The enduring lesson of Mizoram is not that the state won and the insurgents lost. It is that both sides eventually found a political space in which neither needed to win everything. That is the essence of accommodation and perhaps the most enduring lesson Lal Thanhawla’s life offers India.
The Taliban, therefore, is not challenging whether Islam should shape women’s rights. Both the OIC and the Taliban begin from that premise. The disagreement is over what Islamic rights mean and, more importantly, who has the authority to define them.
As of January this year, at least 296 Bangladeshis have died in border areas over the past decade, as India’s Border Security Forces (BSF) pushes “illegal Bangladeshis” across the border in the dead of night.
It is true that only a handful of newspapers have the resources and persistence to pursue big stories of the kind that came alive in the EC exposé. Nevertheless, to the extent that it inspires others to pursue even smaller news stories with steadfastness this could potentially redeem the otherwise sordid state of affairs in the Indian media.
Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan, Australia's all-rounders Ben Cutting and James Faulkner, South African national team’s ODI and T20 captain Temba Bavuma are some renowned names that have registered for the second edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL)
Radio Vishwas, a Community Radio Station (CRS) in Nashik, Maharashtra has bagged two awards at the 8th edition of the National Community Radio Awards
Bangladesh has for the first time bagged a gold medal in the Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad (Apmo)
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has accepted a request by the Afghan government to include the western city of Herat among world cultural heritage sites
Indian Americans, though just comprising about 1 per cent of the US population, are flying high
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday confirmed that the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be staged in the UAE and Oman due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation in India
The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) on Monday confirmed that the 2021 T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in India, is being shifted to the UAE owing to the health safety concerns and travel restrictions posed by COVID-19
For the first time, a Grammy award winner and other acclaimed global artists came together with leading Indian musicians to create a song to celebrate International Yoga Day on June 21
Writer Taslima Nasreen on Tuesday slammed Pakistan PM Imran Khan over his recent remark on women's clothes which has triggered a controversy
Rising from the pall of COVID-19 restrictions, New York City has celebrated International Yoga Day at the landmark Times Square with daylong performances of various yogic asanas
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of M-Yoga app which will provide many videos of yoga training based on common yoga protocol in many languages
The Indian embassy in Nepal has organized the seventh International Day of Yoga on Sunday virtually. The theme this year is "Be With Yoga, Be At Home" (Ghar Ghar ma Yog) in line with the Covid-19 restrictions, encouraging people to practice "Yoga for Wellness"
A web series on the love affair between a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl divided by the India-Pakistan border but united by the grief of losing their fathers in the conflict over Kashmir has generated a fierce public debate on Twitter in Pakistan
A Pakistani woman, Mariam Nusrat, has made it to the Forbes Next 1000 List, which celebrates start-ups and businesses with fewer than USD 10 million in revenue and unlimited potential to inspire
Indian actor Farhan Akhtar, who had played Milkha Singh on the big screen, mourned his demise and said he is still unable to accept that the athlete passed away on Friday
