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India’s GOP In Disarray:From Indira To Sonia
Beyond the rise of the right wing & Modi; a global pariah for much of his tenure as the CM of Gujarat for his controversial role in the infamous anti-Muslim pogrom of 2002, there’s an alternate discourse that too requires popular attention. The 2014 elections were also the culmination of a series of events that — read more
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The Great Indian ‘DEMON’etization
As I begin writing this, it has been nearly one & a half month since; PM Modi in a ‘historic’ address to the nation obliterated nearly 86% of the currency in circulation. The move is certainly historic & at the expense of sounding a bit dramatic; unprecedented. Certainly, there is no known historical parallel that — read more
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Daily Takes: Swooping On Zakir Naik
Hang on tight as I delineate this: As a kid, I grew up listening to his speeches & as you’d guess it, I was actually quite impressed with his style, wit & rhetoric. He has his own style of quoting from plethora of religious texts; from Quran to Bible & Bhagwat Gita. — read more
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Do Muslims In India Really Feel Alienated?
As much as technology would make you believe; not every thing around here is binary. There are things which are a tad complex & won’t fit into your typical cliches. This is one among those things. Muslims in India are a complex lot, just as diverse as are Hindus or any other community. If you — read more
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Trying Times: The Othering Of Muslims In India
That religious chauvinism is very much a part of Indian psyche could hardly be debated. With the ascendance of Modi led ‘Hindu Nationalist’ government at the centre & its repeated condoning of heinous acts of Right- wing zealots accentuates a tactical understanding between the regime & their handymen. — read more
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