Hindu

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Muslims sometimes misrepresent themselves as victims, says BJP’s Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi

The former chief of National Commission for Minorities backs unverified claims of ‘love jihad’, says laws against 'forced' conversion help prevent communal tension

6 min read5 Dec 2020
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Opinion | A Savarkar in the Qutb Shahi court

The Qutb Shahi court was a balance of factions: there was a Persian Shia faction, a Sunni party of Indian Muslims, groups of Hindu warlords, and eventually a powerful Brahmin bureaucratic establishment

5 min read7 Dec 2018
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Lessons on communal harmony

An ambitious new study proposes Hindu-Muslim relations in India as a model for Europe to follow

5 min read19 Oct 2018
Money

No restriction on executor of Will also being a beneficiary under it

It is possible to name a person the executor of a Will and also bequeath some assets to her under the Will

2 min read25 Jul 2018
Politics

Lingayats and Veershaiva one and the same, says All India Veershaiva Mahasabha 

Veershaiva Mahasabha condemns Karnataka government's decision to carve out a difference between the two

1 min read27 Mar 2018
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Jodhabai: More than Akbar's wife

Jodhabai was described by a contemporary as 'a great adventurer', she towered over phenomenal business enterprises even while sequestered in the Mughal harem

4 min read17 Feb 2018
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What Madras taught me about going home

We do not know what we are when we are global, we have a better grasp over ourselves when we see ourselves as creations of what our hometowns taught us to love and hate

5 min read20 Jan 2018
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The year of love and hate

A big thank you to all the Indians who chose to believe in the power of love over the politics of hate

5 min read29 Dec 2017
Opinion

Hadiya broke no law

As an adult Hadiya has the right to make her own decisionson marriage, on religion or anything elseeven if it seems wrong to her family

4 min read30 Nov 2017
Education

UGC panel suggests changing AMU, BHU names; govt says no such plan

HRD minister Prakash Javadekar says the government has no intention to change names of Banaras Hindu University and Aligarh Muslim University

1 min read9 Oct 2017