Ahmedabad, Oct 13 (PTI) The Gujarat High Court on Thursday directed the Central Board of Film Certification to take a call in 24 hours about the use of an offensive term for the Valmiki community in the Hindi movie ‘Guthlee Ladoo’, scheduled to be released on Friday.
By Takuyaba Dated 6th September 2022 Dear Countrymen, I thank President NNC, President FGN, Speaker Tatar Hoho and their colleagues for inviting me to be here with you on this auspicious Day of the 59th Indo-Naga Ceasefire Day observation. I am a primary member of NNC by birth and has every right to participate in NNC activities except restriction to vote in a particular decision. Here, I want to recall the causes of ceasefire between the Government of India and the Federal Government of Nagaland on this Day of 1964. 1. In fact, the Geography naturally defines its territory and Nagaland is bounded on the north by former Arunachal; in the east by Burma (Myanmar); in the South by Mizoram and on the west by Assam. Nagas are a nation and its freedom is from time immemorial. 2. However, in 1880, a small part of Naga territory on its western side was subjugated
A Journey on the Grand Trunk Road
A Journey on the Grand Trunk Road
Cover of ‘From Landi Kotal to Wagah’
Salman Rashid’s new book pairs gorgeous photographs with little-known history in tribute to the grid that has long connected far-flung areas of Pakistan
The extraordinary
From Landi Kotal to Wagah (UNESCO and Sang-e-Meel, 2021) mixes in equal measure excellent photography and storytelling to merit a status above that of the average coffee-table book that is more frills than substance.
Its storyteller is Salman Rashid, Pakistan’s preeminent travel-writer, who is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The traveler in him blends with the historian and ethnographer to tell a hitherto untold story of the Grand Trunk Road connecting Peshawar to Lahore. He has written steadily about Pakistan’s far-flung and little known areas for the past 40 years and has contributed to a knowledge of history that is free of the ideological accretions Pakistan is habituated to
Children of a lesser god
In India and in Pakistan, being a minority often comes with guaranteed marginalisation
KARACHI:
On the busiest street of old Karachi, between small houses and littered garbage, there rests a large and imposing black iron gate. The gate, not only solely exists for the protection of the hundreds of residents dwelling inside, but it also symbolises a great big divide between the minority and majority of this city. It represents the fears and anxieties of the Hindus, Sikhs and Christians of the city who know that they are not completely safe here. The Narain Pura minority compound commonly known as ‘Bhangi Para’ - where the majority is always reluctant to enter - in reality is the worst expression of ordeal faced by the minority living in this country. The area that predates partition, is located next to Civil Hospital Karachi.