The Indian Story :: Communal Divides
Recent articles from the archives
What about Bombay 1992?
Aijaz Zaka Syed Aug 14, 2007As the perpetrators of Bombay 1993 are brought to justice, it is only fair to ask where are those who planned the Bombay 1992 carnage?
Film “Amu” Revisits the 1984 Sikh Massacre in Delhi
Ras Siddiqui Jul 27, 2007Kaju’s past leads to the year 1984, when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards.
Absent in the Spring
Beej K Singh Feb 6, 2007There seldom was any sympathy - but of humiliation there was no shortage.
Prisoner of Conscience or Conscious Prisoner?
Farzana Versey May 29, 2006V.P.Singh is back with a new Jan Morcha. Look at the timing. ‘Mandal 2’ is staining the streets. Is he capitalising on the wave? He says in this interview, “We are sitting on a volcano. The very backward are looking up to me. In 15 years
Celebrating the Khalsa
Kaura S Mitha Apr 11, 2006On Vaisakhi Day, Guru Gobind Singh ji stood before the Sikh congregation and requested the ultimate sacrifice of his disciples. Five Sikhs volunteered to lay down their lives for God and the Guru
Cycling With The Sikh
Kaura S Mitha Nov 23, 2005They were in the habit of having a little fun at the expense of Sikhs. Bastards! I had been fuming with anger
The Soldier who Annexed 3 States for 3 Daughters
Harish Nambiar Apr 26, 2005A veteran of both the 1965 and the 1971 wars against Pakistan, retired Hawaldaar Ramaiah was a fat man with a handle bar moustache that his wife trimmed in the night while he was asleep.
Destinies, dynasties, and upstart pickpockets
Harish Nambiar Apr 15, 2005We had stepped into another zone of assault; another variation of the mini theatre where Indian regional identities, destinies and politics clashed...
Intimacies Remapped
Harish Nambiar Mar 1, 2005Part one of a series on my travel through a major part of India during the Gujarat riots ... my journey away from the blood and gore of riots to questioning my role, and the roles of others like me, in an India seemingly fast polarising along communal lin
Zaheera’s Jihad
Farzana Versey Nov 8, 2004Her bravery is forgotten, she is called an opportunist.Who made her into a star witness and what was the underlying agenda? Modi becomes a star symbol for the death of 2000 people, why is no one pointing fingers at him?
Iraq : Is religion above board?
Parthasarathy B Apr 9, 2003101 reasons for the war. Which of the ones thrown at us do we believe is true?


