Tuesday, November 28, 2017

On being mentioned in a Pakistani newspaper

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A response to this column had slipped my mind till now. It is unexpected to see one's name mentioned in a newspaper, and by someone I...
Friday, March 11, 2016

On being called an Islamophobe

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On twitter, someone tweeted in response to current Taliban infighting, "From 1990-1994/5, we remember intense infighting when the M...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

Comment on an Asia Society discussion on Partition

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A good discussion on Partition between Fareed Zakaria, Husain Haqqani and Nisid Hajari at the Asia Society can be found here: http://a...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Emperor Akbar's minister Abu'l Fazl on why he chose to write on Hinduism

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I recently went looking for something in ' Ain-i-Akbari ' , a record of Emperor Akbar's reign from 1556-1605 AD,  written by ...
Thursday, May 07, 2015

Connecting the dots: Pakistan's jihad policy, conflict-driven economy and hostage-taking

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The Pakistan Army does not intend to end its jihad policies. Rather, it runs an international protection racket with jihadis as enforcers ...
Saturday, May 10, 2014

On coercion of non-Muslim women

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When history is contested or contentious, for the sake of harmony, one makes a choice about whether to call attention to it or not. B...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

On pulping books on Hinduism

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The news that Penguin India agreed to withdraw Wendy Doniger's book 'The Hindus: An Alternative History' and destroy all copi...
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Monday, January 20, 2014

Crypto-imperialism of the Pakistan Elite

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It is not easy to make sense of Pakistan's persistent acrimony with India, Afghanistan and the USA, its intractable internation...
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