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Fasting saints could become a curse for politics of Hindutva

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By Sandeep Pandey Former Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Professor Guru Das Agrawal, who became an ascetic in 2011 at the age of 79 years...

हाईकोर्ट के इस फैसले के बाद तबलीग़ को बदनाम करने वालों के विरुद्ध...

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वसीम अकरम त्यागी  कोरोना काल में बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट ने तब्लीग़ी जमात के विदेशी सदस्यों को ‘राहत’ दे दी है. कोर्ट का मानना है कि सरकार...

Adams’ Bridge- Faith Verses National Interest

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By Syed Ali Mujtaba, TwoCircles.net The case of "Adams' Bridge", a mythical barrier situated south-east of Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu, India, connecting Talaimanar coast of Sri Lanka has snowballed into a faith verses national interest controversy. The Supreme Court of India is hearing a public interest litigation petition on the multi core Sethusamundram canal project that involves dredging of a sea channel cutting across the Adams' Bridge across the Gulf of Mannar.

Governance of Muslim minority affairs in Bihar: An analysis

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By Arshad Ajmal, The governance of Muslim minority affairs in Bihar needs special attention in view of rampant backwardness of the community that constitutes 16.5% of the total population of the State, and also the fact that over the years, the state budgetary allocation for the community has been decreasing. Budgetary allocation for Muslim minority

Understanding the Owaisi phenomenon

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No single politician in post Independence India has captured the imagination and respect of Muslims as the AIMIM Member of Parliament from Hyderabad By Dr Ajmal, Around 15-16 years ago, I remember reading an article in The Hindu written by an Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The article –titled ‘In search of Muslim Leader’ – detailed how much Indian Muslims are in search of a leader of their own, who could take them through the tumultuous journey of practicing faith with respectful living in a partial and polarized India.

‘I want to visit Pakistan before my death’ – Sardar Son Singh from shrine...

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By Ravi Nitesh, At a time, when we are witnessing difficult times for communal harmony and situation of conflict between India and Pakistan, at a time when few advocate and propagate hatred in the name of religion and nationality, there still are examples that are shining like a ray of hope.

TMC’s election manifesto promises new colleges, better housing facilities for Minorities

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By Zaidul Haque, Twocircles.net Kolkata: The All India Trinamool Congress, which released its election manifesto a few days ago, seems to have paid more...

विपक्ष को भाजपा से उसके मैदान में उसकी तरह ही लड़ना होगा

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दिवाकर, TwoCircles.net के लिए नगालैंड और त्रिपुरा, ख़ास तौर से त्रिपुरा के चुनाव परिणाम से साफ़ है कि भाजपा की हिन्दुत्ववादी राष्ट्रीयता से निबटने...

क्या उत्तर प्रदेश में इस बार के नतीजे भाजपा को केंद्र की सत्ता से...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश की दो सबसे बड़ी राजनीतिक पार्टी समाजवादी पार्टी और बहुजन समाज पार्टी के सुप्रीमो उस दिन(12 जनवरी) लखनऊ में गंठबंधन...

Owaisi Appeals Muslims to Oppose Waqf Amendment Bill: What Makes Proposed Law Contentious

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Iqra Fatma, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: On September 11, a sense of urgency gripped Hyderabad as MP Asaduddin Owaisi who made a fervent appeal, urging people...

Varanasi’s Heritage in Crisis? How City’s Iconic Crafts Are Disappearing

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Aradhana Pandey, TwoCircles.net Traditional livelihoods in Varanasi are not just allegedly vanishing — they are being replaced by modern alternatives; and with them, the unique skills...

Destroying their lives when not killing them in encounters

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Unheard & Unspoken: Terror stories from Madhya Pradesh: Part 8 By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

The trouble in Assam

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By V.K. Tripathi The wild statement by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr. Kiran Rijiju, that the country has 20 million Bangladeshis, has...

Why US wants to deploy its teachers in Indian madrasas?

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By Sohail Arshad, The writer takes an analytical look at the US proposal for appointing American teachers in Indian madrasas and smells a conspiracy in the proposal --Editor.

