View: Ayodhya should pave the way for ‘Ayuddha’ — peace forever among communities

View: Ayodhya should pave the way for ‘Ayuddha’ — peace forever among communities

‘Damnatio memoriae’ is a Latin phrase roughly meaning ‘erasing bad memory’. Although the phrase came into vogue much later, the practice dated back to the Greek and Roman periods in European history. Erection of statues, not of men of god or of wisdom, but of power, was a standard practice. Historians point out that, at … Read more

Turkey’s Hagia Sophia becomes Mosque after court ruling

Turkey’s Hagia Sophia becomes Mosque after court ruling

Istanbul: President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia open to Muslim prayer as a mosque on Friday after a top court ruled that the building’s conversion to a museum by modern Turkey’s founding statesman was illegal. Erdogan made his announcement just an hour after the court ruling was revealed, brushing aside international warnings not to … Read more