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The entire nation is in anticipation of the proposed CAB and NRC as their modalities have not been finalised yet and it has created an environment of fear and distress amongst the minorities, especially the Muslim community. Today’s Rajya Sabha session revealed quite a few crucial points as the Muslim community grows more and more anxious.

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A two-day conference - Bengali Muslims at A Crossroad, also discussed about how the British had also set Hunter commission to study the Muslim condition, just like Sachar Commission in present India. However, unlike the British who aligned with the progressive Muslims to encourage the community to embrace English education, today’s governments are yet to act on Sachar report

One of the greatest wonders of the World and the only one in India, Taj Mahal, has become the newest target of the Hindutva killer/demolition squad. It was ordered to be built by Mughal king Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram known as Shahjahan (1592-1666) in the memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is interesting to note that it was named as Taj Mahal (Crown of the Palace) despite being a mausoleum which took 20 years to be built.

Along with the commencement of the Partliament’s winter session, November 18 saw a profileration of student union protests over all the north-eastern state capitals.

Muslims are the second-largest demographic of India, with nearly 14 per cent of the country’s population, or roughly 172 million people, but they are so marginalised that their presence in important public spheres is almost invisible. Most of them are poor, semi-literate and driven into ghettos.

Many issues have erupted in Assam after the NRC updation process began a few years ago. The economically weaker sections have suffered the most and there is a looming fear amongst the people of Assam of being rendered stateless. In the midst of all this, there appears to be a clear agenda of the ruling government against the Muslim community which it has clearly manifested in its Citizenship Amendment Bill, which it plans to re-introduce in the current winter session.

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