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Ziya Us Salam
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A new book asks why a particular set of cities in India being renamed (and other related questions)
An excerpt from ‘Being Muslim in Hindu India: A Critical View,’ by Ziya Us Salam.
Ziya Us Salam
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This book recounts the Muslim women’s stir in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh and its refusal to back down
An excerpt from ‘Shaheen Bagh: From a Protest to a Movement’, by Ziya Us Salam and Uzma Ausaf.
Ziya Us Salam & Uzma Ausaf
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There was a time when Muslim women in India not only prayed in mosques, they even built them
An excerpt from ‘Women in Masjid’, by Ziya Us Salam.
Ziya Us Salam
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘I am the other’: Have India’s Muslims been systematically pushed out of the mainstream?
Ziya Us Salam’s ‘Of Saffron Flags and Skull Caps’ explores with anguish and anger the continuous marginalisation of Muslims in India.
Ziya Us Salam
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As the Supreme Court considers banning nikah-halala, a look at the contentious form of marriage
Halala, as it practised today, has no Islamic sanction, writes journalist Ziya Us Salam.
Ziya Us Salam
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What Delhi has lost with the closure of the Ritz cinema
Located between the Inter-State Bus Terminus and the Nigambodh Ghat, the theatre proved that matters of bereavement and entertainment could co-exist.
Ziya Us Salam
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes