Eid: Celebrating Unity Amidst Pain – 3 Articles
‘A Lunch on Eid’; ‘In Pain Yet Unbroken: Eid at Sambhal’; and: ‘An Iftar at Hazrat Nizamuddin’s Dargah, a Date with History’.
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Holi: A Festival of Blending of Colours – 3 Articles
‘We Need Festivals of Confluence, Not Orgies of Conflict’; ‘It’s Time to Remember Gandhi’s Views on Holi and Ramzan’; and: ‘From Mughals, Maharajas to the British – How Artists Captured Holi Celebrations’.
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Two Messages for Communal Harmony
‘A Message for Communal Harmony from Ajmer Dargah Sharif’: On Martyrs’ Day, people in Ajmer marched for peace to the iconic dargah, driven by three stories that span centuries. Also: ‘A Mosque, A Movement, A Legacy: The Story of Ludhiana Jama Masjid’.
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Autonomy and Pluriversal Energy Futures in Ladakh, India
In Ladakh, two drastically opposite visions of energy transition are colliding head-on. The first a grassroots, indigenous approach that emphasises on low-impact and socio-ecologically just energy practices; the other a government and corporate driven, technocratic vision pushing for large-scale energy infrastructure and critical mineral mining.
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Bharat, India and Hindustan Don’t Cancel Each Other Out. They Reflect Continuities in Our History
Today we are facing a revivalist moment in our political history, ironically, as a free nation. It is a defeatist hangover of history to create a wedge between what we named and what named us. We adopted these names for centuries out of a spirit we call Indian, or Bharatiya.
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How the Constituent Assembly Debated (and Rejected) Citizenship by Religion
Raging arguments over who was indeed Indian were put to rest with a vote that spoke in favour of an Article 5 without religious markers.
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Cheraman Juma Masjid, the Temple-like Mosque of Kerala
Mosques were built by sailors during the lifetime of the Prophet, since the 7th century, along the coasts of India. The most famous of these is the Cheraman Juma Masjid in Kerala’s Thrissur district, widely believed to be the oldest mosque in the subcontinent.
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Observe Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day As A Day Of National Unity, Communal Harmony, Non-Violence And Peace
A People’s Initiative to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi on the 30th of January 2024, as a day of national unity, communal harmony, non-violence & peace.
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Some Notes on the Confluence of Cultures in India
‘“That Infernal Infidel Wajid Ali Shah”: Sour Notes on the Confluence of Cultures’: Indians have celebrated the spirit and practice related to the confluence of cultures. And yet, a recent experience tells me we have managed to stray far enough. Also: ‘The Strength of India’s Religious Traditions are Spaces Where People from Different Religions Intermix’.
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God’s Republics: Two-nation Theory and Two-state Solution
Pakistan failed to develop into a bourgeois nation state, and Israel has no intention of becoming one.
