m.u.h 19/01/2023
Scholars both Indian and foreign have argued that the health of our democracy has deteriorated in recent years. However, one aspect of India’s democratic decline has perhaps not got the attention it d...
m.u.h 22/12/2022
I have wanted to write about my experience as an Indian Muslim for a long time. But whenever I picked up a pen, fear would paralyse me: What choice of word or phrase might lead to trouble, perhaps to ...
m.u.h 21/11/2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited Gujarat several times since October and he is expected to pay more visits in November before the state goes to elections on December 1 and 5. He has held progr...
One of the most cherry-picked (especially by the right-wing) segments of the Indian constitution is Part IV. This sets out what is called the ‘Directive Principles of State Policy’.
m.u.h 03/10/2022
The unexpected meeting between five prominent Muslims who were honest in admitting that they do not represent the whole community and RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat has received much media attention.
m.u.h 13/09/2022
After a long wait, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the arguments on the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019. Parliament has changed the Citizenship Act 1955, India’s p...
m.u.h 27/08/2022
The technical committee set up by the Supreme Court to examine allegations about the use of Pegasus spyware in India has reached two conclusions that are hard to reconcile.
m.u.h 11/07/2022
The Supreme Court of India has been in the news of late, primarily for two judgments. The first came on June 24 in a case titled Zakia Ahsan Jafri versus State of Gujarat and another; and the second, ...
m.u.h 19/05/2022
The Supreme Court has again allowed an injustice against the Muslims by letting the survey continue at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. The chief justice, in his characteristic anxiety-free style, ref...
m.u.h 07/04/2022
During the Spanish Inquisition, it was often the telltale fragrance of food being cooked in olive oil that led the authorities to the houses of their victims.