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Post-Bihar Poll: Where do we go from here?

A Short Take By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam The Bihar elections have delivered a staggering blow to the NDA. They may not be a game-changer, but they certainly point to possibilities of a better performance by a secular front in the future. The havoc BJP and its Sangh affiliates have created over the last 18 months is there for all of us to see. That what is called “intolerance” is a fact of life is reflected not only in award returns by some of our brightest talents, it is also there in the huge protest rallies against it in London. However, calling what is being wreaked upon the weak in India mere “intolerance” is like calling Hitler, Mother Teresa. This is not the appropriate word to describe our situation as Arundhati says, “Lynching, shooting, burning is not just intolerance”. The Institute of Objective Studies expects from our experienced and excellent journalists, academics and writers, who have a wide experience of the world, whose insights are sharply honed, ...

Bihar sets the trend

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By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam With their political maturity and fresh thinking the people of Bihar have set a trend which is likely to be followed in other state assembly elections in near future. This trend shows that the electorate has moved away from identity politics and anti-Muslim hysteria of Parliament elections. Not that the BJP did not try to recreate its familiar magic by demonizing Muslims. Amit Shah, who is a past master at divisive, hate-driven politics, tried his old tricks like making insinuations about the “enemy”. In Raxaul, on the Indo-Nepalese border, he spread the canard that the area was a hotbed of “terrorism.” Champaran Satyagrah He tried to subtly suggest that the Muslim population in Champaran (from where Gandhiji launched the freedom struggle) was involved in terrorism, while the fact is that not a single person from the area has been accused of terrorism, much less involved in a court case regarding it. And, naturally, there is no quest...

Tipu Sultan

👇🏻 Who is "TIPU SULTAN" ಯಾರು ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್...? ✅ದೇಶ ಕಂಡ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಮಹಾನ್ ದೊರೆ ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್... ✅ದೇಶದ ಪ್ರಪ್ರಥಮ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರ ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್.. ✅40,000 ಚ, ಮೈಲಿ ಇದ್ದ ಮೈಸೂರ್ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು 80,000ಚ,ಮೈಲಿ ವಿಸ್ತಾರ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು, ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್ ✅ಈಗಿನ ಕೆ. ಆರ್. ಎಸ್ ಜಲಾಶೆಯ ನೀಲಿ ನಕ್ಷೆ ತಯಾರಿಸಿದ್ದು, ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್ ✅ದಲಿತರಿಗೆ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಬಹಿಷ್ಕಾರ ತಡೆದಿದ್ದು , ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್.. ✅ದಲಿತ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರಿಗೆ ಅರೆ ಬೆತ್ತಲೆ ಉಡುಪು ಉಡಿಸುವ ಮೇಲ್ವರ್ಗದ ದೌರ್ಜನ್ಯವನ್ನು ತಡೆದಿದ್ದು, ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್... ✅ಈ ನಾಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ರೇಷ್ಮೆಯನ್ನು ತಂದು, ಲಕ್ಷಾಂತರ ರೈತರನ್ನು ಲಾಭದಾಯಕ ಕೃಷಿ ಮಾಡಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು, ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್ ✅ಮಸೀದಿ ಮುಂದೆ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ...ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನದ ಮುಂದೆ ಮಸೀದಿ... ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿ ಕೋಮು ಸೌಹಾರ್ದತೆಗೆ ಉತ್ತಮ ಉದಾಹರಣೆ ನೀಡಿದ್ದು, (ಶ್ರೀರಂಗಪಟ್ಟಣ, ತಾಳವಾಡಿ) ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್ ✅ಮರಾಠರು (ಹಿಂದುಗಳೇ) ಹಿಂದುಗಳ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಸ್ಥಳವಾದ ಶೃಂಗೇರಿಯ ಶಾರದಾ ಪೀಠವನ್ನು ಧ್ವಂಸಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಲೂಟಿ ಗೈದಿದ್ದರು, ಅದರ ರಕ್ಷಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಫಲವಾದ ಟಿಪ್ಪು, ಕ್ಷಮೆ ಕೋರಿ,ಅದರ ದುರಸ್ತಿ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಜೀರ್ಣೋದ್ಧಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಹಕಾರ ನೀಡಿದ್ದು, ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್ ✅ಇಡೀ ವಿಶ್ವದಲ್ಲೇ ಮೊಟ್ಟ ಮೊದಲ ಕ್ಷಿಪಣಿ ತಯಾರಕ, ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್ ✅ ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್...

