Salman rushdie

Rushdie could lose an eye; Nabbed attacker in early 20s

Newsbred Staff - August 13, 2022

Author Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and abdomen at a literary event in New York, US, on Friday. The 75-year-old author is...

Yeti Narsinghanand Saraswati: ‘I promise I can’t be beheaded’

Ashish Shukla - April 13, 2021

I watched Jaipur Dialogues last night. Yeti Narsinghanand Saraswati was in conversation with Sanjay Dixit, a bureaucrat, extremely popular on social media. The head...

Pratap Bhanu Mehta saga: Students, can’t you see the irony

Ashish Shukla - March 22, 2021

This piece is addressed to students of Ashoka University on strike today. Not to Left or Right as such. You are upset that Pratap...

“BJP would be a clear winner in Bengal due to Mamata’s Muslim appeasement”

Newsbred Staff - November 21, 2020

Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress (TMC) would bite the dust in the West Bengal assembly elections in April-May 2021 and the Bharatiya Janata...

Attempt to browbeat the legal system on Umar Khalid, say Judges in anguish

Newsbred Staff - September 25, 2020

Activist student Umar Khalid has some celebrities coming out in support of him after he has been arrested by the Delhi Police in connection...

Prophet Muhammad movie in Indian homes is an edgy affair

Ashish Shukla - July 14, 2020

Nobody knows how the debut of movie “Muhammad, Messenger of God” in Indian homes next week would be reacted to by millions of Indian...

Indian Muslims, next time you hold aloft anti-CAA banner, remember this for your own good

Ashish Shukla - July 7, 2020

I guess there is little avoiding the anti-CAA protests once Corona pandemic goes as unannounced as it came in 2020. A Shaheen Bagh here, a...

Abusing Hanuman: Where’s the leash to deter the barking Netflix

Ashish Shukla - June 9, 2020

I once heard Salman Rushdie say: “I might be indifferent to religion but if it acts as a balm to billions, who am I...

Western Media: Modi’s new India has learnt to ignore the barking dogs

Ashish Shukla - November 21, 2019

Who’s afraid of Western media? Certainly not Modi’s India. The telltale signs of recent times convey a stunning departure from India of old when...

Christchurch attack: Past is casting a long shadow on present and future

Ashish Shukla - March 16, 2019

Basic facts about the horrific Christchurch attack are thus in order: On Friday, a gunman strolled into a mosque on Deans Ave, and live...

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