Tag: Community
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PM Modi visits Indore’s Saifee Mosque, praises Dawoodi Bohra community
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the Dawoodi Bohra community during an event at Indore's Saifee Mosque where he had come to attend Ashara Mubaraka, which is the commemoration of martyrdom of Imam Hussain.
September 14, 2018 -
A holistic approach
Design schools must play a crucial role in furthering the cause of sustainability by strategically striking the perfect balance between aesthetics and functionality.
September 11, 2018 -
Study of religions needs a humanist approach
Religious experience has been a profound phenomenon in human history in terms of holding beliefs, adopting a religious language, and interpreting the mundane and sacred. There is no one type of experience all religions universally acclaim, but a “variety of religious experiences”, as William James rightly demonstrates. Therefore, studying a religion, let alone a comparative …
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July 2, 2018 -
UP: ‘Thrashed’ by Gujjar men 11 days ago, Dalit youth dies
The accused were reportedly angry with Akash for helping a village boy to elope with a Gujjar girl from the their village.
May 8, 2018 -
‘Won’t tolerate hooliganism’
Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that a political party is trying to instigate communal enmity and spread violence in the name of “Ram”. “Did Lord Ram ever say that armed rallies with pistols and swords should be organised in his name? We have read in our scriptures that Ram fought against Ravan …
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March 27, 2018 -
A community defined
‘The Bengali is at once an existential delight and nightmare, cast in perpetual drama.” “There can be no absolute, definitive story about a people, Bengali or otherwise. My goal is more modest — to tell the story of my people as seen through my eyes, Bengali by birth, cosmopolitan by practice though seeped in default …
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March 18, 2018 -
The quest for parity
The twin challenges of being a minority in his home state and the immense disadvantage of the Muslims for not being skilled in modern Western learning, was a wake-up call for Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1818-98) to accept modern learning or face extinction. The task that he countenanced was stupendous as it was difficult for …
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January 3, 2018 -
Caste, community gaining in public life over character, capacity: Naidu
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday expressed concern over “caste, community and cash” gaining prominence in certain sections of public life and said that people of the country expected better performance from the elected representatives in parliament. Naidu, who gave away the 12th Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards here, also said that journalism …
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December 21, 2017 -
Hardik Patel to Patidars: Don’t forget BJP ‘atrocities’
The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel threw caution to the wind and tore into Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its chief’s hometown Mansa, by going ahead with their planned rally on Saturday, despite being denied the permission by the local administration and the police. Targeting BJP, Hardik pointed out the atrocities committed …
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November 19, 2017 -
Democracy is safe in India because of Hindus: Giriraj Singh
Union minister Giriraj Singh has said democracy is “safe” in the country as long as Hindus remain in the majority. Delivering a lecture on Thursday, the minister said social harmony and development would be “in danger” the day the population of the majority community starts decreasing. He said nationalism was in a “kind of danger” …
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November 17, 2017 -
The journey and beyond
The city has its draw. The village has its pull. The soul of the modern-day individual oscillates in this tug-of-war. “Ah, I wish to retire, and live in the solitude of the greens.” But then also “Oh, but I guess I would miss the buzz of the city, you know what I mean…” Words, we …
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September 19, 2017 -
Prolonged worship
The kash flowers are blooming and blue and white clouds are slowly appearing above thereby giving the touches which nature gives to durga puja, the biggest festival of the state. The community pujas have started erecting their pandals and are vying with themes which vary from a one goddess with a thousand arms to another …
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September 25, 2016 -
Technical snag hits Metro services
Metro services were disrupted for half an hour on Friday afternoon due to a technical glitch that developed in a train, causing inconvenience to thousands of commuters. A technical snag in one of the rakes of a Dum Dumbound train at Jatin Das Park station resulted in the suspension of the services. A truncated service, …
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September 23, 2016 -
Malda gears up to launch Swasthya Sathi project
The district administration on Wednesday held a workshop for the smooth commencement of the ‘Swasthya Sathi’ project of the state government in Malda. Fifteen concerned departments like Home, Women and Child Development, Labour and Employment, Finance etc have been asked to submit the names of the beneficiaries on or before the 23rd of this month …
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September 15, 2016