Yogi Sikand

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What Anna Hazare's new plans mean for democracy
Rediff.com29 Aug 2011

That the political philosophy of Anna Hazare closely resonates with the overall...

How about a Buddhist vihar in Ayodhya?
Rediff.com8 Jul 2011

A vihar dedicated to the Buddha, apostle of universal love being built on the disputed...

Christian leaders oppose Communal Violence Bill
Rediff.com16 Jun 2011

A recent national consultation of Christian leaders has opposed the Communal Violence...

Pakistan's two-pronged internal threat
Rediff.com15 Jun 2011

Despite their differences, mainly related to political strategy, Islamist groups like...

Muslims debate need for new Islamist-backed party
Rediff.com22 Apr 2011

No sooner had the WPI been officially launched in New Delhi than Muslim supporters as...

Reading the Jamiat ul Ulema's fatwas right
Rediff.com16 Mar 2011

The enslavement of the Muslim mind to the diktats of the mullahs has everything to do...

How India can counter Pakistan's radical Islam
Rediff.com15 Mar 2011

The menacing threat that radical self-styled defenders of Islam today pose to the...

View: Dirty politics in Deoband
Rediff.com31 Jan 2011

If Vastanvi had blundered in appearing to praise Modi, his detractors, such as the...

'Deoband rally was just a show of strength'
Rediff.com12 Nov 2009

The men sitting around me -- dressed, like the rest of the crowd, in white...

Lies of the Lashkar
Rediff.com4 Dec 2008

India's Muslims need to be seen as a potential asset, rather than a liability, in the...

Secular groups plan war on Hindutva fascism
Rediff.com17 Nov 2008

The lively convention, organised in New Delhi, announced of a long list of plans for...

Some searching questions on terrorism
Rediff.com22 Oct 2008

The Hindu Right has, ever since its inception, consistently used terror as its major...

Manufacturing 'terrorists' the Indian way
Rediff.com22 Sep 2008

The mounting indiscriminate arrests, torture and detention of vast numbers of innocent...

Kashmir's 'azaadi' demand is about religion
Rediff.com28 Aug 2008

'The Hindus of Jammu and the Buddhists of Leh find themselves in precisely the same...

Amarnath shadow on Doda's tenuous peace
Rediff.com14 Aug 2008

The violence that is rapidly engulfing large parts of Jammu and Kashmir, set off by a...