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INDIAN MASS MEDIA PREJUDICES AGAINST DALITS, MUSLIMS(Comments Off)

October 28, 2010

“The fact of the day is that the entire Indian broadcast media, even radio and most of the print media as well, are owned primarily by business houses or have direct ties to the biggest of the big businesses. Therefore, they can’t help but seriously bias and compromise news coverage,” writes Avinash in the introductory chapter of the book…

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Minorities worldwide: Are they getting fair deal?

Mahatma Gandhi once said “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” Going by the Mahatma Gandhi’s words, treatment and rights of minorities can easily be an important factor of a nation’s success or failure. To deny their legitimate rights, Muslims are always reminded about the status of minorities in Muslims countries. Many points out at that minorities do not get fair deal in Muslim-majority countries and Muslims when in minority demands more. Islam gives clear and precise instructions about their rights and treatment of minorities. Islamic Law protects the rights of non-Muslims living in an Islamic society. The Islamic state has to guarantee protection for their life, property, and the places of worship…

Senior RSS leader chargesheeted for Ajmer blast

Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar along with four other accused, have been charge sheeted on Friday by the Rajasthan Anti terror Squad (ATS) in connection with 2007 Ajmer blast. According to the Rajasthan ATS, Indresh Kumar along with several other leaders of RSS attended a secret meeting on October 31 2005 in Jaipur, where the blast conspiracy was hatched. The accused have been charged with sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 120B (conspiracy) and 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship) of IPC among others…

THE WISDOM OF PROHIBITION OF INTEREST

Like many other evils, the practice of charging a fixed positive return to loan capital has survived strictures from all world religions and condemnation by all moral philosophers. In the earlier days the role of capital in the economy was much less important than it is today. Humanity has much more to suffer because of making interest the linchpin of its financial system in a globalized world using huge quantities of capital…


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