Tag: Uttar Pradesh
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Mulayam Singh has had it in Muzaffarnagar
After motoring through some of the Jat dominated villages around Muzaffarnagar from where Muslims have been driven out (or which they have left in fear), I can say with certainty: something very…
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Durga Shakti Nagpal walked into a trap laid by sand mafia
Ever since, Nagpal took charge as SDM, she has been sending out special squads, to stop sand dredging and loading onto trucks. She has arrested 15 people and imposed fines of several…
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A hundred million Muslims in search of a party
The more the communal picture changes since the demolition of the Babri Masjid 20 years ago this week, the more it remains the same.
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Carving communal constituencies: Countdown to 2014
I have, by way of a diversion, looking at the deteriorating communal situation nearer home, in UP. Let me begin with Faizabad, the precursor of Lucknow’s great culture.
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The Ghaziabad whodunnit
I met nobody who had actually seen the desecrated pages of Quran. Nor had those I spoke to met anyone who had set eyes on the dreadful piece of evidence.
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Rushdie not a problem for Muslims but for politicians
The Maulana from the Darul Uloom seminary at Deoband who threatened the Jaipur Literary Festival with disruption, in case Salman Rushdie participated, is only the latest in a long list of spoilsports…