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Jan 19, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Suresh Khairnar |Harsh Thakor |zeenat khan |Qurban Ali
Today,20 January 2024, it will be thirty-five years since Badshah Khan left this world! Although he had suffered more imprisonment and torture during the British Raj than any other citizen of present-day Pakistan during India’s freedom struggle and although his political journey began with his participation in the first convention of the Muslim League in Agra in 1913, Badshah Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was one of the first people to be staunchly opposed to the creation of Pakistan in the Lahore...
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Harsh Thakor |zeenat khan |Qurban Ali |Waseem Ahmad Bhat
Jagjit Singh Sohal alias Sharma, one of the premier leaders of the Communist Revolutionary Movement of India and one of the pioneers of the Naxalite movement and CPI(ML) in Punjab, passed away on October 20th. Sohal, who hailed from Shampur village in Sangrur district, was a contemporary of Jagir Singh Joga, Satpal Dang and Harkishan Singh Surjit. He was part of the Communist Party of India when it was headquartered in Lahore.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
thewire.in | Qurban Ali
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Harsh Thakor |zeenat khan |Qurban Ali |Waseem Ahmad Bhat
Senior advocate and one of India’s most prominent lawyers Iqbal M Chagla, expired on Sunday in Mumbai at the age of 85. I M Chagla’s contributions to the legal arena were most commendable with his legacy carving a permanent niche. Chagla’s death has left a void in the legal fraternity which is difficult to substitute. He served as a role model for countless legal professionals. His life work epitomised human rights and protection of the rule of law.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | zeenat khan |Bhabani Nayak |Harsh Thakor |Qurban Ali
December 9 was 145th birth and 93rd death anniversary of the iconic Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. She had emerged in the 19th century to revolutionize the concept of womanhood, feminine power, and fighting for women’s rights. Begum Rokeya, a Bengali speaking feminist is a powerful symbol of women’s emancipation. In 1905, she wrote about subjugation and Islamic patriarchy in her novella Sultana’s Dream.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
thewire.in | Qurban Ali
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Harsh Thakor |Qurban Ali |Waseem Ahmad Bhat |Suresh Khairnar
Jagmohan Singh, a veteran communist revolutionary from Punjab left us on January 5 after a prolonged fight against cancer in the hospital. Hundreds of readers and supporters of revolutionary magazine Surkh leeh, the communist revolutionary publication he served to the last, congregated n Bathinda for his last rites.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Qurban Ali |Mujibur Rehman |Vaishna Roy
Much before the establishment of Israel in May 1948, the Indian National Congress had opposed it. Mahatma Gandhi famously said that he sympathised with the Jews but opposed the creation of Israel. He believed that the Arabs were the “rightful owners” of Palestine and that the Jews should return to their original countries. In his article on Jews in Harijan on November 26, 1938, Gandhi wrote: “All my sympathies are with the Jews, but sympathies cannot turn a blind eye to the demands of justice.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
theindianawaaz.com | Qurban Ali
BY QURBAN ALIThe demise of S.M. KHAN is a profound loss for bureaucrat fraternity, media, academia and the community. Khan Sahib held various prominent positions throughout his illustrious career. Retired senior Indian Information Service officer of Government of India, Khan Sahib passed away on 17th November 2024 at a hospital in Delhi .He was 67.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
theindianawaaz.com | Qurban Ali
By Qurban Ali / New Delhi Former Union Minister and senior Rajya Sabha member of Samajwadi Party Ramji Lal Suman has welcomed the decision given by the Supreme Court today to restore the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). He however said that this decision is still incomplete and hence he will make every effort to get get passed the private member bill that he had presented in the Rajya Sabha for restoration of minority status of AMU.
