Hindustan Times
As expected, the Gujarat elections could hardly have escaped national attention. Narendra Modi will have probably won the polls even before the last votes are counted. This nation is at the crossroads: a demagogic leader, conceited in thoughts and uncompromising in actions, is wiping clean his past with the present. He could soon push India into a phase of unilateral politics, ascending to the very top. This could also mean less legroom for India’s much-vaunted democracy. Read more
(111 votes, average: 1.94 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Filed under India · Tagged AAPCO Worldwide, BJP, Gujarat, Gujarat assembly elections, Gulbarg Society In Ahmedabad, Hindustan Times, Mahesh Bhatt, Narendra Modi, news, Ravi Shankar Prasad, They call me Muslim, Zia Haq
The Yamuna Expressway, a 165-km, six-lane glistening north Indian motorway, which a newspaper aptly described as the Yamunabahn, has cut by half the travel time between Delhi and Agra, the Taj Mahal city. Read more
(30 votes, average: 1.73 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 7:12 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Agra, All India Ulama Board, Assam violence, BJP, Bodo tribesmen, Delhi, hindustantimes, Hindutva, India, Japanese scholar Makiko Kimura, Kokrajhar, Maharashtra, Mumbai violence, Nellie carnage, RSS, Sushma Swaraj, They call me Muslim, uttar pradesh, Yamuna Expressway, Zia Haq
India’s political scene, viewed from the peephole of the Presidential election, is fluid but one with interesting foreshadowings. Read more
(50 votes, average: 2.42 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Filed under India · Tagged BJP, Hindustan Times, mamata banerjee, nda, news, nitish kumar, Pranab Mukherjee, presidential poll, sangma, shiv sena, Sushma Swaraj, UPA, Zia Haq
A significant mass of this nation, after 60-odd years of nationhood, still lacks a heart. It cannot bear the sight of even crumbs being given to minorities. Read more
(54 votes, average: 2.31 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Monday, December 26, 2011 at 12:00 am
Filed under India · Tagged BJP, Constitution, Hindustan Times, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Muslim, news, OBC quota, Rajnath Singh, They call me Muslim, uttar pradesh, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, World Hindu Council, Zia Haq
To not know Bhupen Hazarika is like living in a dark dungeon of a dark continent in the dark ages. Read more
(14 votes, average: 3.07 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Assam, Bard of the Brahmaputra, Bhupen Hazarika, BJP, Guwahati, hindustantimes, Marxist, They call me Muslim, Zia Haq
Affirmative action or “reservation” for Muslims is back on the political table. The ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition has more or less decided to pull it off, we are told. But those least excited about this supposedly game-changing idea are Muslims themselves. Read more
(18 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Filed under India, Religion · Tagged BJP, Congress, Dalits, Hindustan Times, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, newsthey call me muslim, poverty rates, reservations for muslims, Sachar report, United Progressive Alliance, Zia Haq
I do not know what the cultured political stalwarts of the BJP have to say about it, but Narendra Modi, Gujarat’s chief minister, let a great opportunity slip when he turned down a Muslim skullcap and a keffiyah, a traditional tussled kerchief, offered to him as mementos recently. Read more
(75 votes, average: 2.77 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 7:28 pm
Filed under India, World · Tagged BJP, Gujarat chief minister, Hindustan Times, keffiyah, Muslim, Muslim skullcap, Narendra Modi, news, They call me Muslim, Zia Haq
Parliament’s historic debate on Saturday, which resulted in Anna Hazare agreeing to break his 12-day fast, began with an appeal for a collective “sense of the House” on the Lokpal Bill from Pranab Mukherjee, the leader of the House. Read more
(122 votes, average: 1.9 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2002 Gujarat riots, anna hazare, anti-corruption law, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BJP, Congress, Jaswant Singh, L K Advani, Leader of the Opposition, lokpal bill, Narendra Modi, Parliament, Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister, Question hour, Rahul Gandhi, Sushma Swaraj, Zia Haq
Politics in advanced democracies is often characterised by conservatives on the one side and liberals on the other. Read more
(157 votes, average: 2.4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 9:48 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Darul-Uloom, economy, external affairs minister, foreign secretary, Islamic seminary, Muslims, Neo-Nazi radicals, politics, Subramanian Swamy, Suhasini Haider, taxation, They call me Muslim, voting rights, Zia Haq
The Bharatiya Janata Party is on a high. It is basking in the afterglow of anti-corruption revolutions, financial scandals, inflation and the comeback of one of its most provocative Hindutva mascots – Ms. Uma Bharti. Read more
(63 votes, average: 2.19 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, hindu, Hindustan Times, Hindutva activists, Lal Krishna Advani, Lokpal law, Muslim, news, Opposition party, RSS, status quo, Uma Bharti, Youth Congress
