Category Archives: South Asia

How Sunil Dutt’s uncle and Inzamam-ul-Haq’s family were saved during Partition violence

Posted on August 12, 2017 by kf1

During the dark years of Nazi rule in Germany, there were Germans who overcame their fears of the Schutzstaffel, or SS – a paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party – and Gestapo, the state secret police, to … Continue reading →

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Body politic: Women in the cinema of Partition – Feryal Ali Gauhar

Posted on August 7, 2017 by kf1

Jimi Mistry and Kristin Kreuk in Partition (2007) | IMDb The cinematic experience is a gratifying hoax, predicated on a suspension of disbelief. We are convinced that all the disparate elements contributing to the production of a filmic experience – … Continue reading →

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U.S. Misreads Pakistan’s Antifragility by L. ALI KHAN

Posted on July 19, 2017 by kf1

Pakistan thrives on disorder and adversity, pursuing Nassim Taleb’s notion of antifragility. In India, Pakistan is bemoaned as a failed terrorist state. In Washington D.C., Pakistan is smeared as a duplicitous state, a posturing friend in the guise of a … Continue reading →

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Modi’s visit to Israel is an extension of his anti-Muslim politics

Posted on July 5, 2017 by kf1

On May 16, 2014, when the result of the Indian general election was announced, I was in Israel for a lecture tour. Narendra Modi’s victory prompted me to spend that day in Jaffa, the ancient port city in the southern … Continue reading →

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Modi in Israel: I am aghast as an Indian, ashamed as a secular Jew – KAMAL MITRA CHENOY

Posted on July 5, 2017 by kf1

There has been a long-standing demand among Zionists, Jews dedicated to a homeland for the Jews scattered throughout the world. After World War I, the British government sent Lord Balfour in 1917 to grant the Zionists a part of Palestine … Continue reading →

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When Israeli Fighter Jets Almost Killed Nehru by VIJAY PRASHAD

Posted on May 21, 2017 by kf1

May 15th is Nakba Day, the Day of Catastrophe for the Palestinians. In 1948, that was the date when the Israeli State began to emerge and three quarters of a million Palestinians were ejected from their land. The term Nakba … Continue reading →

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India No.1 on global blasts list with 406 bombings… MORE than Iran, Afghanistan, Syria and Pakistan

Posted on February 25, 2017 by kf1

The new report from the National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC) states that there were 406 explosions in India India had the world’s highest number of bombings last year, even more than war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan Jammu and Kashmir saw an … Continue reading →

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India’s High Court Favors Nationalism Over Democracy – Noah Feldman

Posted on January 12, 2017 by kf1

India’s constitutional democracy has always struggled to tame the country’s religious and caste divisions, especially during elections. The Supreme Court of India has now issued an important ruling that makes things worse, not better. On the surface, the court struck … Continue reading →

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Reality Check: Aung San Suu Kyi’s shameful silence on the Rohingya – UpFront

Posted on December 5, 2016 by kf1
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Watch: RJ Naved Tries to Stir Tension Between Hindus and Muslims, Gets Schooled

Posted on November 2, 2016 by kf1

RJ Naved from Radio Mirchi, popular for his witty segment ‘Murga’, released a video of a social experiment he conducted recently in Delhi. The video, that has since gone viral, shows him pretending to stir communal tension between Hindus and Muslims. … Continue reading →

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