AISA says adieu to one of the greatest modern painters in the world, Maqbool Fida Husain (17 Sep 1915—9 June 2011). Husain’s painting achieved a distinctive style that combined deep roots in Indian tradition with modern artistic expression. Hussein was born in Pandharpur of Maharashtra. In his initial days he used to paint cinema hoardings in Mumbai. He joined the leftist Progressive Artists’ Group in 1947. His film Through a Painters Eye (1967) won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. He was nominated for Rajya Sabha In 1986 …

श्रीनगर जाकर तिरंगा लहराने को व्याकुल संघी ‘बहादुरों’ को शायद याद नहीं है कि उनके गुरु गोलवलकर ने राष्ट्रध्वज को ‘मनहूस’ और ‘देश के लिए हानिकारक’ कहा है। भारत की आज़ादी के मौके पर तिरंगा ध्वज का विरोध करते हुए 14 अगस्त 1947 को आरएसएस के मुखपत्र ‘आर्गेनाइजर’ में उन्होंने लिखा-‘‘तीन का शब्द अपने आप में ही मनहूस है और तीन रंगों का झंडा निश्चित रूप से एक देश के लिए बहुत बुरा मनोवैज्ञानिक प्रभाव पैदा करेगा और उसके लिए हानिकारक होगा।’’ यहां दो सवाल बनते हैं। पहला यह कि …

With every passing day, more and more skeletons of terror plots are tumbling out of the saffron cupboard. The RSS-BJP brigade has predictably resorted to a ridiculous denial mode. For all these years, fighting “terrorism” has been the only political fodder for this communal-criminal brigade. Drawing on the international climate of an anti-Muslim witch-hunt in the wake of George Bush’s ‘war on terror’, the Sangh began to package their claims to patriotism in the garb of ‘anti-terrorism,’ equating Islam and Muslims with terrorism. This kind of anti-Muslim jingoism gained some …