The vast majority of Indian Muslims are invisible not just to the others, but also the privileged members of the community. In the public space, in the absence of representative mass leaders, all you get are distorted images of their lived reality and their needs
In the early ’90s I was studying in a school in Mussoorie. After a certain age, the school allowed us to travel home on our own. I used to take a taxi or bus to Dehradun, catch a train to Lucknow and then change trains to arrive at my hometown, Gorakhpur, in eastern Uttar Pradesh. I used to love the freedom, the independence, but that freedom became constrained as the Ram Janmabhoomi movement gathered pace, and riots mushroomed across the map of India. Ayodhya is just about 100 km from my hometown, and the trail of blood led there. Those following it often travelled on trains.....................Read more
Source: Business Line
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