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Muslim India

By Aftab Alam • Dec 5th, 2009 • Category: Politics

All the narcissism the Bharat has been bragging thereon has not been Hindus heritage exclusively save some portion thereof. ‘Ashoka the great’ has added some portion to this heritage but he was a Buddhist. Finally British Empire has also a share in contributing to Indian heritage but the 1000 years Muslim Rule has a lion’s [...]



Mumbai’s Jewish and Muslim Heritage

By Shayan Khan • Dec 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Until two decades ago the highly cosmopolitan Mumbai (or Bombay) stood as a shining example of the peaceful co-existence between Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Christians, Parsis or any other religions and sects. I doubt that the centuries-old traditions would vanish in the wake of a tragedy unleashed by a few hot-headed and misguided/brain-washed young people this [...]