Topic: Muslim
Anger towards ‘other side’ echoes in Hindu-dominated areas of riot-hit Northeast Delhi
Mobs allegedly torched shops, used a school roof to hurl stones and petrol bombs. Gunshot survivor says relationships have been ‘forever damaged’.
Thank the printing press for making the cow into a Hindu gaumata
The growth of printing industry by 19th century allowed Hindu selfhood to get intimately tied to cow protection, writes Aparna Vaidik in 'My Son's Inheritance'.
Davinder arrest threatens the fragile trust Kashmiri Sikhs enjoy with Indian state & Muslims
Kashmiri Sikhs describe their official position on the Valley’s freedom movement as one of ‘neutrality’.
UP Police didn’t become anti-Muslim under Yogi. Look at secular Congress’ bloody past
It was 1972 and Indira Gandhi was the PM and HM. Muslims were protesting a law curtailing autonomy of AMU. And then secular Congress set a template for state action.
India’s new Muslim flaunts Tricolour, sings national anthem & isn’t afraid to look Muslim
At Jama Masjid, Muslims pronounced they are Indians first, rejecting the idea that someone can reimagine the basis of the Republic, just because he has majority.
Citizenship Bill has only one aim: protect non-Muslims, harass Muslims
The next time Modi government conducts the NRC – in Assam and across India – it wants to make sure non-Muslims are protected and more Muslims are excluded.
Long queues, old papers, WhatsApp NRC scares: Hindus & Muslims in Bengal brace for the worst
As BJP faces the heat because of rising fears in Bengal over the NRC, detention centres are being planned and many are taking their lives.
There are 3 claims to Ayodhya — law, memory & faith. It’s not a simple Hindu-Muslim dispute
Each of the three parties – Sunni Wakf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla Virajman – has identified its own comfort zone in the grand claim for Ayodhya.
Gandhi goal behind courting Hindu leaders & groups was to make them more malleable to Muslims
Gandhi was a great enthusiast for cow protection but refused to use it as a bargaining chip for his support to the Khilafat Movement.
How to be BJP’s version of a ‘good Muslim’ – A guide by Arif Mohammad Khan
Unlike the Congress’ version, the BJP's good Muslims have to demonstrate Muslimness as an intrinsic problem of India's national identity.
Chinese private companies’ investment in India has grown since 2014 — with little scrutiny
From $1.6 billion in 2014, investment from China — mostly by state-controlled private firms now — has likely crossed $26 billion. What does it mean for India’s trade strategy and security?
Jails give Covid-19 parole: Can overstretched govt track prisoners’ movement and behaviour?
Prisons across India have begun to release inmates on parole after the Supreme Court directed to decongest jails to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Defence
‘For just a bloody cannon’: How a MiG-21 nearly took down a PAF Sabre on debut for IAF in 1965
The story of the debut of IAF’s MiG-21 in the 1965 India-Pakistan war and its memorable encounter with Pakistan Air Force's Sabres on 4 September.
Modi’s India isn’t Mao’s China. Silly forecasts assume we’ll let corona kill millions of us
There are many scary scenarios about how badly we Indians may be affected or how many killed by Covid-19. But they presume we will do nothing to influence our fates.