Divided, we fall

Updated On: 03 December, 2023 08:26 AM IST | Mumbai | Nasrin Modak Siddiqi

A must-read for those who want to educate themselves about the strife faced by India’s largest minority

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An activist at Shaheen Bagh protesting the ban on hijabs in schools and colleges in Karnataka

We read this book in the week that the Uttar Pradesh government banned the sale of halal-certified foods in the state. Author Ziya Us Salam’s Being Muslim in Hindu India–A Critical View (Harper Collins, Rs 599), hence speaks to us. In the preface, he mentions, “It took a long time, maybe more than 60 years, and a succession of leaders of various political parties, but the realisation dawned on the community that it had no godfathers in independent India”.

Ziya Us Salam