Indian Muslims
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No Muslim actors please; we’re Hindu..
A short comment on a photo of a Hindi film delegation meeting Narendra Modi, in which no Muslim star appears, ending with a lament for Urdu.
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Proud of Pakistan-
A short post saying encouraging news from Pakistan and a photograph of Indian Muslims give the author hope, and arguing that Indians are pushed to be more liberal and Pakistanis…
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Biryani Night
Reporting on a Cambridge South Asian Forum screening of the Kashmiri film Harud, the author describes a round table where he argued that India cannot understand its Muslim minority and…
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The idea of foreigness in the Indian Muslim narrative
Prompted by Laila Tyabji’s essays on her Bohra family, the author argues the most ‘pro-Indian’ Muslims are those most sure of their foreignness, as with Parsis, while convert classes stress…
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Thoughts on the Open thread
Setting out eight personal observations prompted by an open thread: Sindhi identity splits by religion since 1947, ethnicity and religion shape intermarriage, Indian Hindus and Muslims differ on Pakistan, India…
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Muslims and Urdu in India
Razib Khan plots Census 2011 data on Urdu speakers against Muslim share by state, finding the core Urdu-identified region in the Deccan and Bihar, about 30 per cent of Tamil…
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Is Erdogan the Turkish Modi?
Prompted by a question about why Indian Muslims dislike Modi but admire Erdogan, X.T.M quotes a comparison of the two leaders’ humble origins and religiously infused nationalism, and sees Turkey…
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Economic Modernization in Late British India: Hindu-Muslim Differences
X.T.M relays a paper asking why India’s Muslims are poorer than Hindus, reading it as tracing the gap to Muslim inheritance law and the illiquid waqf, against the Hindu joint…
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The Rise of the RSS
X.T.M, in a provocative aside, says India needs the BJP to manage minorities, lists changes he thinks Indian Muslims should make, and wonders whether liberal democracy fails with large minority…
