New Delhi | 4 months ago
Revisiting a historic Ayodhya - secular and diverse
New Delhi, Dec 7 - A 16th century historical work tells of an Afghan army which went out of Ayodhya - which was controlled by local chiefs - on an expedition. Upon its return, two groups of people awaited to welcome it at the gate of the city - Muslim clerics to offer benediction and Hindu women holding pitchers.The Afghan soldiers first went to the women and then to the clergy, runs a line from a ... read more

New Delhi | 4 months ago
Revisiting a historic Ayodhya - secular and diverse
New Delhi, Dec 7 - A 16th century historical work tells of an Afghan army which went out of Ayodhya - which was controlled by local chiefs - on an expedition. Upon its return, two groups of people awaited to welcome it at the gate of the city - Muslim clerics to offer benediction and Hindu women holding pitchers.The Afghan soldiers first went to the women and then to the clergy, runs a line from a ... read more

New Delhi | 4 months ago
Revisiting a historic Ayodhya - secular and diverse
New Delhi, Dec 7 - A 16th century historical work tells of an Afghan army which went out of Ayodhya - which was controlled by local chiefs - on an expedition. Upon its return, two groups of people awaited to welcome it at the gate of the city - Muslim clerics to offer benediction and Hindu women holding pitchers.The Afghan soldiers first went to the women and then to the clergy, runs a line from a ... read more

New Delhi | 4 months ago
Revisiting a historic Ayodhya - secular and diverse
New Delhi, Dec 7 - A 16th century historical work tells of an Afghan army which went out of Ayodhya - which was controlled by local chiefs - on an expedition. Upon its return, two groups of people awaited to welcome it at the gate of the city - Muslim clerics to offer benediction and Hindu women holding pitchers.The Afghan soldiers first went to the women and then to the clergy, runs a line from a ... read more

New Delhi | 4 months ago
Revisiting a historic Ayodhya - secular and diverse
New Delhi, Dec 7 - A 16th century historical work tells of an Afghan army which went out of Ayodhya - which was controlled by local chiefs - on an expedition. Upon its return, two groups of people awaited to welcome it at the gate of the city - Muslim clerics to offer benediction and Hindu women holding pitchers.The Afghan soldiers first went to the women and then to the clergy, runs a line from a ... read more

New Delhi | 4 months ago
Revisiting a historic Ayodhya - secular and diverse
New Delhi, Dec 7 - A 16th century historical work tells of an Afghan army which went out of Ayodhya - which was controlled by local chiefs - on an expedition. Upon its return, two groups of people awaited to welcome it at the gate of the city - Muslim clerics to offer benediction and Hindu women holding pitchers.The Afghan soldiers first went to the women and then to the clergy, runs a line from a ... read more

New Delhi | 11 months ago
Civil society demands universal pension for elderly
New Delhi, May 4 - Members of civil society and the unorganised sector Friday demanded universal pension rights for the elderly of the unorganised sector with a series of public hearings to press for the rights.Longevity has increased, lives are longer but the bodies of the old are unable to cope with the hard physical work that is required to sustain them. It is the obligation of the state to pro ... read more

Kolkata | 1 year ago
Bengal: Intellectuals protest killing of CPI-M leaders
Kolkata, Feb 24 - Expressing shock at the brutal murder of two Communist Party of India-Marxist - leaders in West Bengal, a group of leading scholars and intellectuals Friday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to thwart opposition or discontent against her misrule by open use of terror and falsification.Like most people in India, we are deeply shocked to learn of the brutal murder o ... read more

New Delhi | 1 year ago
Progressive movement revisits its 75-year journey
New Delhi, Oct 14 - Arts, culture and literature in India have charted a progressive course for the last seven decades. An exhibition documenting the journey of the Progressive Writers' Association, set up in 1936 and the new wave in arts the progressive school triggered as it aligned with the democratic revolutions, is the highlight of a three-day commemoration here.'The Legacy and Relevance of t ... read more

1 year ago
Comrades wake up to India's affluent middle class
There are faint indications that the comrades are waking up to the cause of their decline. Although they have been on a downhill slope ever since their obdurate opposition to the nuclear deal, which made Amartya Sen say the Left lost its voice as a result, the latter had given no evidence that it was becoming aware of the reasons which slashed its parliamentary seats by a third in 2009.Arguably, i ... read more