UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi had to call off what could have been a historic visit to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) due to “bad weather” this past Saturday (February 16). Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 8:26 pm
Filed under India, Religion · Tagged Afzal Guru, Aligarh Muslim University, AMU, Hindustan Times, Indira Gandhi, news, Sonia Gandhi, They call me Muslim, UPA, Zia Haq
The UPA government’s minority welfare agenda, one of its prime planks, could be floundering due to inadequate outreach and discrimination, the very drawbacks it aims to plug. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 8:58 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Centre for Equity Studies, discrimination, Gujarat, Hindustan Times, minority welfare, Muslim, Sachar Committee, Sachar economist, They call me Muslim, UPA, Zia Haq
India’s political scene, viewed from the peephole of the Presidential election, is fluid but one with interesting foreshadowings. Read more

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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
Salman Khurshid, the law minister, was until recently a good Muslim to have in government. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 7:23 pm
Filed under India, Religion · Tagged AK Antony, anna hazare, backward minorities, Batla House shootout, Congress, defence minister, Election Commission, Hindustan Times, Hindutva, law minister, news, They call me Muslim, UPA, Uttar Pradesh elections, Zia Haq