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How Muslims treated non-Muslims in early Islam

Every discussion about the treatment of non-Muslims under Muslim rule tends to revolve around one subject — the Jizya, or the so-called “discriminatory” poll tax

The graves unseen by History: The Malabar Struggle and the stories we chose to forget

This is the first in the two-part series on...

No poppies for Sikh soldiers killed by their own people

At least 50 Sikh soldiers were murdered by the...

34 years and counting: No justice for victims of 1984 Sikh genocide

For the last 34 years, Indian political outfits have...

How a Supremacist Govt Can Subvert the Constitution

Given the firm and secular orientation of the Indian...

Opinion: Why is the world silent on the 1984 Sikh massacre?

The torture faced by Sikhs in 1984 finds no...

Insaaf (Justice) – A short story

Rehabilitated Survivors, Litho    Image Credit: Sushant Guha"Is anyone there?""Is...

Twenty-five years later – No justice for the 1984 survivors

These as analyses of the 1984 anti Sikh genocidal...

An Open Letter to Sardar Patel: Medha Patkar

As mass displacement accompanies the unveiling of Sardar Patel's...

Statue of Unity: Sardar would have been “uncomfortable” seeing so many laws violated

In a sharp critique ahead of Prime Minister Narendra...

The Mahatma on Celluloid

How did cinema enhance Gandhi's impact on the ordinary...

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