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Myths about Urdu(Comments Off)
‘Modern Hindi was created by weeding out Persian and Arabic words and using only the Devanagari script for writing. These new languages, Sanskritised Hindi and Persianised Urdu, drifted apart from each other and still serve as identity markers for Hindu and Muslim nationalism in South Asia.’[...]
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Islam, Globalization and Gender: Muna Abu Sulayman Interview
Muna Abu Sulayman of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Kingdom Foundation presents a faith-based perspective on gender in the context of globalization, and specifically the head scarf debate.
Prof. Mridu Rai: Caste system in India
An Associate Professor in the History Department at Yale, Professor Mridu Rais doctoral research focused on the problem of religion, politics and protest in modern Kashmir. It culminated in her book, “Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights and the History of Kashmir”. She talks Marilyn Wilkes about her new research in the region of Bihar, India, that explores the relationships between caste, territory, region, and nation as they evolved from the period of British colonial rule into the postcolonial era.
Encountered on Saffron Agenda: A documentary film on staged encounter killings in Gujarat
Encountered on saffron Agenda is a documentary portraying four encounter cases happened in Gujarat. These cases are special because all killed were said to have been on a mission to kill the Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and accosted by Crime Branch and Anti Terrorist Squad of Gujarat police and sub subsequently killed in gun battle.
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