This piece I wrote with lot of anger, disappointment and sadness. I hope to visit Jahangirpuri someday soon to meet the relatives of my friends who suffered this injustice.

Siraj doesn’t possess Bumrah’s laser-guided yorkers. He lacks Shami’s control. He doesn’t have Bhuvi’s swing. What Siraj does have is the heart of a lion. He will fight to the end. For his team, he can be Shami, Bumrah, and Bhuvi all at once. And that’s what sets him apart.

At one time, one felt outrage. Not any more. now, it is just indifference. I know you have a business to run -- but I see you run it in the weakest (and least-principled/responsible) way possible. Worthy contenders all, for the dustbin of history. The future lies elsewhere.

Exceptionally cruel, given Jericho, Hebron’s place in the history of agriculture - wheat cultivation - and more. This is about world heritage.

Skills training programmes on their own can create strong incentives for corruption to hide failures in job placements unless combined with strategies to develop technical and organisational firm capabilities

Some days in journalism feel especially satisfying — when weeks of hard work culminate in a story that adds new facts to an important public debate. Today, as the Supreme Court resumes hearing petitions against the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of

Excellent move, Karnataka.

UMAR KHALID! एक आज़ाद देश का क़ैदी ! Remembering Umar Khalid… उमर ख़ालिद की रिहाई के इंतज़ार में

I am delighted to share that the special issue of the Journal of Urdu Studies (Brill) on Jamia’s Women and Beyond, put together by Margrit Pernau and me has been published. Do give it a read: brill.com/view/journals/…

This is the way 👏

"It is extraordinarily raw and frightening for a country that has championed respect for human rights... to be even contemplating this." Historian Sir Anthony Seldon discusses Reform UK's new deportation proposals for tackling rising rates of illegal migration. #Newsnight

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"The UK debate risks getting stuck on technical fixes – closing hotels, building new sites, relocating people – without addressing the underlying politics. Asylum accommodation is not a temporary glitch but part of the wider landscape of inequality, welfare and belonging."

When you don't have a wife, When you don't have a home, When you don't have children, When you don't have an education, How will you know what it means for Umar Khalid's parents to see their son, a bright PhD, behind bars for five years, for absolutely no reason except his name?

"I will go to the top, the top, the top”—and he did. Bengal will never again see that stardom, that acting, that smile. Uttam Kumar, the Nayak, was born today.

Dear David Lammy We, the British people, demand that if Isaac Herzog steps foot on British soil he is arrested for his war crimes. RT if you agree and tag your MP below 👇

Like besieged Gaza, Sudan's El Fasher has endured restricted food and humanitarian aid access — restrictions that have intensified over the past three months — constituting what can be characterised as deliberate starvation of the remaining population. thecontrapuntal.com/the-mass-starv…

अयोध्या फैसले पर सवाल उठाते हुए पूर्व जज ने कहा- सुप्रीम कोर्ट में कभी मंदिर निर्माण की मांग नहीं रखी गई थी यहाँ पढ़ें: thewirehindi.com/310941/retired…

"Every child deserves peace, freedom and liberation and palastine is no exception, I don't want any clap for this, It is a responsibility to think for a moment and stand beside Palestine. I might upset my country ( Govt ) but it doesn't matter anymore," says Indian filmmaker