The Uneasy Relationship of JNU and the Indian Nation-State
Let us Revisit 9 February 2016 Dear readers, let us revisit that day a little more than two years ago. On 9 February 2016, a group of students organized an event in Jawaharlal Nehru University. This purportedly More...
Kashmir Al-Qaeda affiliate promotes medieval Islamic worldviews
The medieval Islamic jurists divided the world into two sharply different categories: ‘Dar-ul-Harb’ (land of war) and ‘Darul Islam’ (abode of Islam). The two exclusivist Islamist terms are synonymous More...
Is Farooq now down with Dementia?
Has Farooq Abdullah gone bonkers? Having reportedly undergone a kidney transplant two years ago, does he now need a brain transplant as well? Or is the three-time chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) More...
Mehbooba Is Already Enjoying A Rare ‘Azadi’- Il
[contextly_sidebar id=”5I5kPie3y2VXZ3Y4E8ueWsETwhX4dUtx”] Constitutional Lollipops to J&K Cripple Idea of India The Indian Constitution’s Article 370, Clauses 1 (c) and (d) say that —- “(c) More...
Mehbooba Is Already Enjoying A Rare ‘Azadi’- I
Big Compromise with J&K on National Laws The truth is finally out. Mehbooba Mufti is an ardent supporter of the evil “separatist” agenda in J&K, if not a “separatist” herself. For all you know, she More...
Book Review: The Infidel Next Door by Rajat Mitra
The Infidel Next Door by Rajat Mitra is available on Amazon. The Infidel Next Door opens with an arranged marriage between a sick orphan girl and a shy boy; but it quickly evolves to embrace more than two lost More...
Islam and ‘Syncretism’ in Indian History
…. if India is to be represented by her best and not by her inferior races…in accordance with…the past glories of [an]…ancient race, I call upon the Congress to rule, not that there shall be as many Mahomedans More...
Sufism in India – A bloodied History
The advent of Islam in India has generally been regarded as a peaceful and mostly non violent process under which the various Sufi saints arrived in India from various parts of West Asia, and settled down here. More...
Book Review: Jammu & Kashmir – Dilemma of Accession by Radha Rajan
Jammu and Kashmir Dilemma of Accession: A Historical Analysis and Lesson by Radha Rajan has been published by Voice of India, New Delhi and is available on Amazon. The mystery surrounding the delayed accession More...
India’s Forgotten Soldiers: An Appeal to those criticizing them
I met an Indian colleague at work for the first time. We have interacted remotely many times but he lives in Manhattan while I live across the continent. So, this was the first in-person meeting. He mentioned that More...