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Our Fellow Citizens In Jails!
SIGNS OF THE TIMES In these dark-stifling-suffocating times, with shrinkages on each and every given front, I have been thinking of the jailed citizens. Our fel...
World Silence on Palestine Genocide Surprising
Signs of the Times Are all the world’s so-called top leaders going to sit like mute spectators even as hundreds are getting killed and hounded and pounded, in a...
Why a recent Southasian film festival in Lahore felt like a pet goat about to be sacrificed
The concluding session: Sarmad Khoosat, Salima Hashmi and Kanak Mani Dixit. Photo by Maryum Yousaf What do festivals like the Travelling Film South Asia Festiva...
Gandhi Left Lasting Impact on Everyone in Touch with Him
SIGNS OF THE TIMES On the upcoming Gandhi Jayanti it is important to stress on the fact that Mahatma Gandhi left an impact on all those who came in touch with h...
Depths of Despair
Signs of the Times The neglected children facing hunger, abuse and conflicts As the Children’s Day nears (November 14), political speeches will be getting d...
BJP MP’s Comments Are Not Just Communal but Crude and Uncouth
SIGNS OF THE TIMES BJP MP from South Delhi, Ramesh Bidhuri’s comments made in the Lok Sabha during the special session of Parliament, relay the utter decay and ...
TV Media In India: Bias and Boycott
Dissecting the biased and unethical conduct of moderators on television channels, through anecdotes and data, IFTIKHAR GILANI argues that INDIA Alliance’s boyco...