Category: Islamic Rule in India

Will Arundhati Roy pl. stand up for Francois Gautier?

Some of you may have already read this. Francois Gautier’s exhibition on Aurangzeb, based on historical documents and paintings, has been forcibly shut down by authorities in Chennai (after successfully exhibiting in Delhi, Pune...

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...

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...