No part of Gandhi’s life has escaped scholarly attention in a corpus of a little over a century. Literature on him is abundant. Read more

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UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi had to call off what could have been a historic visit to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) due to “bad weather” this past Saturday (February 16). Read more

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Throughout history, crime and punishment have gone hand in hand. Protesters in Delhi, infuriated by a grotesque gang rape of a 23-year-old girl, have demanded the death penalty for such offenders, which was first publicly raised by BJP leader LK Advani many years ago. Read more

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I was in the UK last month. I could see that despite rising far-right threats, multi-faith is making slow but sure progress. Read more

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Muslims, from Libya to Hong Kong, have exploded again. The rage is against an anti-Islam film, made in the US, and cartoons in France. Read more

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Poor Subramanian Swamy. The prospects of Islamic finance and banking options in India make him nervous as a rain-drenched cat. Read more

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Muslims, like Hindus and Sikhs, will not like to surrender their personal laws because they are just that: personal. Read more

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Salman Khurshid, the law minister, was until recently a good Muslim to have in government. Read more

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Many Indians still feel that we should not relent on Pakistan, use our diplomatic and economic clout to make it pay a nasty price for the Mumbai attacks. Maybe we can. Pakistan lacks the money without which wars can neither be fought nor won and has few international backers for a conflict against India today. Read more

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More and more urban Indians are switching from pop-and-mom kirana outlets to do their groceries at swanky large-format retail stores. Read more

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