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How the Tablighi Jamaat was born

The Tablighi Jamaat avoided confrontation, stayed clear of conversion of non-Muslims, abjured politics and focused only on religious attainment.A fascinating excerpt from Ziya Us Salam's Inside The......

Why renaming Mewat has raised hackles in Haryana

What's in a name? Quite a lot apparently. For although the Haryana govt claims the rechristening of Mewat was done for administrative purposes, the Opposition alleges a more insidious agenda at......

Escaping the Spiti snowstorm

Yoginder Sikand recounts his near-death experience during a recent trip to Tabo, a small town on the banks of the Spiti river in Himachal Pradesh. Tabo was just the place I had hoped it would be --......

Why Dalits are not enthusiastic about Anna Hazare

Babasaheb Ambedkar was the chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution, and so Dalits have an emotional attachment to the Constitution. If a movement sets itself above the......

'Dalits still live as the wretched of the earth'

Mumbai-based Anand Teltumbde is a leading scholar-activist who has written extensively on issues related to caste, class, imperialism and globalisation. In the second part of an interview with......

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Yoginder Sikand

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How the Tablighi Jamaat was born

Why renaming Mewat has raised hackles in Haryana

Escaping the Spiti snowstorm

Why Dalits are not enthusiastic about Anna Hazare

'Dalits still live as the wretched of the earth'

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