India’s leading Gujarati language talk show host Devangh Bhatt chats with Tarek Fatah on his show ‘Adithya’ or ‘Our Guest’ during my visit to the beautiful capital of Gujarat State, Ahmedabad. The interview is motsly Urdu and Hindi with Bhatt’s…
My speech to the closing plenary session of the Jaipur Counter-Terror Conference hosted by India Foundation, Mar 18-21, 2015 Bhaiyo or Behno, Namaskar, Adaab aur Salaam Alaikum. Happy New Year. Aap sub ko Gudhee Paadavaa aur Naroze Mubarik ki Badhaeean aur…
“Miles to go, sisters, before we rest. Until then, we hang our heads in shame.” March 11, 2015 Tarek Fatah The Toronto Sun This year’s International Women’s Day on March 8 was marked in India by the news network NDTV…
Imagine the trauma these infants go through. This particular ritual took place in the village of Harangal in western India’s Maharashtra State and was filmed in 2009. Hundreds of people turn out for the annual event, which is thought to…
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Benazir Suriaya is a brave Muslim woman in India. She is PETA India’s Lead Media Coordinator and a vegan who has initiated a campaign to convince her fellow Muslims to stop the mass slaughter of cows and sheep as an animal…
“If we cannot remove an al-Qaida war cry from the walls of Toronto, do we have any hope in hell in defeating ISIS?” Tarek Fatah The Toronto Sun On Sept. 3, the head of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri, released a video…
“Haroon Siddiqui of the Toronto Star wrote recently, “Modi himself is widely reviled” in India. Siddiqui then associated Modi and his BJP with a man who heads an anti-Muslim fascist group known as the VHP. Siddiqui wrote: “Praveen Togadia, a…
A bunch of guys from the Karakoram Hostel at the IIT in Delhi have posted their parody video of the popular “Call Me Maybe” video done by ‘Miami Dolphins,’ an all-girl cheerleader group.
“In my view, shared by all my Muslim friends, burqa is the single most reprehensible cause for keeping Muslims backward (it is synonymous to jehalat — ignorance and backwardness). The sooner it is abolished, the better.” November 3, 2007 Khushwant…
Here is the raw text: At Mathura (on the Jumna) he took from the temple its statues of gold encrusted with precious stones, and emptied its coffers of a vast quantity of gold, silver and jewellery; he expressed his admiration…
“Once we give up on the right to offend in the name of ‘tolerance’ or ‘respect,’ we constrain our ability to challenge those in power, and therefore to challenge injustice.” February 13, 2014 Tarek Fatah The Toronto Sun In February,…
“… not all diplomats are created equal. U.S. diplomats can get away with murder as was the case when one of them shot dead a Pakistani man in broad daylight. Another U.S. diplomat in Kenya killed a Kenyan in a…
“This is the year (2014) that Indian and U.S. interests are supposed to converge, considering the vacuum left behind after America’s defeat in Afghanistan that has left the Taliban and al-Qaida greatly strengthened. But all that is now in jeopardy.…
This is why India inspires so many of us - Meet Shubh Kaur Ghumman from Tarek Fatah on Vimeo.
“The Sangeeta Richards [the maid] episode brings to mind the 2004 affair of Army Major and CIA mole, Rabinder Singh, who was serving as a joint secretary in the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), when he escaped to the United…
The Art of Living hosted a grand symphony of 1200 musicians playing sitar in Delhi, India, November 2008. This event set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of sitarists performing together on one stage.
Brahm Naad, conceived by the Art of Living founder and spiritual guru, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, has the two-fold purpose of popularizing Indian classical music and epitomizing the unifying power of music to spread the message of peace and harmony.
The music for this enthralling sitar orchestra is based on ancient ragas from the Gandharva Veda, namely Raga Gara, Baageshri and Hansadhwani, which conceptualize the all encompassing love for the Divine.
Sitar exponents from Australia, USA, France, Abu Dhabi and almost all states across India, including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi & NCR, among others, were part of this historic ensemble.
December 4, 2013 Tarek Fatah The Toronto Sun While much of the world is focused on the 2014 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, another major change is unfolding in the region. By the time the Americans have jettisoned their…
‘Final Solution’ is a documentary by Indian filmmaker Rakesh Sharma that studies the politics of hate. Set in Gujarat during the period February 2002 - July 2003, the film graphically documents the changing face of right-wing politics in India.
Final Solution - The Gujarat Genocide of 2002 from Tarek Fatah on Vimeo.
India’s amazing Piyush Mishra performing at Coke Studio MTV India.
The song is a letter from one ‘Javed’ who was separated from his lover ‘Husna’ during the bloody Partition of India in 1947 that drew an artificial border dividing the Punjab, dividing millions and causing the slaughter of a million. Here Mishra wails about the helplessness of love in face of politics. Enjoy.
The video shows Muslims in New Delhi taking over a section of a major city traffic artery to offer their Friday midday ‘Jumaa’ prayers causing huge traffic jams and public resentment. Is this piety? Do non-Muslims have to be inconvenienced to please Allah?
Navjot Singh Sidhu is an Indian Member of Parliament representing the City of Amritsar in the Lok Sabha. Sidhu, who is a former Indian test cricketer, in 2009 spoke passionately in defence of the city of Amritsar after the Indian government decided to lower the status of the historic city. Take a listen.
November 20, 2013 Finding Islam in the Hindu heartland Tarek Fatah The Toronto Sun More than 700 years ago, a Muslim saint was born in India, who laid the foundations of an Indian Islam. Today, that faith seems to be…
