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Bihar Elections 2025: Secular Parties, Owaisi’s Politics, and the Battle for Muslim Votes By Ahmed Sohail Siddiqui A Battle Larger Than Bihar The Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 are not merely a state contest; they have become a national test of secular politics in India. While Nitish Kumar’s ever-changing alliances, Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD, and the […]

Shahid Siddiqui’s “I Witness”: A Chronicle of Lies, Not Truth By Ahmed Sohail Siddiqui A Book of Fabricated Memories When Shahid Siddiqui released his book I Witness, it was projected as a testimony of his journalistic career and political involvement. But on closer examination, the book reads less like a truthful memoir and more like

The Politics of Exposure: Voter ID Cards and the Targeting of Muslim Women in India By Ahmed Sohail Siddiqui A Manufactured Identity Crisis The introduction of compulsory Voter Photo Identity Cards (EPICs) was marketed as an administrative reform to strengthen Indian democracy. But beneath the surface, this system has been systematically weaponized against Muslim women,

India Without a Constitution: From Democracy to Majoritarian Rule Part 2 – Hate as State Policy: Islamophobia Since Independence By Ahmed Sohail Siddiqui Islamophobia Was Not Born in 2014 The popular media narrative paints the rise of Islamophobia as a direct consequence of Narendra Modi’s ascent to power in 2014. But this framing is selective,

AIMMM at 70: Congress’s Old Agents Masquerading as Muslim Umbrella By Ahmed Sohail Siddiqui When the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM) announced its 70th anniversary “All India Muslim Convention” at the India Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC), Delhi on August 16, 2025, it came wrapped in the same deceptive cloak it has worn for decades —

India Without a Constitution: From Democracy to Majoritarian Rule Part 1 – The Myth of the World’s Largest Democracy By Ahmed Sohail Siddiqui A Democracy in Name Only Since its birth in 1947, India has proudly branded itself as the “world’s largest democracy.” The Constitution — adopted on 26 January 1950 — promised equality before

India Without a Constitution: From Democracy to Majoritarian Rule Independence Day 2025: Modi’s Anti-Shariat Declaration By Ahmed Sohail Siddiqui The Symbolism of the Red Fort Every 15th of August, the Prime Minister of India stands at the ramparts of the Red Fort — a Mughal-built monument — to address the nation. This setting is not

Pakistan’s 78th Independence Day: Celebrations, Controversies, and Political Undercurrents By Ahmed Sohail Siddiqui Pakistan marked its 78th Independence Day on 14 August 2025 with a mix of patriotic fervor, political shadowboxing, and a simmering controversy over the state’s apparent erasure of its founding figures from official celebrations. While the streets of Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, and

India’s Political Unity Against Muslims: Opposition & Ruling Party Alike, With Mossad in the Shadows By Ahmed Sohail Siddiqui Since 2015, India has been witnessing a dangerous political phenomenon — the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the so-called “secular” opposition parties have functioned like two sides of the same coin when it comes to

FAILED STATE INDIA — THE NARRATIVE – Part 4 *By Ahmed Sohail Siddiqui* There was a time when the term “Failed State” was reserved for war-torn nations whose governments had collapsed under the weight of foreign invasions, civil wars, or economic ruin. Today, that phrase finds uncomfortable resonance in the very land whose leaders shout