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...
Category: Islamic Rule in India
“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,...
The Largest Genocide in History?
In response to a question on the “genocide of Hindus” on Yahoo! groups, Kalavai Venkat wrote the following: Please see Koenraad Elst (http://koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com/books/negaind/ch2.htm): As a contribution to research on the quantity of the Islamic...
“India Through V.S.Naipaul’s Eyes”
Excerpts from an interview of  Sir V S Naipaul in 2001, reproduced below. From “India: A Million Mutinies Now” *** Excerpts Begin *** Rachael Kohn: When did you first have an inkling that you wanted...
Taj Mahal: The Biggest Whitewash in Indian History?
I originally penned this essay in January ’05 and it was included in one of the newsletters earlier this year. I am posting it separately here since it has evoked some interest: “TAJ MAHAL...
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