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Muslims Should Adopt Advocacy Instead Of Protests

by Kaleem Kawaja

Instead of protesting, Muslims should adopt advocacy methods to alleviate problems.

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Cricket(s) and Burnt Lives

by Manas Shaikh

The fanatics were busy in Orissa while the nation was busy with its cricket.

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Indian Muslim Community Discourses: Continuities, Changes and Challenges

by Yoginder Sikand

Is the Muslim problem in India a religious one or a socio-economic one?

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Gujarat Elections And Aftermath

by Asghar Ali Engineer

Gujarat has made history. Gujarat is in news ever since genocide of 2002. For every small or big development it remains in news. Gujarat carnage was unparalleled in the history of India and it will continue to be discussed for a long time to come. Like partition of our country it cannot be easily forgotten. [...]

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Travel, Kannada and Untouchability

by Manas Shaikh

I was traveling from Bangalore to Kolkata few days ago. On my way, I saw a few things, which I thought I might share.
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South India is very sensitive about it’s languages and culture. They feel that the North Indian (Hindi) culture is trying to eat up their culture and language. Sometimes these justifiable concerns are [...]

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Gujarat: Thoughts on the Threat from Hindutva and Islam

by Mohib Ahmad

Guest Post by Bhupinder Singh
In what is probably the first serious study and theorization of communalism in India, historian Bipan Chandra had pointed out in The Rise of Communalism in Modern India, that communalism is a modern phenomenon that arose when politics became mass politics- “communal” riots as we know them today started in the [...]

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