BEING THE OTHER

THE MUSLIM IN INDIA

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01 August, 2016

Saeed Naqvi

This book combines memoir, essay and reportage to analyse various events in India that have led to communal conflict and the alienation of the country’s Muslims. The veteran journalist Saeed Naqvi charts the history of divisions between Muslims and Hindus, starting with how the British, and then later some post-Independence leaders, exploited tensions between the communities. With special focus on the fallout of the destruction of the Babri Masjid, Naqvi shows how communal riots over the years have shaped the discontent of Muslims in India.

Aleph Book Company, 256 pages, Rs 599