The Age of Triple Standards
Vol. XLIV No.27
Date: December 17, 2006
Make Full Use of Friday Sermons for Social Reform: Dr
An Islamic society rests on the strong foundations of righteousness and piety, mutual love and care, brotherhood and sacrifice. But these values are eroding fast; we have to restore them…
Serious Apprehension
“When there is a will there is a way, but when there is no will there is a survey.” The Sachar Committee Report is just at a stone’s throw from…
A Spurious Award
I am surprised by the report about the conferral of World Medal of Freedom to Professor G.K. Sheikh of Jammu by The American Biographical Institute (Radiance, 19-25 November).
Team India’s Rough Patch
Why is it so difficult for us to accept that Team India is going through a collective rough patch? We don’t shout at our politicians for years of non-performance, for…
Atomic Watch in Space
It refers to media-reports about fixing an atomic watch in space to regulate time accurately in all parts of the world! But before fixing any such watch, metric unit of …
Praying for Truth
Once, a couple of young ladies knocked at my door. They wanted to offer me Christianity and save my soul. I listened to them patiently and respectfully and asked a…
Iran and ‘Remaking the Middle East’
DR. FATIMA SHAHNAZ reveals the three-pronged strategy of the neo-cons vis-à-vis Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s wait-and-watch policy.
Incurable Prejudice
Prejudice and discrimination have been bane of many a society. Unfortunately India has been a major claimant of these negative qualities. And perhaps it is the only society which legitimised…
The Age of Triple Standards Why Blame Politicians Alone?
SOROOR AHMED analyses three recent judgements and wonders whether our legal system is pro-rich, pro-upper caste and anti-poor, anti-backward, anti-tribal, anti-Dalit, anti-Muslim.
