Comments on: The Inward Turn: Muslim Politics in the Indian Subcontinent from the Fall of the Mughals to the Present https://www.brownpundits.com/2026/04/15/the-inward-turn-muslim-politics-in-the-indian-subcontinent-from-the-fall-of-the-mughals-to-the-present/ A discussion of all things Brown.. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:32:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: formerly brown https://www.brownpundits.com/2026/04/15/the-inward-turn-muslim-politics-in-the-indian-subcontinent-from-the-fall-of-the-mughals-to-the-present/#comment-131473 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:32:31 +0000 https://www.brownpundits.com/?p=23902#comment-131473 One observation:
Every other day a “love jihad” case props up, either in the internet or local language TV.
The girls are college going or working and invariably the after wedding photo shows her wearing a hijab.
The photos of other professional Muslim women also show almost all of them in hijab.
Looks like this is the new normal.

Thank God, the obnoxious nikab was greatly reduced.

Burkha is either for extremely orthodox or old women.

There was a time when upper class ‘official ‘ families hesitated to give their daughters to burkha families.

On the other hand, the educated Muslim youth wears the skull cap mostly for Namaz. Only the very orthodox wear it always

]]> By: X.T.M https://www.brownpundits.com/2026/04/15/the-inward-turn-muslim-politics-in-the-indian-subcontinent-from-the-fall-of-the-mughals-to-the-present/#comment-131397 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:51:12 +0000 https://www.brownpundits.com/?p=23902#comment-131397 In reply to Calvin.

Vikrant Massey has a Christian father, Sikh mother, Hindu wife and Muslim brother (who converted at 17). Poster child for Indian secularism?

PC has a Christian mother but seems to be raising her daughter in a fairly Hindu manner.

We are an InterFaith environment but we’d hazard that we are very much Hindu-oriented as well.a

]]> By: formerly brown https://www.brownpundits.com/2026/04/15/the-inward-turn-muslim-politics-in-the-indian-subcontinent-from-the-fall-of-the-mughals-to-the-present/#comment-131394 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:37:34 +0000 https://www.brownpundits.com/?p=23902#comment-131394 Where is the loss of inheritance of the Hindus such as somanath, Delhi, Kashi, vijayanagar etc recorded?
In fact romila thaper wrote a book denouncing the trauma due to loss of somanath as manufactured by British to divide Hindus and Muslims.
Hindus did not turn inwards, they took British education and threw British out.
What made them not turn inwards?
Recent loses like Lahore, dhaka are now recorded.

]]> By: Calvin https://www.brownpundits.com/2026/04/15/the-inward-turn-muslim-politics-in-the-indian-subcontinent-from-the-fall-of-the-mughals-to-the-present/#comment-131386 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:40:57 +0000 https://www.brownpundits.com/?p=23902#comment-131386 In reply to Bombay Badshah.

Vikranth has a christian mother but he identifies as a hindu to my knowledge.

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Karnataka is the only South Indian state where BJP has had a government and Bangalore is a BJP bastion.

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Thing is Bollywood is so “glossy” even the Dalits who make it there don’t talk about their identity and become “Bollywoodias”.

Jhanvi’s boyfriend Shikhar and his brother Veer (an actor) are part of a famous Dalit family (Sushilkumar Shinde).

Vikrant Massey (or Masih) is a Christian Punjabi Dalit. Yousuf Youhana is a famous Pakistani one. Lahore does have lots of Christian Dalits (converts from the chuhra caste).

It is Tamil cinema where Dalits are very prominent with their Dalit identity and make movies regarding it (will expound later on a post regarding South Indian cinema).

]]> By: X.T.M https://www.brownpundits.com/2026/04/15/the-inward-turn-muslim-politics-in-the-indian-subcontinent-from-the-fall-of-the-mughals-to-the-present/#comment-131303 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:17:20 +0000 https://www.brownpundits.com/?p=23902#comment-131303 In reply to naam de guerre.

interesting

]]> By: X.T.M https://www.brownpundits.com/2026/04/15/the-inward-turn-muslim-politics-in-the-indian-subcontinent-from-the-fall-of-the-mughals-to-the-present/#comment-131302 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:17:07 +0000 https://www.brownpundits.com/?p=23902#comment-131302 In reply to Bhumiputra.

excellent points

]]> By: naam de guerre https://www.brownpundits.com/2026/04/15/the-inward-turn-muslim-politics-in-the-indian-subcontinent-from-the-fall-of-the-mughals-to-the-present/#comment-131293 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:51:54 +0000 https://www.brownpundits.com/?p=23902#comment-131293 In reply to X.T.M.

It is more that Muslims think of Urdu as their language vs regional languages that they claim only tactically to fan the flames of regionalism to combat Hindu consolidation. Add to this the fact that Dakhni Hindi/Urdu has been the lingua franca of several Muslim groups in S. India and it starts to make sense why.

]]> By: naam de guerre https://www.brownpundits.com/2026/04/15/the-inward-turn-muslim-politics-in-the-indian-subcontinent-from-the-fall-of-the-mughals-to-the-present/#comment-131291 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:43:51 +0000 https://www.brownpundits.com/?p=23902#comment-131291 In reply to Bhumiputra.

Literally wrote the same thing a minute after you. Couldn’t agree more.

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