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News Reports

Wikipedia refuses to delete page on Fatima Sheikh after Dilip Mandal said that she is a fictional character, the author-activist gives more evidence on...

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2025

While a Wikipedia page on Fatima Sheikh was proposed to be deleted after Dilip Mandal said that she didn't exist, the proposal was rejected

News Reports

India’s first Muslim teacher Fatima Sheikh never existed? Writer-activist Dilip Mandal says he invented the ‘fictional character’

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2025

Author and activist Dilip Mandal has claimed that Fatima Sheikh, celebrated as India's first Muslim school teacher, never existed, and he created the ‘fictional character’

News Reports

25 years of Harry Potter: Author JK Rowling thanks the readers on the occasion for making the books a success, here is what she...

OpIndia Staff - 27 June, 2022

JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series has taken to Twitter to thank her fans on the 25th anniversary of the publication of her first book

Opinions

Finding Manaf: The Kaushik Basu syndrome that is plaguing the country like a storm

Nirwa Mehta - 20 June, 2022

But at least we got one learning. That when it comes to saving the dignity of women, chaiwallahs are the ones who are rising to occasion.

Books

Sutradhar by Ratul Chakraborty: A collection of stories from historical fantasy to cosmic horror set across the arc of Indian history

OpIndia Staff - 26 April, 2020

Sutradhar by Ratul Chakraborty is a collection of stories set across the arc of Indian history.

News Reports

In a hilarious gaffe, US Department of Agriculture lists fictional country ‘Wakanda’ as a free-trade partner, removes later

OpIndia Staff - 20 December, 2019

Wakanda featured prominently in the movie Avengers: Infinity War.

Books

Operation Johar: Author Abhishek Banerjee takes us back in time of left-wing terror in newly formed Jharkhand

OpIndia Staff - 13 January, 2019

In his debut book Operation Johar: A Love Story, author and columnist Abhishek Banerjee walks us down the memory lane of left-wing terror in the newly formed Jharkhand.

Opinions