Imran Khan: Pakistan’s 21st Century Bhutto?
Khan’s popularity has been unprecedented in Pakistan’s recent history and no politician has enjoyed so much public adulation perhaps since the emergence of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in the 1960s
Aligarh Movement: Pioneer Of Women Education in North India
In 1937, Aligarh Girls School was upgraded to Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Women’s College almost two decades before New Delhi’s premier Lady Shri Ram College was founded when the literacy rate among India’s women was just three percent
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Mulayam Singh Yadav: Social Justice Champ, Hindu Nationalist Nemesis
Yadav was catapulted to the highest echelons of power when he forged a formidable alliance of Muslims and the communities (around 85 percent of the population) historically disadvantaged under the Hindu caste system in the 1980s and 1990s. Congress’s failure in protecting Muslims when they faced increasing violence as the Hindu nationalists vied for power worked in helping Yadav cement the alliance.
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Indira Gandhi: How India’s Iron Lady Overcame Challenges, Proved Her Naysayers Wrong
Personal tragedies and circumstances shaped Indira Gandhi’s journey from a reluctant politician to India’s prime minister, proving those who underestimated her wrong by dominating Indian politics for two decades, influencing subsequent generations, and ensuring her family’s hold on Congress
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Mecca Siege: Long Shadow Of Takeover Of Islam’s Holiest Shrine
The Iranian revolution, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the seizure of Islam’s holiest shrine in 1979 halted Saudi modernization and triggered a chain reaction fueling Islamophobia globally
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Zawahri Killing Ended Manhunt Stretched Out Over Generation
Two Hellfire missiles with long blades meant to kill targets with kinetic energy to minimize collateral damage were fired on July 30 to take out al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri
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Indian, Pakistani Military Brass In Early Decades of Independence: Frenemies
In the early decades of independence, top Indian and Pakistani military officers, trained together at academies such as Sandhurst as a group of tightly-knit cadets selected based on shared features, maintained bonds despite hostilities and the tumultuous partition
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Sri Lanka’s Troubles Far From Over Despite Rajapaksa Ouster
Sri Lanka is unlikely to immediately overcome the chaos as the next government faces an uphill task of addressing shortages of essentials such as food, medicine, and fuel
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Sri Lanka: Crises Worsens, Rajapaksa’s Residence Stormed
Sri Lanka has faced a crippling economic meltdown and struggled to even import essential items such as fuel, food, and medicines as it has run out of foreign exchange reserves
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Prophet Muhammad’s Farewell Sermon: Universal Message of Human Rights and Justice
Equality was the essence of the farewell sermon and the Prophet’s lifelong teachings, which first resonated with marginalised people such as women and slaves in seventh-century Arabia by uprooting entrenched notions of superiority
