America's 'war on terror', a euphemism for a war against an ever increasing number of Muslim countries and groups, is premised on the notion of a
The importance of not forgetting
A report tracing the different forms of violence being meted out to Gujarat's Muslims over the last two years, starting with the carnage of February 2002. What has been the pain, and what has been the response of activists and support organisations?
South Asian Islam's varied and multiple forms.
Sexuality, Obscenity, Community
Women, Muslims and the Hindu Public in Colonial India
Charu Gupta
Permanent Black, 2001
Inventing Boundaries—Gender, Politics and the Partition of India Edited by Mushirul Hasan Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2000 ISBN: 019 565103 0
Pakistan came into being not simply because
Religious Minorities in Nepal Jel Lica Dastider (1995), Irala Publication INR 185 (pp.140).
Muslims of Nepal Shamima Siddiga (1993) , Gazala SIMika NPR 150 (PP•359)
An eminent Indian journalist
The Other Side of Silence
by Urvashi Butalia
Viking, New Delhi, 1998
Dayawanti/Ayesha could easily be a character out of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel. So could her son
"Don't worry. If they push you out, they also pull you in."
Bombay (now officially Mumbai) is a city with an identity crisis; a city ex-
