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The high priests of Indian Islam have decided to file a review petition challenging the recent decision of the apex court in the Ayodhya land dispute. (Photo: File)

Ordinary Muslims ready to accept Babri ruling, but who's listening?

For the Muslim leadership, the demolished Babri Masjid remains a national concern.

4 Dec 2019 3:03 AM IST

Ayodhya: City of Faith, City of Discord by Valay Singh Aleph Book Company, Rs 799

Embattled Ayodhya's syncretic past

There is little in Singh's book by way of clues to the committee in its effort at solving the complex communal puzzle.

17 March 2019 5:39 AM IST

Jahangir: An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal by Parvati Sharma, Juggernaut, Rs 599

The many shades of Jehangir, a quirky Emperor

The third Mughal Emperor, Akbar the Great, built an empire which grew so large and so rich that it might have toppled...

9 Dec 2018 12:57 AM IST

How Democracy Ends by David Runciman, Hachette, Rs 599.

Democracy past its prime, but still resilient

Finally there is the fear of a technological takeover. Current-day unintelligent but super-efficient machines already...

16 Sept 2018 12:11 AM IST

Kannur: Inside Indias Bloodiest Revenge Politics by Ullekh N.P., Penguin Random, House, Rs 499

Left and Right: Inheritors of a blood-soaked history

From the detailed history of political violence, it emerges that there are no innocent players in the district's...

26 Aug 2018 12:06 AM IST

Points of Entry by Nadeem Farooq Paracha, Tranquebar, Rs 499

A leisurely journey through Pak's past, present and future

On hearing from him after long, Paracha mailed Anthony asking him to bring his guitar the next time he visited Pakistan.

5 Aug 2018 12:28 AM IST

Triple Talaq: Examining Faith by Salman Khurshid, Oxford, Rs 395

A cautious warning on what lies beyond Triple Talaq

The book though ends on a comforting thought (for some) and a rhetorical poser to the ulema.

25 Feb 2018 1:59 AM IST