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Ajaz Ashraf

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Electoral bond betrays BJP’s Ram Rajya

Electoral bond betrays BJP’s Ram Rajya

Data disclosure reinforces suspicion that State coercion fuelled donations from businesses in what is arguably the biggest scam in the history of independent India

18 March,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
No community like the Sikhs

No community like the Sikhs

The roots of the farmer movement lie in the Sikh cultural tradition, where acting politically and justly, even in the face of certain death, is an aspect of religious practice

11 March,2024 06:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
Is there a jinni in the EVM?

Is there a jinni in the EVM?

The answer: No. But the deep suspicion about electronic voting can be quelled by only allowing voters to personally drop VVPAT slips into a box and counting 100 per cent of them in each constituency

04 March,2024 04:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
Time for caste quota in private sector

Time for caste quota in private sector

Public sector is shrinking rapidly, and the upper-caste leadership of companies that aren’t State-controlled is disinclined to voluntarily undertake affirmative action. I.N.D.I.A must take up this issue

26 February,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
Revolution in Sakina’s Kiss

Revolution in Sakina’s Kiss

Subtle and profound, author Vivek Shanbhag’s book explores, through fiction, the meaning that the idea of revolution holds for those whose faith in India’s democracy has been eroded

19 February,2024 06:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
Emperor complex in Modi era

Emperor complex in Modi era

By seeking to heap humiliation on a community for political ends and ruthlessly clamping down on regional powers, the BJP seems to be modelling itself on the absolute monarchs it professes to loathe

12 February,2024 06:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
Nitish Kumar: Potato of politics

Nitish Kumar: Potato of politics

Like the root vegetable, Bihar’s CM—who hasn’t been able to expand his base to come to power on his own—mixes well with any dish but is far from the main course. His palatability is only diminishing

05 February,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
After Ayodhya, battle for AMU

After Ayodhya, battle for AMU

The BJP is seeking to usher in yet another moment of Hindutva triumphalism by arguing in the Supreme Court against the varsity’s minority status, in the hope of altering its religious composition

29 January,2024 04:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
Roop Rekha Verma on our abnormality

Roop Rekha Verma on our abnormality

Feisty octogenarian fighter of unpopular causes explains how the rising tide of violence is a consequence of callousness on the part of a populace that is increasingly conflating the State with the nation

15 January,2024 03:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
Sorrow’s shadow on Ram Temple gaiety

Sorrow’s shadow on Ram Temple gaiety

Amid celebrations of a grave injustice, many will be reminded of nights spent in terror and haunted by the knowledge that Ayodhya won’t be the last instance of righting the imagined wrongs of history

08 January,2024 01:14 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf

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