Indian Muslims anxious as SC prepares to rule on destroyed Babri mosque
In the Indian town of Ayodhya, minority Muslims are feeling under siege as they await a Supreme Court ruling on the destroyed Babri mosque. After a tangle of legal cases,…
The problem is not Indian Muslims
Indian Muslims fell out of love with the Congress, long before Rajiv Gandhi decided to unlock the doors of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, unleashing a monster that continues to maul…
No tears for Indian Muslims
A senior friend of mine who spends much of his time online, passionately airing his strongly-held views on the issues and challenges facing India, its Muslims in particular, is surprisingly…
The decline of Indian Muslims
Satyajit Ray’s masterpiece Shatranj Ke Khilari, or The Chess Players, is a sublime and moving lament for the passing of the Muslim aristocracy in India. As the British plot their…
Indian media and the war on Muslims
Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages, said Spiro Agnew. I wonder what the late US vice president would have thought of Indian media, especially…
Muslims in Indian army
We must not doubt the ability of the 1.2 million-strong Indian army to fight wars on two fronts, because one of its top commanders has told us so. Nor should…
The facade of Indian democracy
Seventy-five years ago, India gained freedom and declared itself a secular state. The constitution of the world’s largest democracy provides for “freedom of conscience and the right of all individuals…
Indian secularism and Islamophobia
India pretends to the world that it is a socialist, secular and democratic republic. These great but equally elusive ideals were added to the preamble of the Constitution of India…
UnVeiled, UnMasked, UnPlugged Indian Hindutva
Alone. Hounded. Sledged. Mobbed. Harassed. Heckled. Jeered. Harrowed. Threatened. Sieged. Terrorized. And many more. This is a sample of what happened to a girl student Muskan Khan in Karnataka, India,…
The state of the Indian union
India is celebrating its 72nd Republic Day on January 26. Flaunting its status as the world’s most populous democracy, it nevertheless continues to drift away from the ideals of the…
