The Yamuna Expressway, a 165-km, six-lane glistening north Indian motorway, which a newspaper aptly described as the Yamunabahn, has cut by half the travel time between Delhi and Agra, the Taj Mahal city. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 7:12 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Agra, All India Ulama Board, Assam violence, BJP, Bodo tribesmen, Delhi, hindustantimes, Hindutva, India, Japanese scholar Makiko Kimura, Kokrajhar, Maharashtra, Mumbai violence, Nellie carnage, RSS, Sushma Swaraj, They call me Muslim, uttar pradesh, Yamuna Expressway, Zia Haq
Going by official socio-economic indices, the average Muslim voter is a school drop-out, earns meagre wages, supports a mid-sized family, is self-employed, resides mostly among his ilk, would have not travelled far beyond his birthplace, is remarkably ‘clued in’, unlikely to vote any one party or candidate, but is generally cagey about Hindutva-based politics. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Filed under Religion · Tagged BSP, Congress, Hindutva, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Muslims, Rahul Gandhi, Salman Khurshid, Samajwadi party, They call me Muslim, uttar pradesh, Zia Haq
A significant mass of this nation, after 60-odd years of nationhood, still lacks a heart. It cannot bear the sight of even crumbs being given to minorities. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Monday, December 26, 2011 at 12:00 am
Filed under India · Tagged BJP, Constitution, Hindustan Times, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Muslim, news, OBC quota, Rajnath Singh, They call me Muslim, uttar pradesh, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, World Hindu Council, Zia Haq
The Ayodhya verdict, in the heat of hasty analysis, came across as a no-winner-no-loser sanitary judgement. Read more

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Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Filed under India, Religion · Tagged Allahabad High Court, Ayodhya verdict, babri masjid, capitalism, communalism, Hindus, India, Muslims, ram mandir, Supreme Court, uttar pradesh