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Jan 16, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Cedric Prakash |Ram Puniyani |Mosharraf Alam |Ranjan Solomon
It is late evening, the day after Uttarayan (15 January), traditionally called ‘vasi uttarayan’. It has been a dull, cloudy day; the wind has been fairly good though. Since yesterday thousands have been on building –tops, flying their kites and many others running on the streets to catch the ‘cut’ kites.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Ram Puniyani |Mosharraf Alam |Ranjan Solomon |Sumanta Banerjee
AbstractThe Quranic concept of Ahl al-Kitab (Family of the Book) provides a profound framework for fostering interfaith harmony and global religious fraternity. Referring to communities with divine scriptures, particularly Jews, Christians, and at times Zoroastrians, Sabians, and others, this concept emphasizes shared spiritual heritage, moral responsibility, and the value of coexistence.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Ram Puniyani |Mosharraf Alam |Ranjan Solomon |Dimple Oberoi Vahali
RSS-BJP and its affiliates take every opportunity to deepen the demonization of religious minorities. Though there are legal provisions for punishing these Hate speeches mostly they go unpunished. Last decade as the communal party is in power the phenomenon has seen a dangerous downslide, which is leading to negative social perceptions about the religious minorities.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Yanis Iqbal |Bharat Dogra |Henry A. Giroux |Mosharraf Alam
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) administration’s decision to enforce the mandatory 75% attendance rule for students has sparked an outcry. On November 21, 2024, students protested in large numbers against the decision, also calling for the holding of students’ union elections (which haven’t been held since 2019). But the response of the administration was heavy-handed. They filed FIRs against nine students, marring their career prospects.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Suresh Khairnar |Mosharraf Alam |Bharat Dogra |Vidyadhar Date
Recently, after reading the news that thousands of scientists of the world are very concerned about the melting of Antarctica and some time back in the United Nations meeting, a 16 year old girl of a European country named Greta Thunberg reprimanded the world leaders for the environmental changes in the world, if anyone comes to mind, it is Mahatma Gandhi! 115 years ago, Gandhiji had warned about industrial development in a small book of less than 100 pages named Hind Swarajya that “This is...
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Ram Puniyani |Mosharraf Alam |Ranjan Solomon |Dimple Oberoi Vahali
I did have great interest in understanding the society around me and was doing social work in due course. My first foray into social work was in trying to associate with the trade Union movement. On 6th December my whole being was shattered when I watched with horror of the demolition of the mosque. This was preceded by the communal violence in the route of the Yatra taken out by Advani for the issue of Ram Temple at the spot where the mosque stood.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Henry A. Giroux |Bharat Dogra |Mosharraf Alam |Sanjay N. Parate
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson MandelaPaulo Freire, the radical Brazilian educator, would have turned 103 on September 19, 2024. Freire was not merely an academic; he was a revolutionary, a fierce champion of the oppressed whose lifelong fight for economic, educational, and social justice has left an indelible mark on generations of teachers, students, and cultural workers worldwide.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Jagmohan Singh |Mosharraf Alam |Kanwal Bharti
by Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan SinghWhile education has been increasingly seen in terms of its linkages to economic development, it is important to take a wider view to include the advancement of social harmony and reform as well. A narrow economic view tends to see the aims of education more in terms of linking education to the emerging economic changes and opportunities.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Mosharraf Alam |Ranjan Solomon |Suresh Khairnar |Bharat Dogra
The concept of communal harmony, which is representative of social coherence and harmonious cohabitation of disparate communities, is deeply ingrained in India’s socio-political narrative. Mahatma Gandhi was at the forefront of promoting this idea, and his lifetime dedication to inclusive discourse and non-violence gave rise to a framework for resolving conflicts amongst communities.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Mosharraf Alam |Bharat Dogra |Sanjay N. Parate |Bhabani Nayak
India is home to an extensive network of universities, autonomous colleges, deemed-to-be universities, and institutes of national importance for higher education. Across the nation, there are 40,000 colleges and more than 1,000 universities. These include national institutes like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), and National Institutes of Technology (NITs), as well as private universities and state and central universities.
