Hindustan Times
The contrast is stark. On the one side we see the dictators of West Asia — Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, Hosni Mubarak in Egypt or Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia — clinging on to their power, making a mockery of nationhood and repressing their people in the worst possible way. Read more
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Dalai Lama, dictators, hindustan times, Hosni Mubarak, Jiang Yu, Muammar Gaddafi, news, spiritual leader, Tenzin Gyatso, Tibetan, Tibetan National Uprising Day, Tibetan Parliament in Exile, UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, West Asia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
The peace with which the Egyptian people have overthrown their dictator is something new to revolutions. Read more
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Monday, February 14, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Filed under Research · Tagged Arab world, Cutting the Edge, Egypt crisis, Gautam Chikermane, Hosni Mubarak, ht blogs, Mahatma Gandhi
For those who are worrying that the overthrow of Egyptian dictator for 30 years former president Hosni Mubarak would mean a return to an Islamic state, exhale. Read more
(2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 8:53 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Al Jazeera, Al-Masry Al Youm, Al-Qaradawi, Arab revolution, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Islamic law, sharia, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi
While examining the religious and spiritual aspects of the Egyptian uprising, I have ended up with questions of which the answers, if any, would be evasive and esoteric. I find them mystic in their presence, occult in their action. Read more
(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 8:07 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Egypt, hindustan times, Hosni Mubarak, Ikhwanweb, Khaled Hamza, nationalism, Nationhood, news, Omar Suleiman, uprising, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Her voice muffled
Her light dim
Her body frail
But Freedom cried Read more
(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Friday, February 4, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Al Jazeera, Egypt, Freedom, hindustan times, Hosni Mubarak, Manvendra Singh, Muslim Brotherhood, news, Omar Suleiman
A lot of people have commented on my post yesterday, where I wondered whether the Egyptian uprising was Islamic. Read more
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 8:16 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Cairo, Christian, democracy, Egypt, Egyptian uprising, Hosni Mubarak, Interfaith Week, Iranian-style revolution, Islam, Islamic regime, political economy, Washington Post
Because Egypt is an Islamic nation, debates are starting around the revolution in the country having a religious texture. Read more
(3 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 8:28 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Arab, Arab world, Ben Ali, dictator, Egypt, Gautam Chikermane, Hosni Mubarak, Interfaith Harmony Week, Islam, Islamic world, Leonard Cohen, Muslims
Regular followers of this blog must have noticed that over the past few days, I have left religion somewhere at the background and instead am focussed on the serial regime changes happening in the Arab world. Read more
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, Arab world, Cairo, David Cameron, democratic world, Egypt, Egyptian military, Hillary Clinton, Hosni Mubarak, India, Islamic Revolution, Jean-François Julliard, Journalists, Muslim, news Channel, newsman, Reporters without Borders, West Asia
