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पंतप्रधान मोदी यांनी रोममध्ये वाकडी वाट करुन व्हॅटिकन सिटीत पोप फ्रान्सिस यांची भेट घेतली' काही दिवसांपूर्वी मी माझ्या एका लेखात "पंतप्रधान मोदी यांनी रोममध्ये असताना वाकडी वाट करुन व्हॅटिकन सिटीत जाऊन पोप फ्रान्सिस यांची भेट घेतली' असे लिहिले होते. 'वाकडी वाट' हा शब्दप्रयोग मुद्दाम वापरला होता. कारण ख्रिस्ती धर्माचे परमाचार्य पोप फ्रान्सिस यांची त्यांच्या राष्ट्रात जाऊन गळाभेट घेणे, तिथे फोटोग्राफरच्या साक्षीने बायबलची प्रत भक्तिभावाने कपाळाला लावणे हा पंतप्रधान मोदीजींच्या आजवरच्या कारकिर्दीच्या रुळलेल्या आणि लोकांनाही अपेक्षित असलेल्या मार्गातील प्रवास निश्चितच नव्हता. इंडियन एक्स्प्रेसने ``पंतप्रधान मोदी आज व्हॅटिकन सिटीमध्ये पोप फ्रान्सिस यांना भेटणार'' या आशयाचा मथळा असलेली बातमी त्यादिवशी पान एक वरची पहिली बातमी किंवा लिड न्युज म्हणूनच छापली होती. केवळ अत्यंत अनपेक्षित आणि त्याचबरोबर अनेक दृष्टीकोनांतून महत्त्वाची असलेल्या बातमीलाच पान एकवरची ही जागा मिळत असते हे आता पत्रकारांबरोबरच वाचकांनासुद्धा बऱ्यापैकी माहित. झाले आहे. इतर किती इंग्रजी, मर...

Nagaland BJP's Jerusalem tour aid: Shedding anti-Christian tag?

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Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 6:46 PM   |   e-paper HOME PUNE MAHARASHTRA ART AND CULTURE SPORTS BUSINESS WORLD OPINION Home   Opinion   BJP resorts to sponsorship politics BJP resorts to sponsorship politics Camil Parkhe Saturday, 31 March 2018  goo.gl/ouePn7 Party seeks to shed its anti-Christian tag with sponsorship for tours to Jerusalem. In keeping with its election promise, the ruling front in Nagaland, comprising the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and the BJP, has announced its plans to provide financial aid to Christian devotees to visit the Holy Land of Jerusalem.   Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, also a devout Christian, has said that guidelines will be prepared to enable Christians to visit the Holy Land. He said that his government will par...

Seema Mustafa : Being a secular Muslim in India

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Monday, March 12, 2018, 7:04 PM   |   e-paper HOME PUNE MAHARASHTRA ART AND CULTURE SPORTS BUSINESS WORLD OPINION Home   Art & Culture   A muslim in the public discourse A muslim in the public discourse Camil Parkhe   Saturday, 10 March 2018      goo.gl/pjEbYk AZADI’S DAUGHTER: Being a secular Muslim in India Author:  Seena Mustafa Publisher:  Speaking Tiger Pages:  185 Price:  Rs 299 In the recent past, India has witnessed political and social turmoil on many occasions. For instance, the constitutional amendment in 1985 made by the then Prime Minister following the Supreme Court judgement in the Shah Bano case; or the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992; communal rioting in Mumbai and Gujarat 1993 and 2002 — shocked the secular p...

Lone Christian member in Pune Municipal Corporation is from MIM

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Lone Christian member in Pune Municipal Corporation is from MIM CAMIL PARKHE |  Monday, 13 March 2017 AT 12:51 PM IST       All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen ,  political party ,  Muslim community ,  Christian candidate ,  PMC election , MIM ,  Ashwini Landge ,  christian community ,  Pune ,  Camil Parkhe    goo.gl/GLVU3f PUNE:  The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, otherwise referred to as a political party representing only the Muslim community, has provided the only Christian member in the newly elected Pune Municipal Corporation. Ashwini Daniel Landge, a MIM nominee, was elected a member of the Pune Municipal Corporation from the open woman category in panel number six from Yerwada.  Incidentally Landge is also the MIM's only member in the 162-member House. The MIM had contested altogether 25 seats in the city. The party had hoped to win a few seats in Muslim-dominated Kondhwa...