A nursery of dreams in Moradabad

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net

Meet the frightened mother of Abdur Rahman in Darbhanga

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Special Series on Terror Arrests from Bihar – Part Five By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

Ghalib the terrorist

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net

Of Chutzpah and Bhajpah: Sangh Parivar’s art of appropriating historical figures

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By MahtabNama, The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is once again in news, even before it had time to disappear from the front page of some of the daily newspapers, especially The Times of India. However, unlike the previous episode, the ‘regressive’ administration or students of AMU are not responsible for the news this time. Okay, but what’s then news this time?

एक गरीब बूढ़े का घायल जानवरों के लिए सत्याग्रह

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net वाराणसी: बनारस के जगतगंज मोहल्ले के एक कोने में एक सुनार की दुकान है. दुकान का नाम है ‘श्रीराम ज्वेलर्स’. औसत से...

Why Muslims are a punching bag

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By Bobby Naqvi The Indian Right has always used Muslims as a stepping stone to power in Delhi and elsewhere since the 1930s. Almost every...

Himalayas facing severe global warming disruption, say foresters

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By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Oct 24 (IANS) Being sensitive to temperature variations, mountain ecosystems in the Himalayas are facing severe disruption from global warming as...

Barrister Nuruddin Ahmed (1904 – 1975)

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By Naved Masood

Debunking myths about Welfare Party of India

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By Dr Syed Muneeb Ahmed,

The Power Of Hindu Votes!

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By Mansoor Durrani Credit must be given where it is due. Hindus have always been a majority in India. Even during the Muslim rule of...

Muslim Women’s rights and media coverage of Triple Talaq

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Despite the large number of positive court judgements in favour of Muslim women in India, the media prefers to endorse the view that once...

Myth of elections as savior of democracy

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Today in India, what we need is a nation that is full of wisdom, with transparent democracy, true freedom for all, equal justice, adequate...

Education of Muslims in the villages of Faizabad district (UP)

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By Kaleem Kawaja, In April 2009 I visited some villages in Faizabad district which is located about 130 km east of Lucknow, on the main highway leading from Lucknow to cities in Eastern U.P. As such it is considered a part of eastern UP where the majority occupation of people is still agriculture, although industrial and commercial activity is now beginning to sprout in the city of Faizabad. Muslims form the majority population in many villages in Faizabad district. But their educational level is very depressed and there are very few good schools in the villages.

Is a Muslim Caliphate possible today?

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Review of Benson Bobrick’s The Caliph’s Splendor By A. Faizur Rahman

Dalit intellectuals’ voices should be heard on Arundhati Roy’s Ambedkar introduction

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, Since the publication of Arundhati Roy’s introduction to The Annihilation of Caste, called “The Doctor and the Saint,” intellectuals and Dalit activists have spoken out against her as a choice for the introduction as well as her over-emphasis on Mahatma Gandhi’s story over Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s story.

I waited…

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By Irfanullah Farooqi, Like a laborer’s hungry child waiting for her parent at the doorstep when the day steps out with reluctance and night enters with a sense of shame with tears, I waited for tears in your eyes for I knew no being is barren in the eyes of love So, with moist eyes, I waited for those moist eyes I had heard crime itself punished the doer I was told guilt was inescapably human So, with few drops, I waited for those few drops

What Palestinians and the world could learn from South Africa’s BDS movement

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By Priyanka Borpujari, On July 9, despite the chill in the winds, about 200 people gathered outside St George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa. This is the Anglican cathedral that Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu uses as a religious, and political, seat. Outside the stone structure was a passionate shout to Israel to stop the blood-spill in Palestine: little girls with their heads covered coughed between the slogans, young men exchanged their keffiyeh as they carried the Palestinian flag. In doing so, the crowd joined thousands across the world in protesting against the violence in Gaza.

Book review: Urdu Literature and Journalism: Critical Perspectives

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By Mohammed Anas for TwoCircles.net, After gifting us insightful glimpses into geniuses of Rabindranath Tagore, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Raghupati Sahay Firaq Gorakhpuri, Faiz Ahmed Faiz and first Dalit Urdu poet Jayant Parmar, Professor Shafey Kidwai of Aligarh Muslim University has explored journalistic conquests of greats like Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Maulvi Mohammed Waqar, etc in his book masterfully written Urdu Literature and Journalism: Critical Perspectives.

