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I feel complete with Hindus and Sikhs returning: Teetwal Sarpanch Abdul Rashid

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi “March 22 was the day when I felt complete; as if my lost right hand had got attached to my body, and a feeling that I could operate with both the hands filled my heart,” said Abdul Rashid Khokar, the elected sarpanch (village head) of Teetwal village in north Kashmir, who inaugurated the temple of Goddess Sharda in his north Kashmir village last week. This 74-year-old sarpanch says the inauguration of...

Ramazan coincides with fasting traditions of Hindus and Christians in India

New Delhi If you happen to meet Amar, Akbar, and Anthony – the quintessential representatives of Hindu, Muslim, and Christians of India, as coined by the Bollywood - these days, chances are that all of them are fasting for religious reasons. The difference, however, is that while Akbar’s fasting is the talk of the town, the others’ is more of a personal affair. It’s a fact that besides Muslims who are currently ...

Pakistani expert Uzair Younus sees digital, inclusive India in ancestral Gujarat village

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi Famous Pakistani foreign policy expert Uzair Younus’ grandfather once lived in Ghed Bagasra, a village in Gujarat facing the Arabian Sea at the time of the partition of India. 75 years later as his famous grandson came there to trace his roots, he found two bullet marks on a house which, he was told, had triggered the flight of his and other Muslim families' of the Memon clan to Karachi, Pakistan, in 194...

Hafiz Saeed was in Gokti on Eid when he was supposed to be in jail

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi Months after Pakistan got itself removed from the Grey List of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for facilitating terror funding across the world, the globally designated terrorists are seen roaming freely in the country and imposing their jihadi agenda. The recent revelation is about Hafiz Saeed, Lashkar-e-toiba supremo, who was jailed in Pakistan for 31 years. It has come from a YouTube channel “Real ...

Turkish people cried when we were leaving: Lt Col Singh to PM Modi

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Operation Dost initiated to support Turkey as it was struck by a massive earthquake on February 6 stands for India’s commitment to humanity and its resolve to be with countries that are faced with the humanitarian crisis. He said this while interacting with the members of the NDRF, the Indian Army, and the IAF teams that have returned from Turkey after helping the Turkish authorities in...

Operation Dost ends with Indian rescuers and lifesavers winning hearts and minds of Turkish people

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi Saying goodbyes is always tough and that is what the residents of Iskenderun, a port town in Turkey, felt as the Indian Army medical team closed its field hospital where the locals had found live savers and 'Industani' angels who were now heading home after 12 days. The locals expressed their gratitude to the Indians by shaking hands with them, clapping for them, and hugging the doctors and paramed...

Lithium village of Salal in J&K brimming with pride, hope and anxiety

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi In the second week of February, the serene ranges beyond the hills in which the Vaishno Devi shrine is located in Jammu and Kashmir reverberated with Dhol beats, echoing hope, joy, and pride of villagers living in Salal, overlooking the Chenab river and 80 km from Jammu, as it was declared the potential source of the world’s largest and the most-pure Lithium. J-K Mining Secretary Amit Sharma told the media t...

RSS-Muslim dialogue started in early 2019, Najeeb Jung reveals more about the dialogue

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi Do Hindus think of Muslims as jihadis? Do the Muslims call Hindus Kafir? Do Muslims want to slaughter cows when it is sacred to Hindus? Do Hindus think Muslims are not patriots enough? These were some of the issues before the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Muslim representatives when they sat down for the first round of structured dialogue aimed at bridging the growing differences and misunderstandings ...

Story of Kerala Muslim woman Subaida who raised 3 Hindu kids is a film

Aasha Khosa/New delhi A real-life story of a Muslim couple from Kalikavu village of Nilambur, Malappuram district of North Kerala, who raised three children of their deceased Hindu housemaid along with her own three, is now a feature film in Malayalam language being shown across theaters and the OTT platforms. The film, Ennu Swantham Sreedharan (With Love, Sreedharan'), was premiered at Edapally on January 9. Made by renowned filmm...

Only 40 pc of budget for minorities was used last year

New Delhi The breakdown of the union budget for the financial year 2023-24 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Wednesday reveals that the allocation for the Minority Affairs Ministry has remained unutilized to the tune of a whopping 60 percent. As against the budgetary allocation of Rs Rs 5,020.6 crore for the Ministry of Minority Affairs in the fiscal year 2022-23, only Rs 2012.66 crore was used. The revi...

