Communalism
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Politics
Polarization and (slow) poisoning
The author agrees that politicians on both sides profit from polarisation, but faults Basharat Peer for omitting the expelled Kashmiri Pandits and the Two-Nation Theory, and calls for naming all…
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Politics
Fighting dirty
A note on Teesta Setalvad’s press release rebutting the Gujarat Crime Branch affidavit on fund misuse, with the poster saying no even-handedness can be expected from the press or her…
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Politics
An advocate for “radical social transformation”
The poster responds to Saroj Giri’s call for radical social transformation against communalism, arguing the Indian left offers no way to win the masses back and has long been led…
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Politics
Kashmir Games
The poster argues that under a BJP-led government the question of whether Muslims are ‘Indians first’ becomes a loyalty test, with parties engineering riots for votes, and that Kashmir’s isolation,…
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Society
Flat out prejudice
A story of Captain Zainul Abidin Juvale, who steered 722 Indians from Kuwait during the 1990 Iraqi invasion, with the poster urging communities to see poverty and illiteracy, not each…