Message of Unity

💥پیغام اتحاد ہے جهاں تک پہونچے💥 🔨بلا کسی تے ایک فکر ایک اتحادی پیغام نوجوانان اسلام کےنام ہماری سب سے بڑی کمزوری یہ ہے کہ ہمارے اندر سے جماعتی نظام مفقود ہوگیا ہے ہمیں ضرورت ہے ایک جماعت بنکر رہنے کی ہمیں ضرورت ہے ایمان و یقین کے ساتہ ساتھ بصارت و بصیرت کی اور اس درد کو تڑپ کو کڑہن کو امام الہند مولانا ابوالکلام آزاد رح نے اپنے رخصت ہوجانے تک محسوس کیا اور اپنی سحر انگیز خطابت میں ہمیشہ یہی فرمایا کرتے تھے (کہ محض جماعتی قوت کی نمائش کا کوئ فائدہ نہی کمیٹیاں تشکیل دی جائیں کانفرنسیں منعقد کروائ جائیں یہ تمام تر اجتماعی نمائشیں ہیں جن پر بهیڑ کا اطلاق تو ہوسکتا ہے جماعت کا نہی بهیڑ اور جماعت میں فرق ہے بهیڑ بازار میں دیکهی جاسکتی ہے جب کوئ تماشہ ہورہا ہو جماعت جمعہ کے دن مسجدوں میں دیکهی جاسکتی ہے جب ہزاروں انسانوں کی منظم اور مرتب صفیں ایک مقصد، ایک جهت، اور ایک حالت، ایک ہی امام کے پیچھے مجتمع ہوجاتی ہے اس کے علاوہ نہ تو جماعت ہے اور نہ امت اور نہ قوم اور نہ اجتماع اینٹیں ہوسکتی ہیں مگر دیوار نہی کنکر ہوسکتے ہیں مگر پہاڑ نہی قطرے ہوسکتے ہیں مگر دریا نہی) آج ہم کڑیوں کی شکل...

Victory for the Grand Alliance. Mahagathbandhan ki MahaJeet.

 Congratulations to the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar. It is a victory for the lesser evil, but a good lesson for polarising BJP leaders such as Sakshi Maharaj and Yogi Adityanath. I hope that at least now, the Prime Minister will ensure that these hate mongers are not allowed to dominate the agenda. That polarisation doesn’t always help win votes is clear. When Arun Shourie expressed his disappointment with the NDA’s declining popularity, it was brushed aside by BJP leaders due to overconfidence. The Delhi Assembly results, coming so soon after a spectacular show by the BJP in the general elections, should have warned the party that there is a silent undercurrent moving against it coming to power in States. Its election strategy should have focused on gaining the confidence of voters and not on personalised campaigning. The BJP failed to see the warning signals and has paid the price. The outlook is gloomy for the BJP. This results is clear message to either improve governance or...

Murder is no ordinary issue

by Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam The Dussehra address of the RSS chief is by now an established ritual to which Hindutva votaries look forward with great excitement and expectation. Even common Indians, not affiliated to the Sangh, are interested in it as it shows the Sangh mind and its prospective targets among religious minorities. This year’s address was no different as it subtly hinted at the Sangh’s attitude towards the victims of its myriads of secondary organisations. Under the NDA government different kinds of attacks on Muslims and Christians have grown tremendously. With the Sangh propaganda against Muslims and Christians at peak, functionaries of Sangh’s affiliate organisations have created havoc. Anti-minorities venom has been spread all over the country and riots have become a common occurrence. On one hand, over the last 16 months or so, the Sangh has brainwashed Dalits against Muslims and used them in anti-Muslim violence, on the other, Dalit women have been publicly ...