Western outlets disproportionately emphasize Israeli casualties, humanizing them with personal details, names, and stories, while Palestinian deaths are anonymized or reduced to numbers. For example, headlines like “Israeli mother killed by rocket” contrast sharply with “Several Palestinians dead in airstrike.” Language further compounds this bias, with terms like “collateral damage” and “tragic accidents” used to describe Palestinian deaths, often in passive voice (“children died” rather than “children were killed”). This disparity highlights a selective empathy, where Israeli victims are seen as innocent and deserving of global sympathy, while Palestinian lives are devalued, their deaths framed as inevitable or self-inflicted. Palestinian women and children are often depicted through stereotypes that strip them of agency and humanity. Women are portrayed as either oppressed victims or complicit in violence, such as the mothers of “martyrs.” Meanwhile, Palestinian children are framed ...

You know a society is in serious decline, far from any lofty ideals, when its villains are hailed as heroes. Glorification of criminals as cultural icons is probably the lowest a society can steep, a clear indication of the absence of ideals & a lack of education and awareness. We're witnessing a growing trend of glorification & idealisation of gangsters, particularly by the youth , in our societies. What may begin as the glorification of local goons & gangsters can spiral into something far more alarming when such figures gain national, or even international, notoriety. One such emerging blot on the society is a riff raff, Lawrence Bishnoi, a name that has become synonymous with lawlessness in India. His rise from a petty criminal to a feared gangster on a national stage paints a grim picture of society’s tolerance for criminal behaviour. He first made headlines in connection with the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, but has now returned to the spotlight for ...

In a bold move aimed at reshaping societal views, Jamat e Islami Hind has declared its mission to positively influence public opinion regarding Muslims and Islam over the next four years. This initiative comes in the wake of a growing concern about the negative narratives that are being propagated against the Indian muslim community. As per the editorial column of the magazine zindagi e nau’s August edition, Jamat will be active in designing its activities & programs in a manner which is most suited to stir a positive change in the public opinion. Ameer e Jamat e islami, Hind Syed Sadatullah Hussaini emphasised, in the editorial column, that while many believe political change alone could resolve the issues faced by Muslims, the truth is that only confronting and altering public sentiment is pivotal to everything else and added that the endeavour required immense courage and determination inviting people to take steps towards this endeavour. He underlined that this task demands th...