Hindustan Times
The media is going yap, yap, yap and blah blah blah over Modi and Rahul. Blah …Modi… blah… Rahul …blah blah blah. Read more
(33 votes, average: 1.58 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Monday, April 29, 2013 at 1:19 am
Filed under India · Tagged Hindustan Times, Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, They Cal me Muslim, Zia Haq
This could hardly have escaped national attention: Have Muslims made their peace with Narendra Modi, Gujarat’s demagogic chief minister? It is a tough question, really. Let’s attempt an answer. Read more
(34 votes, average: 1.82 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 5:55 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Deobandi, Francis Robinson, godhra riots, Gujarat riots, Hindustan Times, Jinnah, justice, Mahmood Madni, Maulana Vastanvi, Narendra Modi, news, Shariat Act, Zia Haq
Anil Ambani, the industrialist and 7th richest Indian by Forbes estimates, confirmed his man-crush on Narendra Modi (Click here for my favourite Modi profile). Read more
(57 votes, average: 2.07 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 7:39 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged hindustantimes, Narendra Modi, news, They call me Muslim, Vibrant Gujarat, Zia Haq
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
Every other day, biscuit-maker Abdul Hannan takes groups of curious Muslims on a tour of Ahmedabad’s Gulbarg Society as if it were another mausoleum. Read more
(66 votes, average: 2.06 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Constitution, Ehsan Jafri, Gujarat, Gulbarg society, justice, Muslims, Narendra Modi, riots, SIT, Supreme Court, They call me Muslim, Zia Haq
I never knew that answering a seemingly simple, innocuous questionnaire is all that people suspected of murder or contributing to such crimes are required to do. Read more
(69 votes, average: 1.96 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 7:35 pm
Filed under India · Tagged First Information Report, genocide, Gujarat, Hindustan Times, Narendra Modi, news, Q&A, SIT, Special Investigation Team, Zia Haq
Yakoob Rasool has haunting eyes. They are cold. The man is cautious, unwilling to lower his guard. He will not tell you where he lives. Or what his future holds from him. But you will understand his discretion once you know who he is: the husband of Gujarat riots survivor Bilkis Yakoob Rasool Bano. Read more
(33 votes, average: 2.42 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 8:01 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2002 Gujarat riots, Ahmedabad, Bilkis Bano, Delhi, Godhra, Gujarat, Gujarat riots, hindustan, Muslims, Narendra Modi, Randhikpur, They call me Muslim, Yakoob Rasool, 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
Nations can sometimes be found grappling with an odd political dilemma: should controversial leaders be praised when they get things right? Read more
(69 votes, average: 2.35 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Filed under India · Tagged chief minister, Darul-Uloom, evidence, geospatial technology park, Gujarat, Hindu-Muslim riots, Hindustan Times, industrial production, Industrialists, Maulana Vastanvi, Mukesh Ambani, Narendra Modi, news, political dilemma, Ratan Tata, Sunni Islam, water down
