With its high wall, its large buildings, Nalanda seemed like a well-endowed fortress to Ikhtiyar-ud-din and his force. He advanced upon it with two hundred horsemen “and suddenly attacked the place
For, Islam has no heart which can be touched. The heart has been drained of all human feelings and hardened into a calculating machine that manufactures only imperialist ambitions
Sanjay Gandhi's five-point programme came out that were controversial, focused on family planning, tree plantation, slum clearance, abolition of dowry and eradication of illiteracy. Sanjay demonstrated quite early that he took his pet projects seriously, especially family planning and slum clearance
Aptheker’s contribution to women’s studies also includes her marriage of radical politics to feminist sensibilities—all under the guise of an academic curriculum
For Pandit Nehru, what happened in Russia in the November of 1917 was a "unique revolution" which he wishes to see spread over many more countries. He says: "Apart from its effect on the war, the Revolution was in itself a tremendous event, unique in world history
Implicit in Professor Anidjar’s remarks is that Israel has no right to exist as a Jewish state, a point reinforced by his frequent tirades against Zionism, which he assails for what he calls its “apocalyptic dimensions”
Professor Anderson’s most recent achievement was raising $4 million, almost entirely from Arab sources, for an “Edward Said Chair in Middle Eastern Studies.” She kept the sources of the chair’s funding secret for as long as possible, despite public criticism
Biju Patnaik, BLD leader from Orissa, who had once been close to the Nehru – Gandhi family, was also apprehensive about Indira Gandhi’s reaction. He had warned, ‘I know Indira Gandhi well. You must give her an exit route; if you completely corner her then in panic she may overreact’
He is the biographer of Iran’s Islamic dictator, the Ayatollah Khomeni, and ranks among the world’s leading historians of Islam. He teaches courses on Persian literature, the history of Islam, and Shi’ism, Sufism
Professor Alam’s inflammatory and fanatic prose was published widely on the Internet. When challenged by email, he rebutted his critics with an anti-Semitic sneer: “Why is it that the only hateful mail I have received is signed by Levitt, Hoch, or Freedman?”
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