While history is a convenient tool to absolve one from sin and inculpate another in the imagination of people, recently the Mughal history of India has been widely recounted in both scholarly and non-scholarly circles ...
To the orthodox Sunni, the Shiite Ta’zias (تعزیہ) and the public exposure of grief and mourning as if opposing Allah’s will, even with a martyr, are, to say the least, irregular. Admitting this, some explain ...
Casteism and communalism are feudal forces which must be destroyed if India is to progress, but parliamentary democracy further entrenches them. So people have to use their creativity and devise an alternative system, argues Justice ...