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Book debunks myths about Swami Vivekananda's views of Islam, Muslims

Saquib Salim “Swami Vivekananda was the product of his social environment,” said Bhupendranath Datta, on the attitude of his younger brother towards Muslims. Bhupendranath Datta, revolutionary and thinker, wrote a book, Swami Vivekananda: Patriot-Prophet, to address many myths about his brother and influences which made him a secular rationalist. Many followers and detractors of Swami Vivekananda, who was born Na...

"No Rajmata Amrita Roy, Siraj ud Daulah wasn’t a villain"

Saquib Salim It was nauseating to read that a candidate for West Bengal’s Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency, Rajmata Amrita Roy, defended her ancestor Raja Krishnachandra Roy for siding with the British during the Battle of Plassey in 1757. She reportedly said, “If he had not done that, would Hinduism have survived here? Would Sanatana Dharma have survived? No. Then, he would have been transformed into another identity. If th...

Rabindra Mohan Kar: Indian revolutionary whose memory is nearly lost

Saquib Salim “Rabindra Mohan (Kar), a revolutionary up to his fingertips in all circumstances, lived and died in complete obscurity. No monument has been erected in his memory, nor any will be erected in future, I am sure, but he was a greater and nobler man than the men who make front page news in our country.” This is what Manmath Nath Gupta wrote in one of his books on Indian revolutionaries. Manmath Nath, also a revolut...

Lessons nations can learn from the independence of Bangladesh

Saquib Salim in March 1940, in Lahore, the All India Muslim League passed a resolution declaring the formation of Pakistan as its goal. It was for the first time that a nation-state in the name of religion was being demanded. The nation-state is rather a modern idea that has evolved after centuries of empire-building exercises in the wake of renaissance. People in a nation-state share ethnicity, history, and language. The proposed Paki...

Why Bhagat Singh didn’t receive military training in Japan?

Saquib Salim “So I guess it is in my genes, this melancholy I can never quite shake off.” Elif Shafak’s words in her novel The Island of Missing Trees aptly describe the yearning of Bhagat Singh to fight for India’s freedom from the British. Bhagat Singh, a youth icon for all times, was 23 when he along with Sukhdev and Rajguru went to the gallows on 23 March 1931 in Lahore jail. Bhaga...

When Mahatma Gandhi met Maharani of Kashmir

Saquib Salim Going by the claims of a Pakistani scholar Agha Shorish Kashmiri, who was born Abdul Karim, Mahatma Gandhi politely snubbed the Royal family of Jammu and Kashmir for arresting then popular leader Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah when he visited the valley on the first day of August in 1947, Gandhi went to Kashmir soon after Maharaja Hari Singh had arrested Abdullah for trying to create a rebellion against his rule and a fortnight befo...

Unsung revolutionary Amir Khan shook the British Empire in India

Saquib Salim While writing about the early social and political influences of his life, Bipin Chandra Pal credited the trial of Amir Khan in 1869-70 as the most important event. Bipin Chandra Pal wrote, “Amir Khan, was arrested, and detained under Regulation III of 1818. An application was made for a writ of habeas corpus to the Calcutta High Court which was heard by Chief Justice Norman. That application was rejected: Mr. Annest...

Indians must learn to deal with victimhood syndrome

Saquib Salim Professor Faisal Devji once wrote for diverse Indian groups that, “the mutual relations of citizens (are) defined neither by love nor hatred but indifference.” In India, you meet social activists, political activists, writers, or leaders who happen to profess Islam as their religion and ask about the police atrocities and communal violence. They will probably start telling you about a series of communal violenc...

Awadhi culture meets modernity at Naimat Khana

Saquib Salim My search for authentic Awadhi food in Lucknow took me to a small restaurant, Naimat Khana, in Kaiserbagh. Naimat Khana means a house of delicacies or blessings. Needless to say, the food tasted very different from big restaurants. The place is run by Askari Naqvi, Madhavi and Sheeba Iqbal Jairajpuri. The owners interact with and host the guests. Naqvi, a well-known vocal artist, and Madhavi were not i...

Awadhi culture meets modernity at Naimat Khana

Saquib Salim My search for authentic Awadhi food in Lucknow took me to a small restaurant, Naimat Khana, in Kaiserbagh. Naimat Khana means a house of delicacies or blessings. Needless to say, the food tasted very different from big restaurants. The place is run by Askari Naqvi, Madhavi and Sheeba Iqbal Jairajpuri. The owners interact with and host the guests. Naqvi, a well-known vocal artist, and Madhavi were not i...

