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India is a country like no other. For thousands of years, people of many cultures, languages, and religions have lived together on its land. Today, India is home to Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Jews, tribal religions, and many others. This diversity is not new. It has been part of India since ancient times. Some groups today claim that people who became Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, Muslims, or Christians “left” India or betrayed their heritage. They argue

by Dr. Aslam Abdullah There are people whose patriotism is loud—measured by slogans, speeches, and brief moments of public fervor. And there are those whose patriotism is quiet, steady, and lifelong. They do not wave flags; they lift people. They do not seek applause; they seek dignity for the forgotten. Among such rare figures stands Manzoor Ghori , founder of IMRC (Indian Muslim Relief & Charities) —a man whose work has touched thousands of lives across India, often without

Every modern nation tells a story about its birth. Some declare themselves forged in revolution; others claim civilization as their inheritance. India, however, was born out of something stranger, more fragile, more luminous: an idea. It was an idea stitched together by men and women who stood on the ruins of empire and dared to imagine a republic where religion would not determine destiny, caste would not imprison the soul, and power would be constrained by law. That idea wa

In the labyrinthine lanes of Old Delhi, where the aroma of kebabs mingles with the call to prayer and where Urdu couplets float like incense through the air, a boy named Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi was born in June 1947—the same summer when India stood on the trembling edge between colonial twilight and independent dawn. He was a child of thresholds—between two worlds, two centuries, two civilizational tempers. The city around him whispered of empires gone and revolutions sti

In the winding lanes of Old Delhi, amid the clamor of hawkers and the fragrance of kebabs, stands a monument that has outlived empires—the Anglo-Arabic School at Ajmeri Gate. It is not merely a school but a living chronicle of India’s educational awakening: a bridge between the Qur’an and calculus, between the mosque and the modern world, between tradition and the spirit of inquiry. The Visionary Founder: Ghazi-ud-Din Khan To understand the school’s soul, one must return to t

Based on 1931 Census Data Aslam Abdullah This document presents demographic projections for India's caste and religious population in...

They were young, energetic, and full of ambition. Many had come to the United States—the world’s leading superpower—equipped with strong...

Modi lost his magic in India and 62 parliament districts in the 2024 elections compared with 2019. His Hindu nationalist party, the BJP,...

Historians generally do not believe he existed in real life, yet there are 300 different versions of his story. Many devotees call him...

The largest Hindu temple outside India, BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham, has been inaugurated in New Jersey, the United States in the...

Sikhs are the new anti-national community in the eyes of RSS and Sanatan Dharm followers in India. The Indian intelligence, RAW, has...

Amid a controversy over his remarks at a conference in Chennai, Tamil Nadu sports minister Udhayanidhi Stalin reiterated his 'firm...

Sanatana Dharma is in the news these days after a young Tamil Nadu (South Indian State) minister called for the eradication of Sanatana...

India's Voice for Social Justice, Periyar Periyar and his close friend S. Ramanathan visited Mahatma Gandhi in Bangalore in 1927. Their...

An Upper-Caste Hindu teacher incites her Hindu students to strike a Muslim boy to get a multiplication table wrong. She spits her venom...

During a Hindu holy festival, nationalists attacked a mosque and hoisted a Hindu flag on its minaret under the protection of Police. What...

Hindu nationalists distribute this poster to provoke their community against Muslims and Islam in India. What happened in Mewat, a...

India's oppressed communities burn Manusmriti annually to challenge racism and bigotry. With one voice, India's religious minorities,...

Manipur is a northeastern Indian state that saw a decline of Hindus from 62 percent to 41 percent between 1961 and 2011. During the same...

An imaginary picture of Ram and Sita, the two Hindu mythological figures. Hindu nationalists, liberal intellectuals, and Christian...