Directed by Gundala Balagurunadham, the story is set in Andhra Pradesh and is inspired from real life incidents. Pa Ranjith’s Neelam Productions has come out with their first short film in Telugu titled Modugulapalem. Directed by Gundala Balagurunadham, the film […]
We should not give room to casteism, says Sahitya Akademi Award-winning author Sahitya Akademi Award winner Poomani expressed satisfaction over the adaptation of his novel Vekkai as the film Asuran, though he rejected the interpretation of the story as a […]
Salman Khurshid on the angst of a community that has endured many indignities in a seemingly secular state Muslims have long been out on a limb in many countries. Lately, China has put severe restrictions on the practice of Islam, […]
Why is the community seen more through the lens of identity, rather than in relation to its relative deprivation and marginalisation? Has the leadership failed it? How do we look at the Muslim-question in India today? In what ways has […]
The Congress has confronted Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s unsubstantiated idolatry claims on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, shedding its usual inhibitions on dealing with this emotive issue at election time in Maharashtra where the Hindutva icon can sway popular opinion. Responding […]
By Siddika Degia, The writer is a Muslim woman born in a rural village in Gujarat, India. India, one of the oldest civilizations, fell under British colonial rule starting in the late 1700s. With British imperialism came the reinforcement of dividing […]
It is well known that Mahatma Gandhi began his meetings with a multifaith prayer, reciting portions from various religious texts. Gandhi was a firm believer in the idea of communal harmony. From childhood as he cared for his father, he […]
India has long been known for its ‘Ganga-Jamuni tahzeeb’ or the syncretic culture, where diverse religions, especially Hindus and Muslims, live in harmony to create a unique culture. Literary works of various artists reflect this syncretism and fusion of monotheism […]
Which of us are Aryans? is a collection of five essays dealing with the politically volatile question of Aryan identity. Romila Thapar shows that the Sanskrit word arya (airiia in Old Iranian) did not denote a race but a linguistic […]
The Mahabharata needs no introduction. One of the greatest epics of all time, the story spans over one lakh shlokas, or over two lakh verses. The original work, written by Veda Vyasa in Sanskrit, has about 1.8 million words. The […]
