हमने अपनी बात ‘जिसकी जितनी संख्या भारी, उसकी उतनी जिम्मेदारी’ से शुरू की थी. कम संख्या वाले अशराफ़ अपनी जिम्मेदारी में नाकाम हो गए हैं. हमने उनको अपना रहनुमा माना…Read more.

Interview: Ali Anwar
Ali Anwar’s Interview after 2005 Bihar elections.

Rashtriya Sahara: Special Issue on Pasmanda Muslims
This is one of the first special issue on the Pasmanda Movement to be carried by a mainstream daily in North India.

Her father-in-law was beaten, paraded naked
The joy of motherhood is shrouded with the fear for life for a 24-year-old woman who has nowhere to go in her ninth month of pregnancy. Her in-laws have been…Read more.

Caste in Urdu Prose Literature
The historical division of society in South Asia on caste lines is now an acknowledged sociological, political and economic fact. However, caste as a literary or social discourse does not,…Read more.

Locating the ‘Indian Muslim’ Mind: An Incomplete Conversation
This conversation between Prof. Neshat Quaiser, Prof. Satish Sabherwal and Ahmad focuses on the various facets of being an ‘Indian Muslim’, with reference to the binary opposition between the high caste elite…Read more.

Making Jamia Minority
A situation of astounding confusion has engulfed Jamia Millia University after the National Council for Minority Education Institutions (NCMEI) declared it a minority institution. The teaching community has become unsure…Read more.

Bababudangiri: The Quest For A New Ayodhya
ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2009, a group of a hundred gathered atop Bababudangiri hill, 30 km from Chikmaglur town in Karnataka. They installed a deity on a makeshift structure and performed…Read more.

“Dargah versus Peeta”: Hindutva’s Politics of Appropriating Syncretic Culture in Karnataka
For the past couple of years, Karnataka is witnessing the growth of communal politics, manifested in the form of communal conflict or riots. This trend has increased after the demolition…Read more.

Bababudangiri and communal situation in Chikamagalur town
A joint fact-finding team commissioned by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties – Karnataka (PUCL), which included members from Citizens For Democracy – Karnataka, and South India Cell for Human…Read more.



