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Category Archives: Secularism/Liberalism
Yakub Memon, A MUSLIM, Was Hanged
As the tamasha of late night court proceedings unfolded, I had a sense of déjà vu. A blood-thirsty nation would have to be satisfied. Yakub Memon must be hanged. He was a conspirator during the Bombay Blasts. He had taken … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, City, Civil Society, Communalism, Death Penalty, Hindutva, Identity, India, Indian Muslim, Indian Politics, Islam, Muslim, Religion, Secularism/Liberalism, Social Activism
Tagged Bombay Blasts, communalism, Hindutva, India, Indian Muslim, Secularism, violence, Yakub Memon
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Do we have the LANGUAGE to talk about Housing Discrimination against Muslims?
You are at the University of Hyderabad. You have just completed a master’s and are brimming with idealism. The highs of university life have made you confident. You think you can take on the world. At least, that’s what the university community made you feel. Continue reading
Posted in Activism, City, Communalism, India, Indian Muslim, Kolkata, Mumbai, Muslim, Religion, Secularism/Liberalism, Social Activism, Violence
Tagged communalism, Housing Discrimination against Muslims in India, Hyderabad, Indian Muslims, Islam, Kolkata, Mumbai, Religion, Secularism
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz and the Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)
After a brief visit of about ten days, I returned from Dhaka at the end of 2011, which happened to be the fortieth birth anniversary of Bangladesh. During my stay, I interacted with academics, scholars, and lay people about the … Continue reading
Posted in 1971 Muktijuddho, Author, Bangladesh, Death Penalty, History, Identity, Islam, Literature, Muslim, Pakistan, Poems, Postcolonialism, Religion, Secularism/Liberalism
Tagged Africa, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Liberation War, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Iran, Islam, Muslim, Negritude, Pakistan, Religion, Secularism
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How to Eat Beef in Bengal?
We are a family of gastronomic dissidence, almost bordering on anarchy. My mother eats beef but no mutton. My father loves mutton but eats no beef. One of my sisters doesn’t eat any meat, not even fish. Another sister was … Continue reading
Posted in Caste, Communalism, Hindutva, Identity, India, Indian Muslim, Islam, Life, Muslim, Religion, Secularism/Liberalism, Village
Tagged Beef, Food, Hindu, India, Muslim, Religion, Secularism, West Bengal
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What does AAP’s Victory in Delhi Assembly Election say about Muslims?
I must begin with a caveat: I am neither a political analyst nor a psephologist. Like many in India, I am an avid follower of politics and try to make sense of the happenings with common sense. This piece is … Continue reading
Posted in Communalism, Delhi, Hindutva, India, Indian Muslim, Indian Politics, Muslim, Secularism/Liberalism
Tagged AAP, BJP, communalism, Congress, Delhi Assembly Election 2015, Indian Muslims, Liberalism, Secularism
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Books Review: Ayesha Mattu & Nura Maznavi’s Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex, and Intimacy
“In order to be enrolled in sex education, students needed parental permission. Every single student received it, except me. The only brown kid. The only Muslim,” writes Haroon Moghul. Moghul was sent to the library to do a project on … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11, American Life, Book Review, Identity, Islam, Life, Literature, Love, Non-fiction, Religion, Secularism/Liberalism
Tagged American Muslim Men, Ayesha Mattu, Intimacy, love, Nura Maznavi, Salaam, Sex
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An Interview with Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati
In this Cafe Dissensus conversation, Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati speaks to me. He is the University Professor of Law and Economics at Columbia University and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. A renowned expert on international trade, he has served in … Continue reading
‘Muslim Leadership’: An Interview with Mr. Jahangir Hossain
[It was first published in Cafe Dissensus Blog, which is the blog of Cafe Dissensus Magazine.] This is the first interview in a Cafe Dissensus series of pieces titled, ‘Muslim Leadership.’ This series aims to explore the question of Muslim leadership in … Continue reading
The Importance of Being Malala
Yesterday Malala Yousafzai, the education activist who was near-fatally shot by the Pakistani Taliban on 9 November, 2012, spoke at the UN on the right to education for every child anywhere in the globe. A noble thought, indeed. However, Malala’s … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11, History, Islam, Pakistan, Religion, Right to Education, Secularism/Liberalism, Violence
Tagged Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan, right to education, UN
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Sabitri Roy’s Badwip (The Delta, 1972): Communalization of Post-Partition Urban Space in Calcutta
A personal anecdote: Since the time I came to India from New York City for research-related work in September, 2011, I have been staying with my sister in Tollygunge. Her modest two-BHK apartment was not the most conducive space for … Continue reading
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