Counterview

  By Rajiv Shah   Maryam Namazie , a British feminist heading an organisation called  Ex-Muslims International , has been frequently sending me e-mail alerts about the activities of her group. The latest one—about the organisation taking strong exception to the persecution of a feminist for wearing a "blasphemous" T-shirt in  Morocco —was particularly striking. Namazie's organisation interests me also because it claims on its website that it has affiliations in several countries,  including India .

By A Representative   The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has refused to disclose its correspondence with the United States government over India’s imports of Russian oil, despite senior officials publicly admitting that New Delhi acted on Washington’s advice. The refusal has triggered fresh concerns about transparency in India’s foreign and energy policy.

By A Representative   The National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) has strongly condemned the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, and demanded its immediate repeal, terming it a discriminatory move aimed at disenfranchising India’s Muslim community.

By A Representative   A delegation led by prominent academic and civil rights leader Sandeep Pandey  visited three districts in Assam—Goalpara, Dhubri, and Lakhimpur—between 2 and 4 September 2025 to meet families affected by recent demolitions and evictions. The delegation reported widespread displacement of Bengali-speaking Muslim communities, many of whom possess valid citizenship documents including Aadhaar, voter ID, ration cards, PAN cards, and NRC certification. 

By Prof. Ravi Ranjan*  “There was no need to be ashamed of tears, because tears testified that a man had the greatest courage, the courage to suffer.”   — Viktor E. Frankl, “Man’s Search for Meaning” “There are some values that keep pricking us like thorns throughout our lives… we learn to live with those pricking thorns.”   — Garima Srivastava, “Auschwitz: A Love Story” (p. 182)

By A Representative  With just 64 months left to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global health and rights advocates have called upon governments to honour their commitments on gender equality and the human right to health. Speaking ahead of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), experts warned that rising anti-rights and anti-gender pushes are threatening hard-won progress on SDG-3 (health and wellbeing) and SDG-5 (gender equality).

By N.S. Venkataraman*  Several countries that “experienced” Donald Trump during his first term as President of the United States kept their fingers crossed when he was re-elected for a second term. Since assuming office again, he has been focusing on his “Make America Great Again” agenda and positioning himself as a “global peace maker.” Perhaps, there is also the ambition of being hailed as a Nobel laureate. Certainly, he cannot be faulted for aspiring to such lofty goals.

By Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra*  The United States, along with its Western European allies, once promoted globalization as a democratic force that would deliver shared prosperity and balanced growth. That promise has unraveled. Globalization, instead of building an even world, has produced one defined by inequality, asymmetry of power, and new vulnerabilities. For decades, Washington successfully turned this system to its advantage. Today, however, under Trump’s second administration, America is attempting to exploit the weaknesses of others without acknowledging how exposed it has become itself.

By Sanjay Parate  After being nominated as the INDIA bloc’s candidate for the post of Vice President, Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy has come under attack from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is accused of being responsible for Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh because he was part of the Supreme Court bench that banned the state-sponsored Salwa Judum movement. 

By Sunil Kumar  On 2 September 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bihar State Jeevika Nidhi Credit Cooperative Federation Limited through video conferencing. As feared, during the launch he did exactly what many had anticipated. Referring to an incident a week earlier, the Prime Minister said, “A mother is our world, a mother is our pride. What happened in Bihar a few days ago, I could never have imagined. From the RJD-Congress platform in Bihar, my mother was abused. These abuses are not just an insult to my mother, they are an insult to every mother, sister, and daughter of this nation.”