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

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

    3 Dec 2019 9:33 PM

    Ayodhya: City of Faith, City of Discord by Valay Singh Aleph Book Company, Rs 799Books
    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 12:09 AM

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

    8 Dec 2018 7:27 PM

    How Democracy Ends by David Runciman, Hachette, Rs 599.Books
    Democracy past its prime, but still resilient

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

    15 Sept 2018 6:41 PM

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

    25 Aug 2018 6:36 PM

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

    4 Aug 2018 6:58 PM

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

    24 Feb 2018 8:29 PM

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