Why BJP leader Ram Shakal’s nomination to Rajya Sabha as a Dalit champion has angered the community

The former MP’s Baiswar community is seen as being invested more in reclaiming its supposed Kshatriya status than in fighting caste oppression.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Jul 19, 2018 · 09:00 am

The reaction to Citizenship Bill in Assam should remind Centre of Pakistan’s mistakes in Bangladesh

The Bill’s provisions, which permit non-Muslim illegal immigrants from three neighbouring countries to settle in India, has divided Assamese society.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Jul 17, 2018 · 08:00 am

Opinion: Sushma Swaraj should consider quitting the BJP to lead the fight against hate in India

She needs to show that her celebrated pushback against trolls is not restricted to her Twitter timeline.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Jul 13, 2018 · 08:00 am

‘Not a Gabbar Singh Tax, but not simple either’: Economist Pronab Sen on one year of GST rollout

India’s first chief statistician explains why glitches were inevitable and why a single tax slab isn’t possible yet.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Jul 01, 2018 · 06:30 am

Delhi government should run India’s Capital – not Centre, says London ex-mayor Ken Livingstone

The British politician contends that it is always a disaster to have a remote national government administer public services, rather than elected local bodies.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Jun 25, 2018 · 06:30 am

Full statehood for Delhi: Kejriwal is just demanding what the BJP, Congress had wanted in the past

Both parties are being hypocritical in opposing Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s current demand.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Jun 16, 2018 · 08:00 am

RSS deceived Mahatma Gandhi in 1947. Will it do any better by Pranab Mukherjee?

MS Golwalkar assured Gandhi RSS was not involved in Partition killings, only to threaten to expel all Muslims and ‘silence’ the Mahatma if he stood in the way.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Jun 07, 2018 · 06:30 am

Why Pranab Mukherjee should urge the RSS to rewrite its guru MS Golwalkar's ‘Bunch of Thoughts’

The book, a foundational text of Hindutva, is replete with falsehoods and the language of hate. It doesn’t spare even Mahatma Gandhi.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Jun 06, 2018 · 07:30 am

How RSS icon MS Golwalkar misrepresented Nehru’s words to justify the Hindutva project of ghar wapsi

The second chief of the RSS, who died on this day 45 years ago, believed that Muslims and Christians are not truly Indian.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Jun 05, 2018 · 08:00 am

Meet Sadhvi Savitri Bai Phule, the rare BJP leader who has publicly criticised Modi’s policies

The 37-year-old is just the kind of leader the Bharatiya Janata Party should have been taking around the country to speak at rallies.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Jun 03, 2018 · 09:00 am

‘Rahul Gandhi was foolish to visit temples’: Writer Vivek Shanbhag on the Karnataka election outcome

The writer says BJP’s success in Karnataka is because its agenda there is not as divisive as it is elsewhere.

Ajaz Ashraf

· May 21, 2018 · 08:00 am

BJP’s defeat in Karnataka shows a challenge has finally been mounted to Modi’s shock and awe tactics

Opposition parties have realised that the best away to counter the prime minister’s insatiable appetite for absolute power is to unite and pool resources.

Ajaz Ashraf

· May 20, 2018 · 09:00 am