The report by Hannah Ellis-Petersen claimed that just because Muslims are using open grounds like car parks for weekly prayers, they are ‘Muslim sites’ now, and they now have rights over those places

"जब मेरे बच्चे स्कूल से घर लौटते हैं, तो अजीबोगरीब सवाल पूछते हैं। एक दिन मेरे बेटे ने पूछा कि क्या पाकिस्तान में हिंदू भी हैं। फिर उसने मुझसे बताया कि स्कूल में टीचर कह रहे थे सिंध में अगर हिंदु हैं तो उन्हें मार क्यों नहीं देते।''

While it has now become almost unforgivable to question the core tenet of Nehruvian Secularism, the political stalwarts of the Independence era were well aware that Muslims had not chosen to remain in India because they rejected the philosophy of an Islamic State

Mahatma Gandhi himself acknowledged these atrocities as part of Islam’s holy war. He referred to the mujãhids as ‘God-fearing Moplas’ and said: “They were fighting for what they consider as religion and in a manner which they consider as religious”

Akin to the disaster that was the meeting, Mamata abruptly started singing the national anthem while sitting on her chair. However, in a rather puzzling manner, she left the anthem in middle, chanted Jai Maharashtra, Jai Hind, and sat back, with a smug on her face, as if she had done complete justice to the anthem.

Singh said that he wanted to appeal against the decision in the court but could not because of some family emergency. He is, however, planning to approach the High Court soon

Gandhi: "It was an anti-imperialist cry. As a lad, when I knew nothing of Anandamath or even Bankim, its immortal author, Vande Mataram had gripped me, and when I first heard it sung it had enthralled me. I associated the purest national spirit with it. It never occurred to me that it was a Hindu song or meant only for Hindus… It stirs to its depth the patriotism of millions"

The Print article essentially contends that Hindus are an acceptable part of society as long as they are willing to relinquish their individual rights and meekly put up with the discrimination meted out against them

How does the Quint know that Shakeel and other "youths" were protecting the temple and not waiting outside to vandalise it when the opportunity presented itself? Well, they take Shakeel's word for it. Why, you ask? Because Muslims never lie. A prominent Muslim had once told us that categorically

Mehbooba Mufti had even demanded that Yasin Malik be released immediately, citing concerns over his health conditions. Normally, people don't speak out in favour of someone who had been involved with their sister's kidnapping in the past

Nathuram Godse said that ideals of non-violence are ’...implicit in every constitutional and public movement’, but Gandhiji made his version of non-violence ineffective, absolute and communal and thus, faltered

In his time he was the spiritual guide for the Sikh community and a father figure rolled into one, someone who was approached by people from not just the Sikh community but also from other Indic communities for counsel and help

One commonly used hypothesis to explain the effect of Stockholm syndrome is based on Freudian theory. It suggests that the bonding is the individual’s response to trauma in becoming a victim. Identifying with the aggressor is one way that the ego defends itself

The Muslim hardliners, clerics pushed the then Rajiv Gandhi government, elected in 1984, to pass the Muslim Women (Protection on Divorce Act), 1986. This law overturned the Supreme Court's verdict in the Shah Bano case

Nehru had adopted Mountbatten as his guru and guide. Mountbatten ensured that as GG he did not remain just a titular head. He manipulated to get himself appointed as the ‘Head of the Defence Committee of India’ ensuring that the C-in-C of both the Indian and the Pakistani Army and the Supreme Commander, Auchinleck, reported to him

On the surface, Rangeela Rasool had a laudatory tone of Mohammed’s life but at the same time pointing out uncomfortable truths about his domestic life

This battle might have been the bloodiest of battles in world history. It lasted just 4 hours or thereabout. The carnage was such that the place came to be known as Rakt Talai or the lake of blood

The Jehadis captured Shiva Navi to their undiminished glee but were terribly enraged when they discovered the subterfuge that it was fake Shivaji (Nakli-Shivaji). They promptly beheaded Shiva Nhavi

Bajrang Dal's Sharma further explained that in Vesu area of Surat, some Muslim youths would come and create a nuisance. "We started recital of Hanuman Chalisa in the area and the nuisance is less now. Bhoot pishach nikat nahin aave, Mahabir jab naam sunave," he said

“The court cannot sit in judgement on a holy book like Koran, Bible, Geeta and Granth Sahib”, Justice Basak of Calcutta High Court had stated in his order in 1985 on a petition seeking ban on the Quran