Taslima Nasreen and a deafening silence
Came across a great post by Sandeep on the recent assault on Taslima Nasreen in Hyderabad. Some things stand out in this remarkable episode: The deafening silence of the liberal activists on the incident...
Category: Impact of Islam on India
Lies and half-truths in the name of national integration
A few days ago, while looking for something else, I chanced upon this site which has all the chapters of “The Story of Islamic Imperialism in India” by Sita Ram Goel. I have not...
Exposing “Purdah” – the Truth behind the Veil
*****CAUTION: Long Post***** By now, most of you must have heard or read about the controversy caused by Smt Pratibha Patil’s recent remarks on the purdah system. To recap briefly, Smt Patil, the Congress...
Of Patna and Azimabad…
A recent article by Shachi Rairikar commenting on Lalu Yadav’s demand for renaming Patna as Azimabad reminded me of one of my earlier posts about name changes and the question of identity: “Of Bangalore, Bengaluru and...
“India’s Islamist Groups” – Extracts
A very well researched piece on “India’s Islamist Groups” by Husain Haqqani (Published on Thursday, February 16, 2006) Source: http://www.futureofmuslimworld.com/research/pubID.38/pub_detail.asp Extracts: “Contemporary India is a Hindu-majority country, governed under a secular democratic constitution since 1947,...
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