Asma Nama: To earn or not to earn? Should a Da’ee be financially independent?

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By Dr Asma Anjum Khan Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was persistent in doing one thing prominentlythroughout those 23 years of his Prophethood. He preached, propagated...

Philanthropy is not charity but a strategic investment in the future: Frank Islam

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Foundation stone of Frank & Debbie Islam Management Complex was laid at AMU in February 2016 By TwoCircles.net news Boston: Entrepreneur Frank Islam was honored with...

An open letter to Chief Minister of Bihar

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We always feel proud when we tell somebody that we are from Bihar, a state which is always known for its tolerance, non-violence and...

What was Gandhi’s evaluation of RSS?

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By Ram Puniyani, With the new ruling dispensation, Modi Sarkar, attempts are being made to present Gandhi in a light which is favorable to the RSS combine. First, the Swachata Abhiyan (Cleanliness drive) was inaugurated on Gandhi Jayanti (October 2), then it was claimed that RSS had nothing to do with Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse.

Kunta Devi: A woman farmer from UP

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By Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service, One day, more than 20 years ago, Kunta Devi’s husband never returned home from his workplace at a brick kiln and has been untraceable since then. He seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving his wife alone with their 3 children—I daughter and 2 sons, with the youngest one barely 2 years old. Kunta does not know if he is dead or alive. She now lives with her 2 sons and their wives and 4 grandchildren—3 grandsons and 1 granddaughter.

‘All Memes Necessary’: The Rise of Political Satire in India’s Digital Democracy

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Maariyah Siddique,TwoCircles.net In 2016, at the release of his book titled ‘Andhere Se Ujale Ki Aur’, the late Union Minister for Finance, Arun Jaitley, lamented the diminishing...

Asma Nama: So What Are You Doing This Weekend?

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By Dr.Asma Anjum Khan for TwoCircles.net, #HasratMohani#BegumNishatunnisa#Sarojini Naidu#LordMontagu#Moulana Azad A guest from Romania was asking me, So what do you do for a living? I was attending a literary seminar, somewhere in the South of India.

My voice of thoughts – Muslim community

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Have we ever imagined the root problem with Muslims as a community? By Sadiya Rohma Khan, I have no doubts that we all have an idea...

Remembering scholar and activist Omar Khalidi

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By Usama Khalidi for TwoCircles.net, The death of anyone’s loved one is a private tragedy, but in Omar Khalidi’s passing away India lost a...

वंचितों के तालीम के मसीहा पद्मश्री डॉ. सैय्यद हसन

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By Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net सदी के महान शिक्षाविद डॉ ज़ाकिर हुसैन ने कभी कहा था - ‘हमारे देश को गर्म खून नहीं चाहिए जो...

Ajmal seeks Rs 1,000 crore relief package for Assam floods

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By TCN News Member of Parliament and AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal raised the issue of floods in Assam during the Zero Hour of the...

Who is to be blamed for backwardness of Malda and Murshidabad?

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net TCN Series: Visit to Malda and Murshidabad, Part 4

RBI Act 1934 allows interest free banking in India

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By Syed Zahid Ahmad,

Info War: the battlefields of the propaganda war

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Dr Yaseen Ashraf

Wearing Burqa will now be a crime?

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By Asghar Ali Engineer,

Now a draft bill is under consideration of French Parliament imposing a fine of Euro 700 on any woman wearing burqa covering her whole body in any public place and her husband twice as much if he forces hear to wear burqa. This is for the first time that women would be penalized for wearing burqa. Earlier France had banned Muslim girls wearing hijab in schools. It argued that these religious symbols interfere with its commitment to secularism and its secular culture.

Omar Khalidi: An Icon says Goodbye

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By Mubasshir Mushtaq,

Internally displaced persons of Assam

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By Abdul Kalam Azad for TwoCircles.net,

बदहाली के कारण दिल्ली में रुकते साइकिल रिक्शे के पहिए

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By फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली: कभी रिक़्शे के तीन पहियों के सहारे 45 वर्षीय रहमत अली के परिवार की क़िस्मत घूमती आ रही थी, लेकिन...

गर्त में गिरती नौकरशाही

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By सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली/ लखनऊ: भारत में नौकरशाही को अहम जिम्मेदारियों का पेशा माना जाता है. हर साल लाखों युवा केन्द्रीय लोक सेवा...

