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Jan 14, 2025 | 
telegraphindia.com | Hilal Ahmed
This new imagination of Hindu heritage seems to constitute an interesting political perspective, which is going to determine the future trajectories of communal debates and conflicts in the country Hilal Ahmed Published 15.01.25, 04:58 AM The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, has made a few interesting comments on the idea of heritage in a recent interview.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
presswire18.com | Hilal Ahmed |Ronit Kawale
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
indianexpress.com | Hilal Ahmed
Rahul Gandhi’s evolution as Leader of Opposition (LoP) has been remarkable. He made a serious attempt to establish a link between the Congress party and civil society. The Bharat Jodo Yatras were the most important political outcome of this initiative and played a crucial role before the Lok Sabha elections. The Congress manifesto managed to incorporate many of the issues which Gandhi and his fellow travellers discovered in those yatras.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Hilal Ahmed
India, Dec. 2 -- The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, now with the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for further discussions and deliberation, is set to redefine the nature of political discourse in the country. The institution of waqf has long been seen by the Indian Muslim community as an internal religious matter concerning the management of religious land/property endowments (mosques, shrines, graveyards, orphanages, schools and so on).
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
hindustantimes.com | Hilal Ahmed
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, now with the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for further discussions and deliberation, is set to redefine the nature of political discourse in the country. The institution of waqf has long been seen by the Indian Muslim community as an internal religious matter concerning the management of religious land/property endowments (mosques, shrines, graveyards, orphanages, schools and so on).
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Hilal Ahmed
Posted On: 2024-12-01 Posted By: Hilal Ahmed Health & Lifestyle Travel Education Technology Cities Real Estate & Construction Hindustan Times India, Dec.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
mpositive.in | Hilal Ahmed
NEW DELHI :Hilal Ahmad addresses contemporary issues like the Gyanvapi mosque and the figure of Aurangzeb. He notes that these controversies are not new, but they resurface whenever right-wing politics gains prominence. A Brief History Of The Present: Muslims In New India, By Hilal Ahmed Photo: AmazonReligious polarisation and the rise of majoritarianism in India over the past decade have become a critical concern for scholars in Indian and South Asian studies.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Hilal Ahmed
Hilal Ahmed Nov 26, 2024, 20:12 IST ISTWe are celebrating our Constitution. Some thoughts on it: representing voters is imagined as a secular activity, voter, as a secular individual, MPs, MLAs as addressing minorities’ concerns in a secular, moral wayEvery year on Nov 26, India officially celebrates the adoption of its Constitution in 1949.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
telegraphindia.com | Hilal Ahmed
RSS defines itself as a cultural organisation that is committed to the protection of Hindu interests. This is not the case with the BJP, which is a registered political party Hilal Ahmed Published 14.11.24, 04:59 AM ‘Batenge toh katenge’ (if we are divided, we shall be destroyed) has emerged as the most debatable slogan in the ongoing election campaign in two poll-bound states.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Hilal Ahmed |Talmiz Ahmad |Vaishna Roy |Asim Ali
The political philosopher Antonio Gramsci once compared a hegemonic political project to an “orchestra” in which differently attuned political and social forces “come to life as a single instrument”. “New India” is definitely one such phenomenon. The ambition of the Narendra Modi–led BJP is not merely to reorient the country’s politics. Rather, it seeks to transform the underlying political ground: reconfiguring our historical imaginations, cultural sensibilities, and sociological ties.
