Anwar Khursheed

May 15, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Bilal Dar |Anwar Khursheed |Abdulrahim P Vijapur

I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library because library, as we know, is a powerhouse of productive knowledge and vibrating ideas.  Maulana Azad Library of AMU in Aligarh is not only the powerhouse of knowledge and vibrating ideas but also a springhead of inspiration, hope, liveliness, wisdom, secular culture and many other tenable things. Knowledge seems to trickle down from the walls of the library.

Mar 4, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Yanis Iqbal |Soumyanetra Munshi |Anwar Khursheed |Bharati Devi

The ascendancy of Hindu nationalism in India has led to the sharp demarcation of religio-communitarian boundaries. In response to communal attacks on Islamic identity, the Muslim gentry has reinforced a politics of conservatism, wherein the fight against Hindutva is transmuted into a battle-cry for the intensification of religious consciousness. Secular modernity is singled out for its diluting effects upon the purity of Muslims.

Jan 13, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Arun Mitra |Akshat Jain |Anwar Khursheed

Air pollution levels are high in most cities of India and in many of these cities the situation becomes more difficult in winter months. While this has been widely discussed in recent times, the higher vulnerability of certain sections of people has not received the same attention.

Jan 13, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Anwar Khursheed |Abdulrahim P Vijapur |Badre Alam Khan |Mohammad Akram

The Jinn of Minority Status case is out of the bottle again in Supreme Court at present. The minority status case is purely a legal issue but it has never been handled carefully and enthusiastically by the AMU administration prior to 2004. After the passing of 50% reservation for Muslims in 2004, the case went to the court of law and argued with full power by senior lawyers namely; Mr. S.S. Ray, Dr. S. Dhawan & company under the best possible supervision of Prof.

Jan 13, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Philip Farruggio |Bharat Dogra |Anwar Khursheed |Vidyadhar Date

You got a government that is run by a Two Party con job. You have one side that borders on outright fascism, if not a return to Germany circa 1932. You have the other side, the ‘ Politically correct’ one, that also sucks on the teat of this Military Industrial Empire. When it comes to a complete nationalized health care system or any form of that dreaded word Socialism, like Pontius Pilate they wash their hands of it.