NRI saga goes back over 2,500 years
For most of the new NRI generation, the Indian migration started about 60 years or 100 years at the most. But this saga goes back over 2,500 years ago much before Biblical times to distant shores of Africa, South-East Asia and the Far East. Considering that they travelled by sailboats into uncharted seas in voyages that took months to the Far East, it remains a humongous achievement.
The misery of Diego Garcia’s Cold War exiles
Chagos islanders - exiles from a forgotten Indian Ocean archipelago now used as a US military base - have won an appeal in the British courts that allows them to return to their homeland.
Who will occupy the palace on Raisina Hill?
Since A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is an accidental president, it is not surprising that he doesn't have the support of any major political party for another term.
Husain in exile reflects cultural decadence
NRIs and Blair: Curry and Custard
During the 10 years of Prime Minister Tony Blair's rule in Britain, NRIs never had it so good. Or did they? As Indians in Britain bid goodbye to Blair and get ready to welcome Gordon Brown, they take stock of the decade gone by and wonder how will they fare in future.
Sociology of Muslim deprivation: some thoughts in the context of the Sachar Committee Report
Find locally relevant solutions to global environmental problems
A recently published report of the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) has identified the livestock sector as a major contributor to global warming, land and air pollution and loss of biodiversity with an implied hint that at fault is mostly the developmental efforts of the poor nations.
If the Finns could do it, why can’t we?
This is a tale of two frontiers - and of forgiveness and animosity. It's a tale of two countries geographically as far removed as the desert is from the snow; of one nation where pragmatism is the cornerstone and of another where an antagonistic mindset has come in the way of moving forward for the common good of its citizens.
Oil pricing – between devil and deep blue sea
India and overseas Indians are truly unstoppable
When I left India 25 years ago, it was for my higher education. Like so many of my friends and contemporaries, I saw opportunities overseas and followed them. Indeed, part of the reason I came to Britain was that three generations of family members had come to Britain to study, and so it was very much a natural choice for me as well.
Uttar Pradesh election- a postmortem
Third anniversary of a jaded government
Unlike at the time of its first and second anniversaries, the Manmohan Singh government appears jaded and weighed down with multiple burdens as it completes its third year in office.
Making India a righteous and just society
The three circles of American Muslims
By Anis Hoda
Stars, stripes and the Crescent : a series on American Muslims.
In the end, Assam is the loser
Punjab’s religious clash has political overtones
kahiN bamiyan na ho jaaye khajuraho
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नासिरूदà¥?दीन हैदर खॉंÂ
Thoughts On UP Elections 2007
BSP supremo Mayawati was sworn in as the 40th chief minister of Uttar Pradesh on 13th May. She is leading the most populous Indian state for the fourth time.
‘Kashmir issue is political not religious’: Maulana Jalaluddin Umri
NRIs can gift cars online, no extra charge for blessings!
When an NRI buys his first new car on returning to India, he knows that he has made it.
Rights of Minorities under the Constitution of India
Three factors that influenced Uttar Pradesh elections
Pakistan creates army commands to mollify restive military
What is in BJP’s CD: script in Hindi
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The importance of being Mayawati
Lesser known heroes of India’s first war of Independence (1857)
A new EU constitution – a matter of the right packaging?
Role of madrasas in the 1857 War of Independence
Gen. Jacob, don’t twist the reality of Bangladesh
Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob - or Jake as he is popularly known - is a delightful person. Intelligent, witty and eccentric, one has to be fully alert to keep in step with him. Of late, however, whenever one meets him, usually in the library of the United Services Institute, one is dismayed to note that he is so full of himself and obsessed with his role in the liberation of Bangladesh.
An Islamic scholar who served in olive green uniform
Value of Hussain: life, not painting
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नासिरूदà¥?दीन हैदर खॉंÂ
Say no to condomned sex
Geopolitics and oil supply disruption: Is India prepared?
Rabindranath Tagore – his work will live for generations
If one individual is to be singled out for representing the values and traditions of India from the ancient times to the modern age, it cannot be any one other than Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941).
Summer safaris and spirituality for NRIs
Rahul Gandhi prepares ground for a political future
Investigating Mehdi Foundation’s beliefs and claims
SEZs: Government must clear misgivings before moving ahead
By Sushma Ramachandran
IANS
The controversy over the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) appears to be unending with the latest agitation at Nandigram highlighting the depth of feeling in this country over these new entities. The disturbances have taken place even though West Bengal has dropped the idea of SEZs for Nandigram and Singur.
Can NRIs celebrate India’s trillion-dollar economy?
By Kul Bhushan
IANS
If an American NRI visits India now, his dollars will buy much less. This is because the Indian rupee has strengthened against the dollar since 2002, crossing the watershed of Rs.41 to one dollar last week.
Gujarat’s killer cops reflect a communal mindset
By Amulya Ganguli
IANS
Five years after the communal riots in Gujarat, during which a secret collusion between the Narendra Modi government and the police against the Muslims was suspected, several police officers of the state have again been accused of killing Muslims in cold blood.
Fundamentalists – of love and hate
The attack on a Christian priest allegedly by members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the evangelistic zeal demonstrated by the victim right after the assault April 29 in Jaipur brings to light the contrast between the Hindutva and Christian "fundamentalism" in our country.
Islamic ethics and inter-faith relations
In today’s global village a major challenge is that of relations between different peoples and communities. According to the rules of nature, familiarity should breed love, not contempt or conflict. However, precisely the opposite is happening today. This is because the links that are being established today across cultures through new technological innovations are artificial, not real. They have been brought about by external changes and circumstances.
Army and the peace process in Kashmir
advertising war in UP for Muslim votes
 मà¥?सà¥?लिम वोटों के लिà¤? इशà¥?â€?तेहारी जंगÂ
नसीरूद�दीन
बेचारा बनाकर रख दिया
Mayawati’s social engineering proving successful
The Muslim Ulema and status of women
By Asghar Ali Engineer
The other day I read a news item in the Urdu daily from Mumbai Inquilab about the coming session of Muslim Personal Law Board. I was utterly shocked to read that Personal Law Board is worried that the Government of India has passed a law against domestic violence whereas our ‘Ulema and fuqaha’ (jurists) have always permitted beating of women. According to the law against domestic violence Muslim men have lost right to beat their wives.
A step forward with TwoCircles.net
By TwoCircles editorial teamA year ago, in the month of May, we set on a journey to unknown future. We had budget for six months of minimum operation but were hopeful that somehow we will pull it through. Even then it was an uncertain future, but we just wanted to show that it can be done. Muslims can have their own media and their own voice in the ever increasing din of media.