Majoritarian radicalization in post-truth India

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By Syed Ali Mujtaba Hindu radicalization is brimming at its seams but many among the community refuse to acknowledge this growing phenomenon under the Modi...

2 years of India’s #MeToo movement and its outcomes: Realities of power or patriarchy

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The outcomes of India’s #MeToo movement after more than two years of its passage appear to be the harsh reality of the power dynamics...

Maharashtra elections: Muslims are moving beyond the status-quo

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By M. Zajam and Kashif-ul-Huda for TwoCircles.net On the face of it, Muslims have been able to maintain the status-quo in the new assembly of Maharashtra but scratch the surface and witness the emergence of a community gaining political strength.

Muslims lack rationale to oppose decriminalization of Homosexuality

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By Sheikh Khurshid Alam, The decriminalization of Section 377 by the Delhi High Court in the Naz Foundation case had drawn mixed reactions in 2010...

Celebrating Hazrat Ali in Bangalore

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By Nigar Ataulla for TwoCircles.net I was overwhelmed to be invited to a program held on the 21st of April amidst special guests from...

टीसीएन 2021 : साल भर हम उठाते रहे वंचितों और पिछड़ों की आवाज़,पढ़िए...

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बीते वर्ष, 2021, में कई तरह की बदलती हुई राजनीतिक और सामाजिक गतिविधियां देखने को मिली। इस बदलती परिस्थिति में, हाशिए पर खड़े...

Karnataka elections: an analysis of Muslim representations

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TwoCircles.net forecasts seven seats returning Muslim candidates, they have decent chance on eight more seats. BSP can spoil it for the Congress and risk a historical low for Muslim representations in Karanataka Assembly. Read the analysis by Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net

Jamia Nagar: an observation

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Jamia Nagar is in the news, again for the wrong reasons. Just two years ago, again in the month of Ramadan there was police versus people clashes which resulted in a number of Muslims being arrested. Jamia Nagar, which is deficient in many civic facilities, was rewarded with a fortress like police station.

Mumbai attack media coverage more theatrical than professional

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By Najam Gilani, TwoCircles.net, In the event of terrorist attack on Mumbai we all were made witness to those horrific live scenes----Courtesy news channels and its reporters. It was the kind of coverage which has not been witness in the decade old private industry of Indian electronic media. It generated more of flak and less of praise for Journalists/Reporters/Broadcasters. It also raised some serious question which needs some serious answers.

Indian Republic at 60- Am I Indian First or Muslim First?

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By Syed Ali Mujtaba, On the 60th anniversary of Indian Republic someone asked me a question; are you a Indian first or a Muslim first? The first thing I did was to thank him for asking this. Answer to this is sought by many "prominent" Indian Muslims and I am indeed honored to inadvertently sneak into this category. The latest ones in the list before me were APJ Abdul Kalam and Sharukh Khan!

Peace Party and its curse of Hero worship

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By Mohammed Kashif Yunus for TwoCircles.net If you go through the advertisement, cut outs, hoardings and pamphlets of Peace Party of India, you will find...

‘Contact with Napoleon a death sentence for Tipu Sultan’

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By Vikas Datta  Jaipur (IANS) : Napoleon's life and career disapproves the Leftist challenge to the "Great Man" theory of history, for he not only...

Bhopal gas tragedy: Many women couldn’t become mothers again

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By Sandeep Pauranik Bhopal, (IANS): The tragedy that struck this city 33 years ago following methyl isocyanate leak from an industrial unit has not allowed...

प्रेमचंद चाचा’ ने ‘अबू बशर’ के कांधे पर अंतिम यात्रा कर निकाली नफ़रत के...

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कृष्णकांत वे अभियान चला रहे थे कि किसी मियां के हाथ से सब्जी न ख़रीदो, तभी प्रेमचंद चाचा ने अबू बशर मियां के कांधे पर...

Lynchings as the New Normal? The Hidden Crisis of Mob Violence and Muslim Persecution...

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Tarique Anwar, TwoCircles.net The rising tide of mob violence in India, particularly against Muslims, has shattered the illusion of safety and justice. What was once...

