Cross Connections

Right said, Premji? Pic: The Telegraph Azim Premji is the right type of man. India deserves every bit of him and his contribution, bo...

This is not about Pakistan, yet the Pakistani media is going into overdrive about a starlet and creating a scene far worse than the reality ...

Mr. President why do you say you have a funny name? “Well, they think so.” How do you know? “I mean the place where I was senator is ...

What judgement can they pronounce on the Ayodhya case when it is now referred to as the “60-year-old Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi title suit”...

Now that we know Muslims can just do it, courtesy Junoon ’s Salman Ahmad, how are believers to manage abstinence? You forsake food, water an...

Star-crossed Borders by Farzana Versey Inside the well-rounded cosmopolitan atheist persona of Shujaat Rizvi, there was a Pakistani national...

Culinary Communalism The Halal Question by Farzana Versey Counterpunch, February 19, 2010 Let us not confuse matters. France’s problem with ...

Take this. An Army psychiatrist. Frustration. Opposes war in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he was being sent off. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is no...

Bachchan at Tirupati with brothers-in-arms Anil Ambani and Amar Singh We had no idea that Amitabh Bachchan’s religious routine includes visi...

Osama bin Laden has sent a message directly to the American people. This time there is no video footage; just an audio with some images. He ...

...and sophomoric feminism Mainstream liberal privately-owned Indian television slapped the Muslim community. I was expecting it, but not th...

Last night I was watching a ‘serious’ discussion as part of the ‘State of the Nation’ surveys conducted by CNN-IBN on women across the count...

I have never claimed expert knowledge of Islam or any religion, but I do think I have a fair idea about how faith affects worshippers and vi...

Maverick : The Trend Settlers by Farzana Versey The Asian Age, Op-ed, Jan. 1, 2008 Her lashes fluttering like a fan, she asked, “Is it ...

Today is Eid-ul-Adha . Most of the newspapers in India wish the readers for all festivals. Today's issue of The Times of India had a t...

Heard firecrackers. Which means the moon has been sighted. Tomorrow will be Eid. I wonder whether I have any right to celebrate at all....