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The alignment with Israel is not merely an ideological affinity. It is the logical expression of a domestic political architecture in which Islam must remain, permanently and visibly, the civilisational threat. The fortress needs a siege to justify its walls.
Muslims in West Bengal are electorally decisive yet structurally marginalized. Despite shaping political outcomes, their access to education, jobs, healthcare, and political representation remains limited, alongside rising concerns over voting rights through SIR.
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As millions face deletion from electoral rolls, questions around citizenship, constitutional rights, and democratic integrity are becoming impossible to ignore. This article examines the politics, implications, and institutional crisis surrounding India’s voter revision process.
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Based on a detailed podcast discussion hosted by senior journalist Bushra Khanum featuring geopolitical commentator Bobby Naqvi, this article examines the emerging US-Iran negotiations in Islamabad, the shifting balance of power in West Asia, and the fragile architecture of a changing global order.
The 1905 Partition of Bengal was not simply an administrative act or a communal divide. It's making and responses reveal how regional inequalities and competing political visions rather than religion defined one of the most consequential moments in India’s history.
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Behind Assam’s citizenship debates lies a deeper story of identity, exclusion, and institutional power. From the NRC to eviction drives and political rhetoric, this article examines how legality, belonging, and democracy are being contested in contemporary India.
Kerala is held up as a state where Muslims fare better. This piece tests that claim - with data on representation, employment, and education. The gains are real. So are the gaps. Kerala is different. The question is: different enough, and for whom?
From bulldozers and mass evictions to polygamy bans and "jihad" rhetoric, a documented account of how ostensibly neutral laws are being weaponised against Assam's Muslim communities.
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As the Iran–US–Israel conflict reshapes global politics, new questions are emerging about power, resistance, and the decline of American unipolarity. This conversation explores how war, diplomacy, and economic realignments may be accelerating the birth of a multipolar world order.
Nous is a multidisciplinary think-tank and media institution working at the intersection of research, media, and technology, producing rigorous, evidence-based knowledge and storytelling on Indian Muslims, and on key socio-economic and politico-legal issues shaping India and the wider world.
On 9 April, over a crore Muslim voters will cast their ballots in Assam. For decades, narratives around their numbers have shaped how they are seen, policed, and governed. This article examines the data behind these claims and explains what it actually tells us about Assam’s Muslims.
As Assam heads into a decisive election, the battle extends beyond party politics. This article examines anti-incumbency, polarization, institutional trust, citizenship debates, and the deeper struggle over democracy, governance, and political representation in the state.
The targeting of Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam is rooted not just in present politics, but in a distorted reading of history. Complex processes of migration and integration are reduced to a single “outsider” narrative - used to justify exclusion, dispossession, and dehumanisation.
As Assam heads toward a crucial political moment, debates around conservation, land rights, evictions, and democracy are intensifying. This discussion examines how grassroots resistance in Bokakhat reflects wider struggles over ecology, identity, corporate power, and constitutional justice.
As conflict deepens in Israel and Palestine, a new law on terrorism penalties has triggered global debate over security, human rights, and state power. This article examines the legal, political, and humanitarian questions shaping the controversy.
Odisha, long seen as a syncretic “land of Jagannath,” is witnessing a profound shift. This piece traces decades of ideological groundwork, the BJP’s 2024 rise to power, and the surge in social unrest—examining how identity, politics, and history converge to reshape the state’s plural ethos.
As Israel–Iran tensions escalate, the crisis is no longer regional but systemic. This article examines how conflict in West Asia is disrupting energy flows, supply chains, and global markets—revealing the fragile links between geopolitics and the world economy.
As global order grows volatile, deeper ideological fault lines surface. This article traces the intellectual lineage—from Syed Jamaluddin Afghani to Allama Iqbal—that frames resistance beyond geopolitics, as a contest over power, morality, and modernity.
Historian Vijay Prashad unpacks the Iran–Israel–US conflict beyond headlines, tracing its roots in imperial power, shifting geopolitics, and narrative warfare. The discussion explores global order, sovereignty, and asks whether such crises are exceptions—or intrinsic to modern power.
The 2026 Israel–US war on Iran marks a turning point in global geopolitics, as conflict extends beyond battlefields into energy, technology, and economic systems. This analysis examines how it is reshaping power, alliances, and a rapidly evolving world order.
This conversation examines how the Iran conflict is shifting beyond conventional war into a broader contest over energy and infrastructure. As strategic targets expand, it explores the implications for regional stability, global markets, and the evolving nature of modern warfare.
In this conversation, Yashwant Sinha joins Bushra Khanum to assess India’s foreign policy amid West Asia tensions—examining strategic silence, energy risks around the Strait of Hormuz, and whether India can act as a stabilising force in an increasingly volatile global order.
