Of Godhra and Gujarat – Part II
A few days ago I came across this piece by Kishore Asthana which makes a number of important points that form the backdrop to Godhra. I am reproducing some excerpts below but I would...
Category: Impact of Islam on India
Forgetting History: Delhi’s “Iron Pillar”
I recently stumbled on this news-item about the development of a new type of corrosion-resistant iron by Prof Balasubramaniam and one of his colleagues at IIT, Kanpur (emphasis mine): …Indian metallurgists have developed a...
The Counterjihad Calendar for 2008
Baron Bodissey has just released “The Counterjihad Calendar for 2008” – a result of “four months of (hard) work”. “The purpose of the calendar is twofold: 1. To enhance a sense of community among the...
Gandhigiri, Taliban and the need for reform in Islam
Be careful before you try “Gandhi-giri” – It may earn you a fatwa. Most of you may have already come across these two seemingly unrelated news items. A closer look at them though underlines the need for...
Quote of the Day
Tarik Jan, “a gentle-mannered scholar at Islamabad’s Institute of Policy Studies” quoted in TIME Magazine, “Pakistan: Divided by Faith” by Aryn Baker: “We [Muslims] were the legal rulers of India, and in 1857 the British...
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