraction of ISIS and its repercussions for India

Why is the youth from across the world joining ISIS to attack India? Tune in to find out

Off-centre | ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ in Hyderabad: What is the way forward?

The bigger question is whether a society and nation which supposedly lives by the dictum Satyameva jayate — truth alone triumphs — prefers to face one simple truth or countenance a thousand lies?

I supported Nupur Sharma when everybody asked her to apologise for remarks against Prophet Muhammad: Raj Thackeray

MNS chief Raj Thackeray also slammed the Owaisi brothers (AIMIM leaders) for allegedly ridiculing the names of Hindu gods. 'No action has been taken against them,' he said