Category: So Asia

SITUATION in INDIA: Sweetest Song Tell of Saddest Thought (Video)

IRSHAD SALIM — I’ll be telegraphic: For weeks now, I’ve been sharing with a young…

‘Will Your ALLAH Come to Save You’: UP Police Asks Arrested Minor Boy

Cops beat us up and made us chant slogans like “Jai Shri Ram“ NEW DELHI…

Plane Crashes in Afghanistan’s Ghazni Province, Details Unclear

BBC reported a passenger plane belonging to Ariana Airlines crashed and caught fire in eastern…

What We’re Seeing in India Is Symptoms Of Fascism: Noam Chomsky

DESPARDES — Renowned social critic and political activist Noam Chomsky has dubbed the latest developments…

Stunning Resolution: 154 European Parliament Lawmakers Denounce Modi’s ‘Anti-Muslim’ Citizenship Act

Largest statelessness crisis in the world could cause widespread human suffering DESPARDES — In a…

‘SITUATION’ in INDIA: Afghan Students Feel the Heat, Media Facing Credibility Crisis (Watch)

DESPARDES — World’s largest democracy is taking a U-turn toward becoming a Hindu state, and…

From ‘Shining India’ to ‘Intolerant India’ –in 10 Years

“…it looks very much as though our government has gone rogue…”: Arundhati Roy DESPARDES —…

India’s 200m Muslims Fear PM Modi is Building a Hindu State

DESPARDES — Narendra Modi stokes divisions in the world’s biggest democracy, The Economist says in…

India Under Modi Slides Ten Places on Democracy Index

DESPARDES — The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) latest Democracy Index published today indicates how global…

‘After 70 Years I’ve Come to Realize as a Muslim I Can’t Live in India’: Naseeruddin Shah

DESPARDES — Bollywood’s award-winning actor Naseeruddin Shah says after 70 years he has come to…

India’s Reliance Group to Miss Planned Date to Close Saudi Aramco Deal

DESPARDES — Indian business conglomerate Reliance Industries’ proposed deal to sell a 20 percent stake…

“Bad…Sad”: Microsoft CEO Nadella on India’s Citizenship Amendment Act

CARAVAN DAILY — Amid the massive nationwide protests over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA),…