New Delhi, India – It was the month of Ramadan in 1974, and the northern metropolis of Lucknow, a hub of India’s Shia neighborhood, was on the boil. Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, a stalwart of India’s then-ruling Indian Nationwide Congress celebration, had taken over because the chief minister of the state of Uttar Pradesh, whose capital…
Divisions on the appropriate between those that consider in a worldwide system backed by US navy energy and others who see that system as a drain on US assets will not be new. That schism has continued for many years. The latter group, which has typically included ultra-nativist and racist figures, was pushed additional to…
Khan Mohammad Mallah, Sindh, Pakistan – Asifa* was sitting on the cool earthen flooring of her household’s residence when her dad and mom entered the room. The solar had begun to set over the small village of 250 households nestled within the coronary heart of Pakistan’s southeastern Sindh province, casting a heat glow over the…
In October 2024, when director-producer Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions was gearing up nervously for the discharge of its Hindi-language movie Jigra [Courage] in theatres, few knew that the 45-year-old manufacturing home, which has made a few of India’s most liked movies, had been struggling to outlive. Since 2019, most of Dharma’s movies had not accomplished…
Imphal, India – Each time 13-year-old Selina Mairembam tries to write down or eat along with her proper hand, the ache and the scars remind her of the day she was almost killed by a bomb. She was knocked out immediately. When she awoke, there was blood in every single place. For a second, she…
When Maydul Hassan was first mugged, he thought he had hit all-time low. However inside every week, the 21-year-old scholar was battered and robbed once more – this time, in entrance of the police, who, in line with Hassan, stood by and did nothing. Hassan, who participated in final yr’s student-led rebellion that helped unseat…
However the movie has discovered resonance within the current in addition to the previous, as Brazil grapples with the fallout of a modern-day coup try. Simply final month, President Lula marked the second anniversary of a riot in Brasilia’s Three Powers Plaza, the place protesters had hoped to spark one other army rebellion. Hundreds of…
On January 29, MPs from the far-right Various for Germany (AfD) clustered round 46-year-old get together chief Alice Weidel in parliament taking selfies. Weidel, wearing a white rollneck and navy blazer, gave a reticent however pleased-looking smile on the digicam. Moments earlier, AfD had made historical past. For the primary time since coming into the…
The Nation of Islam minister was a polarising determine who advocated for Black separatism, self-defence and cultural delight
Hours earlier than Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to the White Home, President Donald Trump introduced that america would levy reciprocal tariffs on its buying and selling companions. It might hardly have come at a more durable time for India, which is already pressed by a slowing financial system and sluggish demand. At…
