By Ayub Khan for TwoCircles.net,

By Sanjoy Hazarika, IANS,

The crackdown on the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), northeastern India's separatist militants, and its associate groups has partly grown out of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's deep concern to avoid any experience similar to the devastation that Pakistan's involvement with the Taliban and Afghanistan's civil war has wrought on that country.

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, who visited India in September, has said her country had "pledged not to allow our land to be used by any terrorist".

By N.N. Sachitanand, IANS,

Asking for a return to paper-and-pencil common admission test (CAT) for the Indian Institutes of Management because of initial minor glitches in the computer-based testing (CBT) carried out this year for the first time is akin to throwing the baby out with the bath water.

By Arfa Khanum Sherwani for TwoCircles.net

The enduring terror trail in Pakistan has not just made a commoner’s life miserable but is constantly posing danger to media fraternity as well. While unrelenting terrorist assaults over the years have built up a certain kind of immunity towards terror and the retort of its citizens towards the menace-- uncertainty is the only feature seems certain to them.

By Tanweer Fazal,

By Ram Puniyani,

By Asghar Ali Engineer,

It is generally thought that movement for women’s rights began with western educated people and in 19th century. But very few people know about Maulavi Mumtaz Ali Khan, a traditional ‘alim, product of Darul ‘Uloom Deoband who was very enthusiastic supporters of gender equality. There are two things to be noted here: one, he was a traditional ‘alim and was not under the influence of western thought and two, he was advocating gender equality purely on the basis of Islamic traditional sources i.e. Qur’an and hadith.

By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,

Last part of the seven part TwoCircles.net series on Darul Uloom Deoband

In November, I was in Deoband to attend Jamiat’s General Conference. The conference was attended by millions of Muslims from across the country. Besides several issues, proposed Madarsa board was also a topic of discussion at the conference. The conference also passed a resolution rejecting the Board.

By Sushma Ramachandran, IANS,

The Indian economy's 7.9 percent growth in the second quarter of this fiscal has taken everyone by surprise, but rising food inflation, which has seen the daily grocery bill shoot up sharply, has dampened some of the euphoria.

By Abdul Hannan

Once again, nation on alert on the eve of 6th December, the day when a historical Mosque was brought down by the powers and by the organizations who intend to implement their own curriculum on India. Secular India remained always hurdle in their eyes. Believing on secular systems and understanding of other communities’ rights to live freely in India are not in their dictionary. They have other vision for India.