Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has demanded building of a 'Amarnath House' or 'Vaishnodevi House' for Hindus on the lines of 'Haj House' in Mumbai for Muslims.

"We are reiterating this demand of all Hindus," an editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana,' edited by Thackeray, said.

Full coverage: Amarnath shrine land row

"Several corporations have been set up for Muslims. Now, set up a corporation for welfare of Amarnath and Vaishnodevi pilgrims," the editorial said.

An overhaul of the entire curriculum is a prerequisite for any
positive change in the Pakistani psyche. Unfortunately, it is
reluctantly being done under US pressure, which is leading to
misperceptions of its own

“Was Aurangzeb a brutal emperor?” a fairly educated journalist asked me, after watching the play The Trial of Dara Shikoh. The
question was revealing because it shows that the teaching of history
leaves with our students concocted fiction rather than fact-based
records of the present and past.

The play The Trial of Dara Shikoh
written by Akbar S Ahmad and directed by Manjula Kumar had been staged
in many locations in the last few weeks. As expected, most of the caste
comprised Indian artists except the usual suspects, Noor Naghmi and his
son Sultan Naghmi.