A breakthrough judgment but freedom for most Muslim women in India is a far cry. Let Parliament do its bit now
23 August 2017The deplorable use of a Quranic term in India’s Urdu media to savage liberal Muslims
16 September 2016Why the Urdu press in India consistently heaps scorn on Ahmadiya Muslims
29 August 2016In modern times, a glaring intellectual failure of the Muslim mind is not to distinguish between Israel, the Jews and the Zionists
25 July 2016Obscurantist clerics mount a campaign against recent moves to reform the Muslim Personal Law
15 June 2016Ravaged by war, terror and bad politics, Afghanistan is waiting for a new life after the withdrawal of American troops
17 December 2015The news from Bangladesh should alert India to the threat from ISIS. It is real and immediate
07 October 2015Roznama Aag of Lucknow was one of the few dailies that carried the news of the fatwa on its front page
10 September 2015Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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