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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

By Amulya Ganguli, IANS, The saffron brotherhood has generally been known for its unity. The reason is despite its long history - the Hindu supremacist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was founded in 1925 - its constituents have been late entrants to the corridors of power. As such, they did not have to contend with the pulls and pressures of competitive politics or internal personality clashes. It is only now that they have started experiencing such problems, which led to the split in the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.

By Sunil Adam, IANS,

By Bilal Y. Saab, Washington, DC - Papers around the world have speculated that Hosni Mubarak, the 82-year-old Egyptian president, is suffering from terminal stomach and pancreatic cancer and may not live to see the next presidential elections. This has once again raised the crucial question of political succession in Egypt, the Arab world's largest country and the most important Arab ally to the United States. Major shifts in Egyptian politics within the next year are needed to bring about change and usher in a new reformist era.

By Aminah Beverly McCloud, That there needs to be a conduit between America and the Muslim world for better communication is an understatement given the tensions between the two cultures. The American Muslim community is composed of two distinct groups – indigenous Americans and their children, and immigrants and their children.

By Vatsal Srivastava, The markets began 2014 looking to move in the direction of how two underlying themes play out - the "great rotation" and the "great normalisation". Asset managers were bullish on equities. Since the financial crisis, money had largely been pumped into debt and as a gradual recovery gathered pace, this "great rotation" would push equities higher (above their 2013 highs) as money flowed from bonds to stocks.

By Firoz Bakht Ahmed, IANS, Perhaps one of the most misunderstood religions in the world is that which Prophet Mohammad originally presented before us. I am not using the term 'Islam' because I, a dilettante in theology, know not what this term means in today's world.

By Sushma Ramachandran, IANS, The Indian automobile industry has come under global focus, ranking second only to China as the fastest growing market in the world. The spate of new launches by the auto majors and rising sales graphs over the past few months indicate that the fiscal stimulus seems to have worked wonders for this industry.

By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net, Bhopal: Stage is all set for the two-day 24th International Convention on Education and Gala Award Programme of AFMI, (American Federation...

By Syed Ali Mujtaba,

By Itir Akdogan For more than 40 years Turkey has been taking certain measures to reach the European Union criteria of a member state. As part of a drive to increase innovation in and access to technology, the EU has allocated more than 100 billion euros for the i2010 Programme to create a "Single European Information Space", in which innovation and investment in technology is a priority. Becoming an information society is one of the reforms Turkey is undertaking to increase its chances of joining the EU.

By Asghar Ali Engineer I got an invitation from Union Theological Seminar, New York to participate in a seminar on ‘Religion and Poverty’ whose convener was Paul Knitter on the occasion of his installation as the Dean of the Seminary, a noted scholar in his field, yet very humble person with pleasant personality. I welcomed this opportunity to speak on this subject on which I had written a great deal in the past under the title Liberation Theology in Islam. The seminar was from 18 to 21 February.

Srinagar : Normal life across the Kashmir valley was partially affected on Tuesday due to shutdown called by separatists to protest the killing of...

By Afroz Alam Sahil, In Bihar, the last phase of the 15th Lok Sabha elections is underway. For the first time, issues of development are prominent. During election campaigns, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has projected himself as the harbinger of development. And he also rapped the Centre on this issue saying the Central UPA Government is not giving the right attention to Bihar. And UPA leaders are alleging that Bihar’s development is due to the Centre’s money. But Nitish dismisses them as liars.

By M. Noushand for TwoCircles.net A.G. Noorani is a famous author of history books and a lawyer at Supreme Court of India. He recently visited Calicut to receive CH Muhammed Koya Foundation Award for eminent writers. He talked to M Noushad. You are a regular reviewer of history books. How do you assess the academic quality of history writing in India in comparison and contrast with the history projects in foreign countries, especially the west?

By Theodore H. Kattouf, CGNews, The recent compromise on power sharing in Lebanon spares the country further bloodshed, and allows its people to return to a modicum of normalcy. However, the underlying causes of the conflict remain, and Lebanon continues to be an arena where external powers play out their rivalries. Unless and until Syria and the United States reach a grand bargain, the Lebanese will continue to pay the price.

By N.P. Eshwar, IANS,

By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai : A former IAF officer whose only son disappeared after the 2004 tsunami hopes to find him in the next one...

By Faraz Ahmad If on May 16, the results of India’s general elections turn out to be as portrayed in the Exit Polls, it will...

By Syed Ali Mujtaba, The Parliamentary elections are a mandate to govern India. The issues in these elections are common to all the Indians and are of national importance. The expectation of the common man is to know the difference in policy prescription that the political parties have on the issue concerning the nation. They want to know the unique ideas political parties have on all such common issues and how different are they from their rivals in its solutions.

By Akhtar Hussain

By Srinivas Sajja, Shivaraj Singh Chouhan is the 3rd term Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from Bharatiya Janata Party, a soft spoken humble farmer turned politician with a Master’s degree in Philosophy. Mr. Chouhan has also been elected five times to Lok Sabha and three times to state legislature.

By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net On March 21, 2015, the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were celebrating Ugadi, the Telugu New Year. But for...

Gagan Sethi is the Managing Trustee of Jan Vikas, an NGO in Ahmedabad which has been active in the struggle for justice for the victims of the 2002 Gujarat genocide. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand he talks about his work. YS: Jan Vikas is said to have played an important role in the battle for justice for the victims of the Gujarat genocide of 2002. What has been the nature of this work?

New Delhi : Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday wrote to union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, saying the city government will not...

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, In about 45 days, we will know which collection of parties is going to form the next government in India. Indian elections are less about issues and more about voting blocks. While most voting blocks are tied to political parties organized on the basis of caste or regional identities there is one vote block that is up for grabs in every election or so it seems. Muslims who have been loyal Congress vote banks for a long time since Indian independence have for some time made it known that they will vote strategically at the local level that best serves their interests.

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

By Nasim Zehra In Pakistan insecurity and concern about a US attack is catching on. The only logical and plausible Pakistani response to such a possibility is for the government to publicly warn the US that all cooperation on anti-terrorism will immediate stop if the US violates international law and attacks Pakistani territory.

By Syed Ali Mujtaba, International relation is gravitating towards chaotic world order. The forces of conflict seem to be dominating over those supposedly mandated to maintain global peace. There seems to be conspiracy of silence by the guarantors of peace, as the perpetrators of violence are masquerading like free booters on rampage all over the world.