Muslims

Ghost of the Past

Joseph Antony

A tale of how one horrific incident can echo through a life

A Continuing Indignity

Madhavankutty Pillai

A survey of Muslim women reveals the toll of polygamy and makes a case for making it illegal like triple talaq

Critical Mass of Urdu Speakers

Swapan Dasgupta

Urdu’s importance has been declining steadily since a mass of Urdu speakers and writers migrated to Pakistan from northern India and the erstwhile Hyderabad state after Partition

A Whiff of Deradicalisation

Rahul Pandita

The new liberal voices that speak of a different freedom in Kashmir

The Seed of Communalism

Ram Madhav

Jinnah became even more bitter as Gandhi gained in stature

Hate Wave in the Capital

Rajeev Deshpande

Has Delhi become a communal tinderbox?

Tragicomedy Times

Zakia Soman

A satirical play uses fantasy to tell of today’s faultlines

The No-Go Zones of Assam

Siddharth Singh

Behind the narrative of a rightwing government mistreating Muslims lies the reality of both indigenous Hindus and Muslims suffering at the hands of illegal immigrants