It struck me that the West Indian historian, C L R James' analysis of history reveals extraordinary insight. He wrote: "The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious... read more →
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Coleridge long ago said poets were humankind's unacknowledged legislators. But if you care to read further you might agree with me that novelists too could enjoy this privileged position. Recently,... read more →
The winds of change of change, however blusteringly, have ushered in a new vice-chancellor at Darul Uloom Deoband with the appointment of Mawlana Ghulam Vastanvi. While the world's attention was... read more →
The recent assassination... read more →