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

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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
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

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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
A brand of terror is rapidly unfolding, giving rise to a highly dangerous label: “Hindu terrorism”. It is being attributed to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, a powerful right-wing organization that espouses fierce cultural nationalism built around Hindu values. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Filed under Religion · Tagged anti-Christian violence, Benito Mussolini, cultural nationalism, fanaticism, foreign tourist, Frankenstein, ghats, Hindu terrorism, Hindustan Times, Hindutva, Hitler, holocaust, intolerance, Islamic, news, right-wing, RSS, terrorists
Khatawar samjhegi duniya tujhe
Ab itni bhi safayi na de
(Your guilt may become apparent, if you try to prove your innocence so much…) Read more

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