Rohan Giri In March 2026, a court in Pakistan closed the file on a thirteen-year-old girl from Lahore and, in doing so, opened a much older wound that the country has never quite managed to heal. Maria Shahbaz, a Christian by birth, had been abducted, coerced into converting to Islam, and married off to the … Continue reading Pakistan’s Vanishing Minorities: Maria Shahbaz Case
Ram Statue Row, unsettling minority question point to decay in societal plurality ideals with radicals holding the sway! Diganta Chakraborty History often throws up some unsettling questions. Partition of Bengal in 1947 was one such moment. A land enriched by freedom fighter Masterda Surya Sen, spiritual leader Dr. Mahanambrata Brahmachari and ancestors of Rabindranath Tagore … Continue reading Unimplemented Bangladesh Guarantees
Protestant Church of England’s apology on inhuman crimes committed against mothers, children over half a century is big sham. Catholics have not even recognized their inhuman atrocities. CIHS Desk Protestant doctrine led Church of England whose supreme governor was the British King offered an apology for inhumanly treating pregnant mothers, separating their babies and subjecting … Continue reading Too Little, Late & Inadequate
Seven are dead and an internet blackout has fallen over the hills, but the protesters in Pakistan’s Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir have refused to go home. After seventy-nine years, the territory Islamabad occupied is deciding it will no longer be ruled. Rahul Pawa | X @imrahulpawa The bridge at Khaigala is not the sort … Continue reading Why Rawalakot Is Burning: Exploitation Dressed as Administration
In Pakistan's largest province, Baloch families no longer ask only whether their loved ones will come home. They ask whether they will return alive, broken, or as a body left by the roadside.Rahul PAWA | X- @imrahulpawa In Balochistan, disappearance has become more than an allegation. It has become a method of rule, a language … Continue reading Balochistan’s Disappeared: Inside Pakistan’s Kill-and-Dump Campaign
Freedom House's Western Biases, Methodological Flaws & Lack of Understanding of India's Democratic Realities N. C. Bipindra American think tank Freedom House's latest 2026 annual report rates India as "Partly Free" with a score of 62 on maximum 100 points. This has once again triggered a debate on how global democracy indexes assess nations, particularly … Continue reading Bias or Blind Spot?
With the enactment of Bill C-9 (Combatting Hate Act), Canada's legislative stance on hate speech, extremist iconography and religious space protection underwent an important change. The law establishes penalties for intimidation at religious institutions motivated by hatred and makes it illegal to publicly display insignia associated with terrorist groups. The law is both a chance … Continue reading Canada’s Bill C-9 and Its Implications for Hindus and Khalistani Extremism
USCIRF worked to puncture US interests by framing its strategic ally Bharat as a country of particular concern and recommend ban on RSS, RAW. What’s the hidden agenda? K.A.Badarinath Why doesn’t US President Donald J Trump wind up the pugnacious and toxic organization US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) that worked against American … Continue reading Malfeasance at large
Centre for Integrated and Holistic Studies (CIHS) has released a comprehensive rebuttal of the USCIRF Annual Report 2026 and its accompanying Issue Update on India. The rebuttal finds that USCIRF's recommendation to designate India a Country of Particular Concern rests on methodological failures, unsourced assertions, and recommendations disconnected from the document's own findings. Most strikingly, … Continue reading Rebuttal of USCIRF India Entry and Issue Update on Alleged Religious Persecution
Free run given to SFJ that equated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Iran’s Khamenei reflect insensitivity of US & Canada. N. C. Bipindra Latest provocative images and videos posted on social media by Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) have triggered a controversy intersecting free speech, diaspora politics, territorial integrity, global diplomacy and international relations. SFJ … Continue reading Khalistani Terror Propaganda Put Bharat, US on Edge
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