Aliya Buddies 1960
The taste of frozen Indian jaamun found unexpectedly in a grocery store brought to mind the long lines of jaamun trees along Hyderabad’s University Road. During the summer, the trees…
My American Avatar: Usama Khalidi
Thousands of young backpackers streamed through the Munich youth hostel during 1970-71 when I worked there as one of a handful of hostel staff checking in young people of various…
Hindutva turn against Indian syncretism
Why did Savarkar / Hindutva turn against Indian syncretism, and India’s march toward modernity? Damodar Vinayak Savarkar’s seminal book “The Essentials of Hindutva” was published in 1923. That was the…
“Islamization of Knowledge” and how Muqtedar Khan demolished the idea.
An Intellectual History of Modern Muslim of Hyderabad When Jamaluddin Afghani was expelled by Egypt’s ruler in 1879, he headed for Hyderabad Deccan where he spent two years teaching and…
The Jewish Experience’s Relevance for Indian Muslims in Hindutva Times
It is the late 1930s Nazi Germany in India of today — on the eve of destruction — as far as its 200+ million Muslims are concerned. The world knows…
