April 10, 2018 12:36 am
Harsh Mander: India has never been as divided since Partition, and new partitions are being constructed each day in our hearts.
April 10, 2018 2:00 pm
Ramachandra Guha: My comparison was ill-chosen, and the chastisement I received for it is merited. I also agree that the headscarf and the skull-cap are akin to the turban and the vibhooti, markers of religious identity that should not offend anyone when displayed in public.
April 10, 2018 1:59 pm
Muslims are tired of not only being discriminated against, attacked violently, not receiving justice; they are also tired of all their citizenship issues eclipsed by a single agenda of security from communal violence.
April 09, 2018 5:40 pm
Asking Muslims to shun religious symbols in public is only to combat a vicious foe.
April 09, 2018 5:40 pm
Psuedo-secular intelligentsia has fractured the concept of Indian citizenship, kept Muslims in an impermeable silo of insecurity.
April 05, 2018 1:19 pm
The marginalisation of Muslims began soon after Partition and has since been institutionalised by political parties and governments. Doing away the burka and skull-cap will not end it.
April 05, 2018 1:26 pm
This historical putsch concomitantly finds inclusion in school textbooks wherein different inhabitants of a common geographical/demographical space are inscribed in specific and essentialised forms of representation
April 04, 2018 9:24 am
Liberal democrats owe it to themselves to choose their words and fora responsibly.
March 31, 2018 12:20 am
For Ramachandra Guha empathy for Muslims is a liberal predicament. He makes a deeply unfair argument
March 29, 2018 12:05 am
In addressing the ‘Muslim question’, left-liberals have been extremely hesitant in acknowledging the Ashraf-Pasmanda divide.