The police have cordoned off certain Muslim areas close to Charminar in Hyderabad and have begun the operations to go to every house and demand to see documents including Aadhaar cards and vehicle registration documents. They were asking details about children, their schools and whether they owned the houses they were staying in or they […]
How ‘Practicing Religion’ On ‘Public Places’ Can Violate The Law?
In India, both the freedom to practice religion and the right against noise pollution are protected by the Constitution, and no Indian citizen are allowed to violate this law. While traveling to my hometown in July, I got stuck in a massive traffic jam caused by kanwariya — the devotees of the god Shiva. Not […]
Telangana Civic Poll Aspirants Already Started Luring People With Liquor And Money
While many aspirants are approaching voters to exercise ballot in their favour, some of the candidates have gone a step ahead and are distributing liquor and money in a bid to woo the electors. Enthusiasts, whether belonging to ruling TRS or Congress and BJP, have already started canvassing for themselves in a bid to win […]
Why Telangana Govt Keeps Mum Over MHA’s ‘Detention Centre’ Orders?
It is evident that BJP government is quite keen to construct a detention centre in Hyderabad and in Telangana state as a part of infiltration and illegal immigrants flow is high since last decade. As the time flows, the pressure from the Centre grows on state government. At last, when a letter from the ministry […]
Hyderabad’s ‘Salafi-Barelwi’ Tussle Needs To Be Contained Before It Turns Into Conflict
The rift between two Muslim groups in the city – the Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadith (AH) and the Ahl-e-Sunnat ul Jamaat (ASJ) – has come out in the open. A series of incidents in a little over two years has ensured this. The latest was the tussle between adherents the AH, popularly known as Salafis, described as hardline […]
Hyderabad’s ‘Rohingya Refugees’ Are Fearful Of Speaking Out As CAA Protests Roils
Described as the world’s most persecuted minority, India’s ‘Rohingya refugees’ are fearful of speaking out against India’s controversial new citizenship law which specifically excludes them. Mohammed Zubair pointed at a blue tin gate guarding a plot of land on which construction was busily afoot. A year ago, in 2018, the vacant plot served as a […]
Disabled Children ‘Partially Buried’ By Parents To Get Cured By ‘Solar Eclipse’ Power In Karnataka
In a bizarre incident that stems from eccentric and unscientific beliefs, several parents with support from villagers half-buried their disabled children in Kalaburagi district’s Taj Sultanpur in Karnataka. This was on being told that by such a step their children would be healed of their physical ailments because of solar eclipse miracle. Parents put their […]
‘Custodial Killings’ Are An Alibi For Failure Of Governance In Telangana
The early morning execution of four rape suspects in Hyderabad on the 6th of December this year was actually a custodial killing, and it was bad enough; what was worse, however, was the jubilatory response to it. When the President of a constitutional democracy publicly asserts that child sex offenders should not be allowed a […]
Has Modi Govt Always Denied NPR-NRC Link?
The BJP-led government claimed the National Population Register (NPR) had nothing to do with the controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC). “NPR has nothing to do with the NRC,” said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar while announcing that the government has approved over Rs 3,900 crore for carrying out the updating process of the NPR next […]
Overflowing Drainage Stagnation, Stench Assaults Visitors To ‘Historic Charminar’ In Hyderabad
Hundreds of visitors who thronged the historic Charminar on weekend had an obnoxious welcome as the entire area was reeking of nasty stench that emanated from an overflowing drainage that left the newly laid road right in front of the monument soaked in sewerage water. Visitors in large numbers were seen struggling along the narrow […]