Movement against rape should be taken to its logical conclusion: Kaneez Fatima

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

Twenty-two questions to the Police Commissioner of Hyderabad

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By Advocate Shafeeq Rehman Mahajir Dear Mr Police Commissioner:

Babri masjid demolition: Twenty four year of pain, agony and struggle

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By Khushboo Khan for Twocircles.net On December 6 1992, thousands of bitter memories were finely knitted in Indian history when a mob of fundamentalists...

Phenomenon of Shah Faesal: Some lessons

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By Balraj Puri, Shah Faesal is a phenomenon which is unparalleled in recent years in Kashmir. His performance has been hailed from the Governor and the Chief Minister to a layman in Kupwara. Columns after columns have been written on him. His fame has crossed the lofty Pir Panchal. The spontaneous welcome he received at the airport and unending crowd that continued to greet him at his residence for many days without any organisational support would be envy of any popular leader. It has demonstrated the potential of Kashmir youth if given an opportunity.

बदहाली के अंतिम पायदान पर बिहार की उर्दू लाईब्रेरियां

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By अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना:बिहार की उर्दू लाईब्रेरियां भयानक संक्रमण के दौर से गुज़र रही हैं. एक ज़माने में उर्दू अदब की नामचीन विरासत...

Documentary on children in conflict-torn Kashmir screened in UNHRC, Geneva

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: The documentary film ‘Children in Conflict Torn Kashmir’ produced by human rights activist Abdul Manan Bukhari was...

TCN 2012 in 12 stories

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net

Establishment is making an example out of Akbaruddin for whole Muslim community – Abdul...

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,

Excerpts from the book Colonialism and the Call to Jihad in British India

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This book examines the role of Ulemas in attempting to use the idea of jihad as an instrument for combating colonialism in South Asia...

Rejection of clemency petition provokes debate on death penalty in Assam

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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,

He fought to be British MP while in Indian jail

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By Danish Khan,

International Media equally biased against Muslims & Islam

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By Aziz A. Mubaraki,

Targeting innocents: State and human rights of minorities

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By Ram Puniyani,

Why a Plethora of Soap Operas in Ramadan?

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By Mohammed Abdul Jawad, Alas! When Ramadan begins, then those who take delight in watching television dramas get more excited because in Ramadan alone there are dozens of soap operas. It’s not that people neglect the reverence of Ramadan or discard fasting. But, besides fasting in Ramadan, they stay tuned, with punctuality, to watch soap operas and special shows that are broadcasted on different channels.

Muslims in introspection mode… now a fatwa on Dr. Zakir Naik

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By Sadia Dehlvi, Something good is happening in the Muslim world. A man with a half Muslim parentage will soon take oath to the highest office in America. The Malegaon blasts are being fairly investigated, something the community has been demanding. The possibilities of" Hindu Terror", are surfacing and being condemned by secular Indians, forming the majority of the country.

Buddhist-Muslim Relations in Ladakh – Part 5

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By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net, Full Series: Buddhist-Muslim Relations in Ladakh Abdul Ghani Sheikh is probably one of Ladakh’s most well-known writers. A retired Indian Information Service officer, he has authored numerous books, including short stories, in Ladakhi and Urdu, and some of his writings have been translated into English as well. He is a Argon community leader and commands considerable respect among the Buddhists as well.

Zakat is a tool to empower life!

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The objective of Zakat is to transform the beneficiary of today into benefactors of tomorrow. By Aamir Edresy The importance of Zakat can be very well...

Indian Muslims! Wake up and unite or you will be eaten up by wolves

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, There is a famous story that many might have already heard. It is an excellent parable for the Indian Muslims...

Bakrid and the fight over choice of food

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By Kouser Fathima for Twocircles.net As if we don't have enough reasons to fight. Food wars seem to be the new trend especially during the...

Mandsaur cow vigilante attack: 27th this year

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By IndiaSpend Team The attack on two women in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh suspected of carrying beef (though it turned out to be buffalo meat)...

Coronavirus and the myth of freedom

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By Muhammed Tauqeer  It’s been more than 70 years since the independence of India, an arduous journey of freedom from the British colonial rule; a...

