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Picture Of The Day

A Thousand Words Against Raj Thackeray

Raj Thackeray and his divisive ideology was dealt a serious blow when India responded as one nation to the Mumbai terror attacks.

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Kashmir Protests In Pictures

by Mohib Ahmad

A photo essay of mass rally in Srinagar addressed by Kashmiri leaders and attended by tens of thousands of people.

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Ganesha On Indonesian Currency

by Mohib Ahmad

Earlier, during my unsatisfactory interview with the chief minister, Narendra Modi had said: “In Indonesia, which is a Muslim country, they have a picture of Ganesh on one of their currency notes. Why can’t India’s Muslims be more like that?” At the time I did not answer. But it struck me later that Hindus are [...]

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Indian Refreshment Room!

by Yousuf Saeed

I am attaching an archival photo of the Allahabad railway station platform dating back to the British period (roughly 1920s) that I found on an archive on Minnesota university library (Ames) website.
Its a photo of a newly opened “Indian Refreshment Room” at the station – the most striking thing to notice is the separate rooms [...]

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Satyamev Jayte: but anyone listening?

by Kashif

Truth will prevail but only if we are ready to listen and follow it. Here is an example of kahi-ansuni, chiragh tale andhera, etc. etc.

Happy Diwali 2007

by Mohib Ahmad

Indian Muslims wishes all its readers a joyous and prosperous Diwali. May this festival of lights bring happiness to each one of us.

DEEPAWALI GREETINGS
Like the caring arms of an affectionate mother,
The two crescents of this blessed lunar month;
Hold in warm embrace the two glorious faiths,
Which are governed by the fascinating Moon.
If one preceded the joy [...]

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Picture Of The Day: Indian Nazi Party

by Mohib Ahmad

Three and a half questions:
1.) Is it okay to associate Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose with Nazis just because he took help from Hitler to liberate India from the Britishers? More importantly, does the end justifies the means?
2.) Does banning the Nazi party infringes upon the freedom of expression (in American context, the First Amendment)?
3.) Why [...]

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Independence Day In Pictures

by Mohib Ahmad

It was a delight to see so many Indians (and non-Indians) capturing the spirit of the 60th Independence Day of India through their lenses. I created a group at Flickr.com to allow people to share their images clicked on this occasion. Here is a compilation of some of the selected images from the group. Clicking [...]

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