Partition

#BaBaMilGaye!!! and what this means to me!

Veeresh Malik - May 18, 2022

My late parents were neighbours in their home town, which is now in West Pakistan, but were from different castes. In addition, one parent...

“Why I left Islam? And thousands more would do if there was no fear!”

Bhumika Arora - January 1, 2022

(Waseem Rizvi was once chairman of the Shia Central Waqf Board of Uttar Pradesh. He has now converted to Hinduism with a new avatar—Jitendra...

UK is willing to shell out $800,000 so that Lord and Lady Mountbatten’s secrets remain a secret

Panchmukha - November 19, 2021

What is the cost of keeping a secret? The UK government is paying 600,000 pounds (around $800,000) for the same purpose. The secret: Diaries of...

Sorry Khurshid, your “Hindutva” card is beginning to sound a badge of honour

Ashish Shukla - November 17, 2021

Salman Khurshid says in Indian Express: No one demolished Babri Masjid.; No one lynched Pehlu Khan and Akhlaq; No one killed women and children in Naroda Patiya...

Why do we not speak about the horrors of Partition? PM Modi says we should

Newsbred Staff - August 14, 2021

Nobody speaks of horror of the Partition anymore. The tragedy, at the creation of Pakistan, led to movements across the border after violence unleashed...

Mamata’s Khela Diwas falls on same day as the one of Hindus’ nightmare in history

Newsbred Staff - July 21, 2021

Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that “Khela Diwas” will be celebrated on August 16, the uncanny evocation of Muslim League’s...

A Sikh girl in Kashmir Valley: Where are you on the two sides of divide?

Ashish Shukla - June 30, 2021

Let’s say there are two sides to divide on a recent Sikh girl’s marriage to a Muslim in the Kashmir Valley. Let’s define them...

How to make money in India: What these two individuals know is invaluable

Veeresh Malik - June 12, 2021

Why Mamata can’t stand ‘Jai Shri Ram’: It’s more than just her anathema to BJP

Debjani Bhattacharyya - February 7, 2021

West Bengal politics is again is in the grips of slogans. While West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is hypersensitized by ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogan,...

Protesting farmers and a friendly neighbourhood: How deadly is cocktail?

Ashish Shukla - February 3, 2021

So many Balidan, Shradhanjali and Sadbhavana Diwas etc after, so many talks after, so many rallies after, Republic Day after, things haven’t moved an...

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