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Syeda Hameed
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Prajwal Revanna case: Chairperson of National Commission for Women has failed the victimsSubscriber Only
May 15, 2024 18:11 IST
The writers of this article served as members of the NCW in the late 1990s. We have a fundamental question for the chairperson of the NCW: Has she forgotten her statutory powers? Has she forgotten that she can have no stakes in political parties?
Wed, May 15, 2024
100 years on, remembering Maulana Azad’s words on Hindu-Muslim unitySubscriber Only
December 11, 2023 11:45 IST
This week marks a century since his stirring speech at Delhi Congress session. Today, an endless darkness seems to have descended upon us.
Mon, Dec 11, 2023
Syeda Hameed and Martin Macwan write: Who pays the price for hate?Subscriber Only
August 22, 2023 17:27 IST
A Muslim topper student is denied her due in Gujarat, an incendiary speech in the heart of the capital meet with no FIRs. We hope that a tsunami of our fraternity rises to drain the lethal poison engulfing our beloved country.
Tue, Aug 22, 2023
G20 in Kashmir: A photo-op inside a darknessSubscriber Only
May 25, 2023 17:38 IST
As someone born in Kashmir, I suffer with the people of my land. They have suffered too much, for too long
Thu, May 25, 2023
Why we need to remember the Muslims who raised their voice for a united IndiaSubscriber Only
May 11, 2023 15:53 IST
In the run-up to 2024, with the pendulum poised between a secular or theocratic state, we need to revisit this forgotten chapter of history
Thu, May 11, 2023
Syeda Hameed writes: Why NCERT books need to acknowledge Maulana AzadSubscriber Only
April 16, 2023 13:28 IST
Today, India is experiencing deadly convulsions within the currents of politics of hate. Azad’s words spoken at the 1940 Congress Convention about the ‘joint wealth of Hindu-Muslim ittehad’ are confronted with distorting history via school curriculums and calls for violence against Muslim genocide at ‘Dharam’ Sansads
Sun, Apr 16, 2023
Syeda Hameed writes: The deafening silence of those who need to speak about Junaid and Nasir and the torn pages of a Bible in Pragati MaidanSubscriber Only
March 03, 2023 18:45 IST
What does this mean in the wider context? May 2024? G20? India’s image before the world?
Mon, Mar 06, 2023
Syeda Hameed writes | Row over Allama Iqbal song in Bareilly school: I hold this book, this poet, as my lodestar. Will you declare me anti-national?Subscriber Only
December 26, 2022 14:30 IST
May there be many more teachers in our schools like Naheed and Wazeeruddin to tell our school children the real meaning of India
Mon, Dec 26, 2022
Muslim Women’s Rights Day is a farceSubscriber Only
August 05, 2021 03:06 IST
Syeda Hameed writes: Since 2014, both men and women from the community have been victimised.
Thu, Aug 05, 2021
How a translation of Ismat Chughtai’s last book ‘Qatra-e-Khoon’ offers a lesson in universal resistanceSubscriber Only
August 16, 2020 06:30 IST
'One Drop of Blood' strikes a discordant note in the life and work of the irrepressible writer.
Sat, Aug 15, 2020
Ayodhya bhoomi pujan ceremony may gladden many hearts. But will it gladden the heart of the deity?Subscriber Only
August 05, 2020 03:04 IST
With the razing of Babri, Muslims stepped on the road which would lead a decade later to Gujarat 2002, to lynchings, pogroms, riots, killings, incarceration, to the Ayodhya judgment in 2019 and finally, the Bhoomi Pujan.
Wed, Aug 05, 2020
Lessons from ChristchurchSubscriber Only
March 28, 2019 02:48 IST
In India, secular parties need to invoke the freedom struggle’s inclusive ideals
Thu, Mar 28, 2019
Abul Kalam Azad, the lodestarSubscriber Only
March 28, 2018 00:08 IST
Abul Kalam Azad’s commitment to religion, the nation, lights the path for Muslims, secular Hindus
Wed, Mar 28, 2018
No country for AfrazulSubscriber Only
December 12, 2017 00:26 IST
Today Rajsamand is no faraway place. And the Shambhulals know they can get away with murder
Tue, Dec 12, 2017
At Home, in SchoolSubscriber Only
October 28, 2017 01:07 IST
How the experience of education in a Delhi school collides with the culture of their homes for a bunch of young Muslim girls
Sat, Oct 28, 2017
Rahim’s synthesisSubscriber Only
October 28, 2017 00:05 IST
In polarised times, Abdur Rahim could be a national icon for his syncretism
Sat, Oct 28, 2017
Every Move You MakeSubscriber Only
June 03, 2017 06:20 IST
A biography of Sonal Mansingh highlights her ceaseless struggle to lead life on her own terms
Sat, Jun 03, 2017
Words In Times Of ViolenceSubscriber Only
March 10, 2017 00:04 IST
Lahore Lit Fest was affected by terror attacks. Its resilience is admirable.
Fri, Mar 10, 2017
This Land is My LandSubscriber Only
October 22, 2016 00:23 IST
A book analyses how the Muslim came to be identified as the “other” in India.
Sat, Oct 22, 2016
Just keep the faithSubscriber Only
August 30, 2016 00:00 IST
Islam does not discriminate in allowing entry to places of worship. Yet, the Bombay High Court judgment upholding Muslim women’s right to enter the Haji Ali Dargah was constrained to invoke the constitution.
Tue, Aug 30, 2016
This Farkhunda MomentSubscriber Only
May 20, 2015 00:02 IST
Her death has raised voices of sanity against marauders in the name of religion.
Wed, May 20, 2015
Planning for a new IndiaSubscriber Only
August 16, 2014 00:37 IST
New body must retain the Commission’s mechanisms for Centre-state discussion
Sat, Aug 16, 2014Living next door to fearSubscriber Only
April 06, 2013 03:39 IST
Karachi and Lahore are cities that at once breathe life,youth and terror
Sat, Apr 06, 2013Kokrajhar to BangaloreSubscriber Only
August 18, 2012 03:32 IST
The wretched are hurting the wretched,and the only gainers are the fundamentalists
Sat, Aug 18, 2012The Guwahati framesSubscriber Only
July 18, 2012 00:18 IST
Election 2014 should be fought on the issue of violence against women
Wed, Jul 18, 2012Journalism of Courage
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