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For a long time, Hindus in India and worldwide experienced and felt abused, marginalised and ridiculed. Over the years, there have been many diagnoses and prescriptions designed to deal with these problems. One diagnosis provided by the officers of the British Empire blamed the ‘Muslim Invasion/Rule of India’. One of the main consequences of this […]

Although Imran Khan studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford, he lacks the necessary depth in intellect, imagination and experience to be a real revolutionary. He does have a revolutionary vision but lacks the ability to develop and implement programmes that will radically transform Pakistan based on his vision. Cricketing skills are insufficient to change […]

By M Ahmedullah, 30 June 2016 (Facebook posting) As the current crisis of the Labour Party unfolds with an attempted coup against Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, will the outcome, either way, save the Labour Party from a split or defeat at the next general election? One thing that seems to me to be a surety is […]

It isn’t easy to see how Kier Starmer will become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. But, based on my observations and understanding, I think it will be impossible for him to win the election. He is like an authoritarian father who strictly disciplines some of his children to please someone else. It […]

The New Bangladeshi themed mural in Brick Lane is a necessary and welcome addition to the gigantic art gallery that Brick Lane and its surrounds are becoming. The new Bangladeshi themed mural in Brick Lane is generating some controversies. For example, ‘Cynical councils are using ‘artwashing’ as a tactic – and we’re all falling for […]

I have been thinking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine a lot, just like most other people, I suppose. I am also trying to understand how things got to where we are now and how things are likely to proceed and end up, whether soon or after a much larger tragedy and more human sufferings. […]

8 March 2022 – an International Women’s Day contribution On International Women’s Day, 8 March 2022, I want to introduce, to my Facebook friends, the matrilineal Minangkabau system: a highly conservative Muslim society, where women, in theory, own all the family properties. In January 2018, I visited Padang city in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The local […]

Russia has unleashed a brutally destructive war in Ukraine and the impacts on civilians – deaths, injuries, displacement, separation and mental stress – are incredibly distressing to watch. This war is likely to continue for a long time. Many areas in Ukraine will, for a long time, be blighted by bomb-damaged/destroyed buildings, roads and places […]

Does Putin have any justification for starting the war? He may have some genuine grievances at how NATO was slowly moving towards Russia; how the direction that Ukraine was taking was helping the West to reach all the European borders of Russia. However, can there be any justification for invading Ukraine and causing the inevitable, […]

If Russia invades Ukraine, it will be a total mad thing to do and without any justification whatsoever. But the hypocritical American and British governments don’t have any moral authority to lecture Russia on invasions. Any invasion of Ukraine by Russia would be counterproductive and see the loss of thousands of innocent lives, colossal destruction, […]