Indian Muslims
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Hindutva jumped the shark
The author reacts with shock to a man who claims to speak for Muslims because his children’s nanny is one, comparing it to the film The Help and arguing that…
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Browncast Episode 43: Indian Elections, the Aftermath, with Kushal Mehra
A BrownCast episode on the 2019 Indian election result with Kushal Mehra of the Carvaka Podcast, who thinks Modi’s win owed most to delivering benefits to the poorest, plus the…
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The Hindu Liberal test
Answering a reader who says India honours Muslim heritage, the author proposes a ‘Babri test’ of whether a Hindutva supporter values liberalism or Hinduism: whether the Babri Masjid should be…
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Browncast Ep 41: An Indian Muslim on Maharajah Modi
A BrownCast episode, part two of episode 38, discussing the ramifications of Modi’s re-election for India with Jahanara, a Cambridge student with experience of the Delhi education system, with the…
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Indian Muslim podcast
Reports recording a podcast with an Indian Muslim guest who describes feeling fear in India for the first time, and argues that Pakistan has a moral obligation to open its…
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The Indian Muslim question
After an open-thread row over Pakistani Hindus and Indian Muslims, the author says he feels he de-Muslimises himself in India, argues Indians treat Muslims like a caste while Pakistan sorts…
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Indian Muslims are more latitudinarian than Pakistani Muslims
The author uses the World Values Survey to compare whether believers in India and Pakistan think their religion is the only acceptable one, finding Indian Muslims more latitudinarian than Pakistani…
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‘In the milk of OBCs and Dalits, Muslims have added sugar’
Prompted by a Dalit-Muslim political tie-up in Aurangabad, the author compares Jinnah with Ambedkar, setting out nine points of contrast. He argues that Jinnah won the tactical battle but lost…