Cultural Assimilation or Self-Assertion? The Intellectual Divide in Bengali Muslim Society

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Mirza Mosarraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net Imperialism is an undeniable reality in the world, with dominant, majority groups historically oppressing weaker, minority communities. However, imperialism is not...

Positive stereotyping

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, Stereotyping is an oversimplified image or representation. One image is meant to represent all members of that group or community. It helps in identification but offers no individuality or scope for diversity that exists within that group. When you see news stories about Muslims on TV it is often accompanied by images of burqa clad women and men with cap and beard. In both cases visuals are selected carefully that suggests to the viewers that Muslim women have no personality of their own and men are extremists.

Harshad: A lonely furrow in the field of films

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By Shameer KS,

Why do they hate Prophet Muhammad?

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By Syed Zubair Ahmad,

Kerala, Somalia and the myth of Semitic bounty

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By Umar Nizar for TwoCircles.net, Before Narendra Modi, two others mistook Malayalees for Somalis. They were marines guarding an Italian vessel, Enrica Lexie- Maximilliano Latorre...

Dr.Malih Ahmed Siddiqui: Creating awareness about blood donation

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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

A look at Indian Muslims religious and spiritual leaders on Facebook

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By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,

58-year-old earns less than Rs 70 a day but still runs an orphanage and...

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net ...

The decline of Dalits in Bihar politics

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, In election rallies in Bihar recently Narendra Modi would often be seen flanked by two Dalit leaders–– Ram Vilas Paswan...

AMU minority character is a ‘National issue’: Ram Jethmalani

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Expressing strong support to defend Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in regaining its minority status, noted jurist and former Union minister...

Even after three years, Dalit family wait for action against Police accused of shooting...

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By Amit Kumar for Twocircles.net This is the third in a four-part series on cases of Dalit atrocities in India which were brought up during...

रमज़ान के महीने में फ़ाक़े को मजबूर एक इमाम

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली: रमज़ान का मुबारक महीना अब अलविदा कहने को तैयार है. रमज़ान के आख़िरी जुमे के गुज़रने के साथ ही लोग...

Playing for Corporates

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By Asif Husain Sporting fever has gripped the whole world. All year round we have world cups and tournaments taking place and a good number...

Indian diaspora groups submit memo to Indian embassies across Europe, demand repeal of new...

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TCN News Several Indian Diaspora groups across Europe submitted a common memorandum to Indian embassies in their respective countries of residence, demanding repeal of the three...

A Democratic Dilemma: Will ‘One Nation, One Election’ Suffocate State Voices?

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Devanshi Batra, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: The approval of the proposed ‘One Nation, One Election’ by the Central Cabinet has attracted sharp criticism from Opposition parties, social...

When the terror-accused are from the Sangh Parivar…

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The threat is not saffronisation, but the trajectory of modernity

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By Jenny Rowena for TwoCircles.net, Safforning Kerala: : Part 5

Why BAPSA’s support to Muslim Right is problematic: Part Two

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Intro: This is the second in a three-part series on how Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Organisation (BAPSA) has, while effectively countering Savarna...

ISNA Convention Sends Message of Compassion & Mercy

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by Ayub Khan for TwoCircles.net Chicago, IL: Speakers at the largest continental Islamic conference here emphasized compassion and mercy as the hallmark of the faith and urged American Muslims to play a leading role in promoting these noble values. The theme for the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)'s convention was 'Nurturing Compassionate Communities.' Held at the familiar Rosemont Convention Center, near Chicago, from July 2-5, 2010 it attracted thousands of Muslims from across the country.

Smart villages may help keep cities smarter

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, When there is a dire need to convert our 6.5 lakh-odd rural settlements in India into smart villages, we are planning to build 100 new smart cities, which in the process may end up uprooting a big population and gobble up thousands of acres of agriculture land.

शिकायतों और अनियमितताओं के आईने से प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के आदर्श ग्राम की हक़ीक़त

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समय पूरा होने के बाद भी आधे-अधूरे विकास से जूझ रहा है प्रधानमंत्री का आदर्श गांव जयापुर सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net जयापुर/वाराणसी: मोदी के गोद लिए गए...

Skill development Centers inaugurated in Assam by Najma Heptulla

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati (Assam): As a part of scheme of Skill Development for Minorities, Najma Heptulla, Union Minister for Minority Affairs inaugurated...

