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Women’s Reservation Bill And Politics Of OBCs And Minorities

To demand sub-quota for Muslim women is nothing more than politicking for winning support of Muslims. It is nothing more than mere politicking. It is this kind of politicking which denies justice to minorities and others. And as pointed out above, this is not even doing justice to OBC but only to creamy layer.

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Communal Violence Bill – How Useful To Victims?

by Asghar Ali Engineer

The present Bill already cleared by the Cabinet, seeks to give more power to the police. In fact police has always been the part of the problem, rather than part of the solution. Had police been fair and impartial, no communal riot can last for more than 24 hours.All those who have investigated communal riots know what role police plays in communal riots from remaining spectators to actively helping the rioters instead of controlling it.

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Delhi Blasts Accused Shahzad Was Not Hiding, Say Villagers

by Guest Post

Khalispur is a small village of Azamagarh, nearly 12 km from the city. Its population is nearly about 3 thousand comprising both Muslims as well as Hindus almost fifty-fifty. Shahzad’s grandfather Neyaz Ahmad had been Village head for 15 years unanimously and known for his welfare activities across the villages of Azamgarh.

Recalling Jamshedpur riots of 1979

by Kashif

This month in the year 1979, the Hindu-Muslim violence in Jamshedpur took the lives of 108 people. The number of dead could have easily been 114, but as it turned out, my family and I survived the mayhem, to write about it thirty years later.
This unfortunate event occurred when I was at the tender age [...]

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Baffling Supreme Court Judgment On Beards

by Mohib Ahmad

Some of the comments made by the bench header by Justices Raveendran and Katju went way beyond the scope of the case. A healthy debate on private institutions right to set rules and regulations is needed. At the same time the courts can’t litigate religion from the bench.

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Nellie Still Haunts

by Kashif

Journalist Hemendara Narayan witnessed the Nellie massacre of February 18th, 1983 and the death of hundreds if not thousands killed in a matter of hours. The memory of dead and those who survived haunted him for years and after 25 years he prepared this booklet to preserve the memory for future.

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The Joy And Pain Of Being An Indian Muslim

by Kaleem Kawaja

It makes Indian Muslims proud to see their country become one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world. However it them to find that most Muslims continue to be marginalized and stereotyped in India and often suspect in their nationalism.

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That Sense of Insecurity

by Sharjeel Ahmad

Muslim Indians are insecure because we face threats from all nooks and corners. We face insecurity in terms of employment, we face insecurity in terms of civil rights and codes, we face insecurity in terms of our beliefs and the edifice of our beliefs, we face insecurity in terms of our material possessions, and we face insecurity in terms of existence.

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Price Of An Indo-Pak War

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan

In the after-effect of Mumbai terror attacks, while India and Pakistan seem to sit at the threshold of a possible war and hawks in both the countries talk of ‘final battle’ terrorists thrive on the growing conflict between the two nations.

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India, Secularism, Whatever

by Mohib Ahmad

Dr. Khalidi’s essay is an affront all those Indians whot are fighting for the rights of fellow Indians every day to make India a better country. It is an insult to millions of Muslims who chose to stay in India because they believed in the idea of India.

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