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Ali Khan Mahmudabad

How the bulldozer has destroyed any hope Muslims might have in India’s institutions

‘Bulldozer justice’, like mob justice, is only to satiate the bloodlust and frenzy that has been whipped up and unleashed for the past eight years.

Ali Khan Mahmudabad
· Apr 26, 2022 · 06:30 am
How did the Indian Muslim identity express itself through poetry before Independence?

An excerpt from ‘Poetry Of Belonging: Muslim Imaginings Of India 1850-1950’, by Ali Khan Mahmudabad.

Ali Khan Mahmudabad
· Feb 13, 2020 · 05:30 pm
The Islamic State's threat goes beyond the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra

It is not just one of the world’s most beautiful ancient sites but a mute reminder of the confluence of cultures and civilisations.

Ali Khan Mahmudabad
· May 20, 2015 · 04:30 pm