A tribute to Dr. Syed Hasan

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By Zafar Anjum for TwoCircles.net, No man is born great. Men become great by dint of their hard work, sense of mission and their...

Can national anthem really instill patriotism?

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By Shiba Aamir for TwoCircles.net, On November 30, the Supreme Court of India ordered all the cinema halls in India to play national anthem to...

Honoring President Erdoğan is absolutely the right thing

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Misbahuddin Mirza When the renowned philosopher-poet Dr. Mohammed Iqbal wrote the Urdu couplet: ہزاروں سال نرگس اپنی بینوری پہ روتی ہے بڑی مشکل سے ہوتا ہے چمن...

मध्य प्रदेश सरकार की कुपोषण पर ‘श्वेत पत्र’ का क्या हुआ ?

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जावेद अनीस मध्य प्रदेश के लिये कुपोषण एक ऐसा कलंक है, जो पानी की तरह पैसा बहा देने के बाद भी नहीं धुला है....

Kunan Poshpora: The Silent Night That Still Echoes Cries for Justice

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Raqif Makhdoomi, TwoCircles.net Kunan Poshpora, a village in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, carries a story that continues to haunt its people even after 35 years....

From madrasa to IAS: Waseem-ur-Rehman in his own words

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By Ummid.com,

Dr. Waseem-ur-Rehman is the first Madrasa product who has achieved the historic success in UPSC exams. His accounts are really inspiring for anyone who is willing to opt for this coveted career. Ummid.com brings the complete audio of his speech delivered at Dr. Manzoor Hasan Ayyubi hall in Malegaon.

Islam and economic justice

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By Asghar Ali Engineer,

Wasting priceless energy to play cricket

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,

Rationality of Reservation system in India

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Azimul Hoque, TwoCircles.net,

Wah! Shaad Wah! – An interface with ‘Best Poet of the Year’

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By Anjali Singh, CNS, Think Lucknow and the mention to the city of nawabs will be incomplete sans mention of Khushbir Singh Shaad, Lucknow’s very own local shayar (poet).

Sachar Committee and Recommendations

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Dr. Rafath Seema, The central government had appointed a high level committee on 9th March 2005 for the elaborate and extensive study of the Social,...

Closer Look: Liberal Muslims

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,

Sad story of a gentleman betrayed

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By Mohammad Sajjad,

Bulandshahr: Unraveling the anatomy of a riot

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By Ram Puniyani The scene of violence in the name of emotive issues has been continuously throwing new patterns of instigating and orchestrating violence. In recent...

Babri Masjid: Derailment of civic politics in India

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By Dr. Md Afroz & Md Tabrez Alam 6 December 1992 was the day when Babri Masjid was demolished and it was the day when...

Innovative NGO-Ulema collaborative effort for Muslim Education

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The Jeevan Talim Project in Kutch By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net,

Permanent Resident Bill of J&K is Anti-Women

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By Balraj Puri On International Women's Day when Rajya Sabha passed a bill for reservation of 33% seats for women in Parliament and state legilatures, Jammu and Kashmir State assembly admitted a bill which would deprive women status of permanent resident of the State if they married an outsider.

From mini-skirts to burqas: Iran, Turkey clad as scientific powers

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net Iran took the wind out of the sail of the so-called US-sponsored move to impose sanctions when on May 17 it brokered a historic deal with Turkey and Brazil, the two emerging powers in different parts of the world. Surprisingly, the deal was signed under the patronage of Russia and had the moral backing of another permanent member of the Security Council, China.

Reserved thoughts on reservation

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By Panchendra Kumar Naik for TwoCircles.net India is facing acute political and moral disorders – flared recently by Hardik Patel led agitation for the reservation...

Communalizing Census misses India’s real crisis: female feticide

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By Masihuddin Sanjari for TwoCircles.net Religion based census data has recently been released by the central government of India sparking a debate along communal lines1...

Kill us here but don’t send us back: Rohingya refugees

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By Mohammed Shafeeq  Hyderabad, (IANS): Anxiety is writ large on the faces of over 3,800 Rohingya Muslims living in this city amid reports that the Indian...