Ali Bhojani embarks on a mission to tell all about Islam

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi Most Muslims feel disturbed over the growing misconceptions about their religion in the minds of their compatriots, but only a few feel the responsibility of addressing this issue. Ali Bhojani of Mumbai is among the Indians who took charge of the situation that he felt was mostly created by the acerbic debates on television shows and is addressing the myths about Islam. When he and some of his close fri...

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Maqbool Sherwani: the young man who saved Kashmir

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi On October 26, 1947, Pashtun tribesmen armed to teeth and sent as a proxy by Pakistan Army had taken control of Baramulla town in north Kashmir, as Maharaja Hari Singh was undecided on joining either the Indian or the Pakistan domain in the wake of freedom from the British and division of the sub-continent. Facing no resistance, the Pushtuns looted homes and temples, raped women – Hindu, S...

Teetwal on LOC almost ready to launch Mandir-Masjid-Gurudwara complex

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi Teetwal, a small village close to the Line of Control in North Kashmir, is all set to host the best symbol of Indian ethos – an all-religion complex - with world-class facilities to attract tourists and pilgrims from the world over. The temple dedicated to Goddess Sharda, the reigning deity of Kashmir is ready to receive the Metal statue of the Deity made in Karnataka. The gurudwara dedicated to Guru Teg Bah...

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APJ Abdul Kalam's memorial is the new pilgrimage site in Rameshwaram

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi In mid-December, when Suman and her husband Diwan Arora of Sonepat, Haryana, left for Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, for performing the pilgrimage to one of the holiest sites of Hindus, little did they know that their journey would also take them to another sacred place – a memorial to the son of the soil Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam aka Dr. A P J ...

Heartwarming stories of inclusive bonds of Indians

New Delhi India is a land of myriad religions, languages, faiths. In this vibrant country people live normal lives respecting each other's sentiments, religion, ways of life and also incorporating some in their. The land of 1.4 billion people is a dynamic country where life keep evolving through the tradition of mutual respect and sycretic values. Awaz-the Voice brings a few stories of human bonds that cuts across imaginary ...

Jewish & Indian Cos highest bidders for Pak embassy building in Washington

New Delhi Pakistan could sell a part of its embassy in the US capital Washington DC to a Jewish company that has offered the highest bid for the building. Islamabad’s decision to sell its property in Washington comes in the wake of reports about a financial crunch at home, and millions being spent on the upkeep of this building that remained unused since 2000. According to Dawn Newspaper, the Jewish group has made the highest bid...

Indian Muslims enjoy freedoms that are unthinkable: Shah Faesal

New Delhi “It's possible only in India that a Muslim youngster from Kashmir can go on to top the Indian Civil Service exam, rise to top echelons of the government, then fall apart with the government and still be rescued and taken back by the same government,” said Shah Faesal, bureaucrat from Kashmir who is posted as Deputy secretary in the Union Ministry of Culture in New Delhi. In a series of posts on Tw...

Gulzar Ganaie to teach Sufiyana music to Kashmiri youth

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi Unlike most Indian musicians who are picky about people when it comes to passing on their legacy, Kashmiri Sufi and Folk singer Gulzar Ahmed Ganaie is inviting young boys and girls to learn from him. He had promised to pass on this unique art form to the next generation at his Music school in Sonwar, Srinagar, free of cost. “I have been showered with blessings of success and fame and must give it back,&r...

OIC, Qatar decry Taliban ban on women's' education

New Delhi The Taliban regime banning the entry of women into Universities in Afghanistan has boomeranged on the regime as male students in many universities today boycotted their classes in solidarity with women classmates. Heart-rendering scenes of the Hijab-wearing women students crying and hugging each other at the gates of their universities where they were barred from entering Wednesday morning. The video of the scene has been ...

Bangladesh genocide: Why Pakistan is not held accountable?

Aasha Khosa/ When I visited the International Red Cross (ICRC) Museum in Geneve, Switzerland a few years ago, I was shocked to realize that the 1971 war was being projected as a passing memory of incessant tension between India and Pakistan. The trigger-the genocide of 3 million Bengali-speaking people in what was then East Pakistan – didn’t qualify for the list of manmade tragedies. It’s not even mentioned anywhere in th...

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