Are Muslims of Ayodhya feeling alienated after temple opening?

Saquib Salim Last week’s Ayodhya visit was different from my earlier ones. The Ramjanmbhoomi Temple was under construction when I visited the city some 13 months ago. The airport was being planned and the train was the only feasible mode of transportation from Delhi. The temple that has come up at the site of Babri Masjid following a Supreme Court ruling has been the topic of debates on and off screen for years. After its g...

Ganga-Jamuni culture is alive and thriving in Ayodhya

Saquib Salim Till my recent visit to Ayodhya, I was almost convinced that the city has lost its syncretic culture to a certain kind of politics. Thanks to the surfeit of media channels, sensational YouTubers, and social media influencers, who weave a narrative that is not rooted in ground realities. Also, people from far right on both extremes asserted that Ayodhya has been ‘Hinduised’ to a point of no return. Ayodhya...

NDWBF 2024: Saudi pavilion reflects winds of change blowing over the Kingdom

Saquib Salim “Saudi Arabia is changing fast”, is an oft-made comment in the media these days. The King of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) is modernizing the country, shifting it away from the orthodoxy. For those, like me, who haven’t been to the country, a visit to the Saudi Arabian pavilion at the New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF) 2024 confirms the trend. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the Guest of Honour Co...

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Hakim Ajmal Khan presided over a session of Hindu Mahasabha

Saquib Salim “A few Muslim leaders say that first they are Muslims and then only Indian. But, how is your being Muslim affected by the national independence and autonomies of the states?” Hakim Ajmal Khan told this to a gathering of Muslim Leaders in 1920 in Delhi. One of the most well-known medical practitioners of the indigenous medicinal system during the early 20th century, Hakim dedicated his life to Hindu-Muslim unity...

Why did Maulvi Fariduddin and Ram Bakhsh trouble the British Empire?

Saquib Salim “The Conversation between Maulvi Fariduddin and Ram Bakhsh, which is being circulated among the masses, adopts a very different tone….. It is in the form of a dialogue between a High Court pleader and a villager, to whom the former explains how all the evils that the peasantry suffer should be attributed to the form of Government now existing and will disappear if it is reconstituted on a popular basis. There can ...

Mahatma Gandhi was much admired by Syama Prasad Mukherjee

Saquib Salim Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is the most respected and admired as well as criticized and despised public figure from India. Myths, disinformation, and half-truths are often used to question his commitment to humanity in general and Indians in particular. Every year we see several Facebook posts, tweets, etc. on 15 August questioning why Gandhi was not in Delhi when India attained independence. A photograph in which Gandhi is...

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Why did Judge Radhabinod Pal stand with Japan after the World War?

Saquib Salim “Justice Pal is highly respected even today by many Japanese for the noble spirit of courage he exhibited,” former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told this to the Indian Parliament in 2007. Who was Justice Pal? Justice Radhabinod Pal, according to famous political psychologist Ashis Nandy, “is now almost entirely forgotten, even in his own country. But he was not so unknown forty years ago. He was a r...

India is a global guardian of democracies

Saquib Salim What does a democracy do when the democratic rights of millions of people are being snatched in another country? India, as a caretaker of democratic rights across the globe, has ensured that people’s rights should not be snatched away. India, the largest democracy in the world, has actively secured the right of the people to choose their governments and to live peacefully. India’s contribution as the caretaker ...

India is a global guardian of democracies

Saquib Salim What does a democracy do when the democratic rights of millions of people are being snatched in another country? India, as a caretaker of democratic rights across the globe, has ensured that people’s rights should not be snatched away. India, the largest democracy in the world, has actively secured the right of the people to choose their governments and to live peacefully. India’s contribution as the caretaker ...

When Muslim leaders reaffirmed the Idea of India in the Constituent Assembly

Saquib Salim “We are Indians first and we are all Indians and will remain Indians. We shall fight for the honour and glory of India and we shall die for it. (Applause). We shall stand united. There will be no divisions among Indians. United we stand; divided we fall. Therefore we do not want a reservation. It means division. I ask the members of the majority community who are present here today: Will you allow us to stand on our legs...

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