2002 Gujarat riots – lofty but unmet promises

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By Nadim Nikhat,

Book Review: Khaki & Ethnic Violence in India

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By Mahtab Alam, TwoCircles.net, Name of the book: Khaki & Ethnic Violence in India Author: Omar Khalidi Publisher: Three Essays Collective B-957 Palam Vihar, Gurgaon, Haryana-122 017, India Phone: +91 98681 26587, +91 91863 44843 Year: 2010 (2nd and Revised edition) Pages: 196 Price: Rs. 300/-

Reservation for Muslims; a historical perspective

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By S.M. Pasha,

Boycott, not burn: Protest by burning copies of Asomiya Pratidin will only make it...

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By Aman Wadud, A lot has been written after the barbaric attack on Charlie Hebdo killing 12 people. In its first edition after the attack, Charlie Hebdo published cartoon of a bearded old man holding a placard which says ‘Jesuis Charlie’ or ‘I am Charlie’, the cartoon is supposedly of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

Jai Hind: What have the Sanghis got against it?

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By Faraz Ahmad for TwoCircles.net Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted his party colleagues in his valedictory address to the BJP national executive, on Sunday, March...

जानिए कि दुनिया में मुस्लिम न होते तो क्या होता?

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net बीते दिनों भाजपा की सांसद साध्वी प्रज्ञा ने कहा कि देश कांग्रेसमुक्त तो हो गया अब इसे मुस्लिममुक्त बनाना है. ऐसे भी...

Collective failure in protecting the rights of migrant labourers

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Dr Farrukh Khan and Somya Mishra During this entire period of back-to-back 3 lockdowns and 4th version coming soon, if there is someone who has...

कांधों पर दर्द की गठरी लादे मेहनतकशों के लिए दर्दमंदी की चादर लेकर...

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मुसलसल चलने वालों के लिए भोपाल में मुसलसल जारी है ख़िदमत का दौर हाईवे पर दिन-रात मौजूद रहते हैं ख़िदमतगार खाना, पानी, दूध,...

How Muslims Have Gone Missing from All-Inclusive Bollywood Cinemas

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Zeba Afrin, TwoCircles.net Bollywood sells itself as India's voice, which is secular, universal and meant for all. But look closely, and something is missing. Or...

Hypocrisy of the Indian Media and Civil Society

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By Shehzad Poonawala,

गांव सुधारने निकले एक शख्स की अनोखी कहानी

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net कासगंज(उ.प्र.)यह बात कई खबरों का हिस्सा है और कई बार लिखी भी जाती रही है कि लोग कमाने के लिए गांवों...

5 Men arrested after 2006 train blasts acquitted by Mumbai court

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mumbai: City’s crime branch received a setback when a local esplanade court in the city acquitted all five persons who were...

जानिए, क्या सोचते हैं बनारस के हिन्दू रमज़ान और ईद के बारे में?

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net वाराणसी: रमज़ान अब ख़त्म हो रहा है. बस एक या दो रोज़ और. फिर ईद. फिर इबादत का यह माह एक साल...

How loopholes in Right to Education deny children the Right to Education

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By Asarul Haque Jeelani for TwoCircles.net The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 has communicated and executed free and compulsory...

Rampage around Film Padmavati: Power of Historical Fiction

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By Ram Puniyani Nearly an year ago multiple rowdy protests took place when the film Padmavati was being shot in Rajasthan. Sanjay Leela Bhansali had...

Never let a crisis go to waste

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By Artuk, TwoCircles.net Be it Judaism, Christianity or Islam - “Call of repentance” has been proclaimed by all the Abrahamic faiths in view of COVID19. ...

Coaching Culture hits IIT, but not the way Murthy thinks

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,

Ironies of History: Love-hate triangle among Israel, Iran and India

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,

Cherishing Jacinda Ardern as NZ ushers in new world order of high public morality

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By Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood  I cherish Jacinda Ardern as my daughter. At her very young age she has catapulted herself to the likes of...

Seven challenges before Narendra Modi

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By Ilma Afroz for TwoCircles.net, 1. Make In India: Zero Defect, Zero Effect? NarendraBhai announced this initiative from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort during his maiden Independence Day address. He wore a colourful turban and asked the community of nations to “Come! Make in India!”
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