Why Has the Indian Police Picked Up Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi?

The Indian police has recently arrested Syed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi, a well-respected journalist. Kazmi has been a freelance journalist for almost 30 years, accredited by the Press Information Bureau. Based in Delhi, he has covered conflicts such as the Iran-Iraq war and the invasion of Iraq by US-led coalition forces for media outlets such as [...]

Indian Muslims Require Quota to Get Their Plight Improved

Along the narrow lane known as Khadar Wallah, Muslims and low-caste Hindus have lived side by side for years, bound by poverty, if not religion. Yet recently, Muslims like Murtaza Mansuri have noticed a change. Their neighbors have become better off. Many of the Dalits, the low-caste Hindus once known as untouchables, have gotten government [...]

Why Nobel Prize Committee Ignores Kashmir?

Having just spent some days in Kashmir, in the part of the territory run by India, I am struck that there has never been serious consideration of dishing out a prize for anyone trying to solve the troubles there. No one should doubt thatKashmirsuffers grim problems, of two broad sorts. First is the disputed status [...]

Muslims in the Indian Civil Service

In 2009, Kashmiri youth Shah Faisal secured the first position giving the people of Kashmir lot of pride. In 2011, one Owasa Iqbal has become the first Kashmiri woman to pass the civil service examination. She is from Ladakh. 920 candidates were declared successful out of which only 31 are Muslims. At the time of [...]

The State of Muslims in the Newly Elected Assemblies

59 Muslims elected in the West Bengal Assembly in the May 13, 2011 announced elections. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, only six Muslims were elected (3 Congress; 2 Trinamol and one CPI-m). In the Rajhya Sabha, out of 15, only 3 are Muslims. In the recently held elections in Assam, 28 of the newly [...]

What Was MF Hussain’s Fault When Hindus Worship Erect Penises?

by Bala Krishna (balakr2@gmail.com). Mahalinga means erect penis that the entire Hindu faith fools worship! I suggest my readers to visit Orissa capital Bhubaneshwar where there are hundreds of old temples. One of them is called Linga Raja temple. In this more than 1600 year old temple a granite Linga as high as more than [...]

Indian Muslims Launch Peace Party

A new party called the Peace Party has been launched in Delhi. It convenor, Dr. Ayub said that the issues before the nation today are corruption, un-employment, equity and justice, which are slowing down the economic growth and increasing the urban rural and rich poor divide. He said that in the changing global scenario and [...]

M.F. Husain: Victim of Indian Intolerance

by Ram Puniyani On June 9, 2011, M.F. Husain breathed his last in London, and was later buried in the cemetery in London as per his wish that he should be buried at a place of his death. The most celebrated painter of India, more Indian than any of his detractors died, away from his [...]

JN Mandal’s Resignation

Mandal’s resignation letter. My dear Prime Minister It is with a heavy heart and a sense of utter frustration at the failure of my lifelong mission to uplift the backward Hindu masses of East Bengal that I feel compelled to tender resignation of my membership of your cabinet. It is proper that I should set forth in [...]

The Plight of Indian Muslims: Seema Mustafa’s Interview by Y Sikand

Veteran journalist Seema Mustafa is editor of the Delhi-based Sunday Guardian. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, she talks about various issues related to Muslim leadership in contemporary India. Q: Muslim representation in elected bodies is far below what is warranted by the sheer size of the Indian Muslim community. Political parties generally, including those [...]